The city of Council Bluffs is considering turning the 100-year-old Dodge Riverside Golf Course into a new housing development. The city has a very little available housing available to rent or to own. The Mayor says Council Bluffs employers, such as the hospitals and schools, say their workers can’t find homes in Council Bluffs.
- Walsh and city leaders are exploring the idea of selling Dodge Riverside Golf Club, a public golf course along the river, to develop a mixed-use community.
- Golfers who use the course, and several other neighbors, are opposed to the sale.
- Walsh says that compared to the approximately $34,000 the city makes from the club, it could eventually gain $15-$20 million in property taxes from a housing development.
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The city of Council Bluffs is proposing turning this 100-year-old public golf course into a new housing development. Meanwhile, concerned neighbors are pushing back…