Plans to redevelop a piece of Idaho’s second-oldest golf course — and the oldest in Southern Idaho — could soon move forward after a neighborhood on the edge of State Street erupted into objections over similar plans six years ago.
The development from Meridian’s Brighton Corp. and Texas-based Lincoln Property Co. would slice off a chunk of The River Club golf course in Garden City and build 134 three-story town houses, according to a project application filed with Garden City on Feb. 10. Commercial buildings would hug State Street, with shopping and dining options wedged between them. The Expo Idaho Fairgrounds are directly south of the club, across the Boise River.
The City Council of Garden City previously gave the green light for Brighton to build up to 750 homes and town houses for the project, despite community objections that it would change the character of the neighborhood, add traffic and remove trees along State Street. The most recent application requests only 134 town houses, but the other homes could still be on the table…