LAKELAND, Fla. — One of Lakeland’s oldest golf courses will soon be home to new development.
City commissioners recently approved 973 housing units to be built on the former Wedgewood Golf Course. That’s an increase from the 954 homes included in the developer’s previous plan — a proposal that faced pushback from the start.
Like many first-time homebuyers, Joshuah and Garion Wolverton put in hours to make their house a home. But since moving to Rockingham Road in October, the two say they’ve learned their efforts could soon be in vain. The planned development would sit close to their property, with the former golf course connecting directly to their backyard…