Prospect Park Rec District Tries to Buy Golf Course
From: Denver Post, 08/29/15
Prospect Recreation and Park District has submitted a ballot measure to its voters requesting help in acquiring the Applewood Golf Course property in Jefferson County.
The measure asks voters to incur a debt to finance the purchase of the 140-acre property, which has been the center of controversysince a developer announced plans to purchase it for residential development.
A second ballot measure asks for a one-mill property tax increase to support the Prospect Recreation and Park District properties generally, including this proposed acquisition, district board chairman Jim Zimmerman said in a news release Friday….
