Around a dozen Alachua County citizens attended a neighborhood workshop at the NV5 engineering firm’s office on Wednesday to learn about an amendment to the private Tomoka Hills Golf Course coming to the city of Alachua.
In April, Alachua’s Planning and Zoning Board unanimously approved a site plan for the 197-acre, 18-hole golf course located at 156012 NW 167th Blvd. The golf course sits less than a mile from Mill Creek Sink and the proposed controversial Tara housing and commercial developments.
The Tomoka Hills Golf Course is part of a larger development by Bill Shively in Alachua. Shively is executive chairman of Tower Hill Insurance, which is currently building its corporate headquarters just north of I-75 off exit 399…