Brown Park - closing for reconstruction

[terrycalhoun]

We're not sure when, but probably as soon as the ground thaws in a few weeks, the county drain commissioner is going to close down all of Brown Park.

Instead of that large pond over at one edge of the park, they're planning to have the creek meander all over what is now a flat and fairly wet grassy area near holes 15-17. The major motivation for this is to create better water quality down stream.

We should end up with new locations for at least some of holes 15-18, including, we hope, some water hazards on the changed holes!

However, the park (which exists primarily to be a "flood bowl" for the creek) will be closed for an uncertain amount of time that I expect will be all of the forthcoming season. (This is one of the reasons that the parks & rec folks want to move fast on Bandemer, which might be where the baskets at Brown will go.)

And, yes, the parks & rec folks are enthusiatic about making sure the Brown Park course opens up when all that is done. I actually think that the changes might open up space for a few more holes; we'll see.

[ChrisWoj]

A local, smaller, park last summer had its creek widened. This took somewhere in the range of four months. I've never been to Brown Park, but this could be a pretty lengthy process. In the end though, having new water hazards sounds like it'll make the course a lot of fun.

I'll have to get a round or two in there before it closes, I've heard great things about the place.


-Chris.

[wbrady]

Notice from the city of Ann Arbor

Brown Park will be closed to public use on May 1, 2006 – July 2007. This
includes the entire Disc Golf Course and the parking lot from Birch
Hollow Drive. All holes of the disc course will be affected by
construction work during this time frame.

An open invitation:
Please attend a Public Meeting to discuss the upcoming closure of Brown
Park and a new disc golf course at Bandemer.
When and where:
6:30-8:00 P.M. Tuesday, March 7, 2006
at the Cobblestone Farm Barn, 2781 Packard Rd.

The Washtenaw County Drain Commissioner is administering this project in
conjunction with several agencies of the City of Ann Arbor. The main
purpose of the Brown Park project is to improve the water quality of
Malletts Creek and its associated stormwater management components. At
this meeting, we will discuss the Brown Park project in detail and
future potential of a new Bandemer Park disc golf course. Please plan on
attending and learning more about these projects! If you have any
questions, please call Harry Sheehan, 222-6851, Drain Commissioner
office or Jeff Dehring at 994-1913, City of Ann Arbor, Parks and
Recreation between 8:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. Persons with disabilities
needing special accommodations may call the Office of the City Clerk at
994-2700 (V/TDD) at least 24 hours in advance.

[terrycalhoun]

The closure may even be longer, basically don't count on Brown Park for the '06 or '07 seasons.

The good news is that the course *will* be going back in, and that when it does, several of the holes will be better holes and water may come into play.

Meanwhile, see the Bandemer Park thread.