Edinburg inicia una remodelación de 7 millones de dólares del campo de golf Ebony Hills, situado cerca del centro de la ciudad

Longtime resident Bill Carlson, president of the Friends of Ebony Hills Golf Course, a nonprofit organization in Edinburg dedicated to the preservation of the park space for the entire community, can envision the next generation of the 63-acre urban green space near the city’s downtown, county courthouse, and state college campus. 

“It’s more than just a golf course,” Carlson said, noting that there’s an ecotourism draw for birders from around the globe because of the ebony trees, and it’s an event space for community events in addition to golf. “There’s so many times we could have easily lost this property; we’re blessed to have it.” 

Carlson has been involved with the local community’s park space since the 1990s and is a past president of the Edinburg Rotary Club, a civic organization in the city, and is on the golf advisory board. He remembers when the Albertson’s grocery store looked to purchase two acres of the old golf course in the 1990s. 

More than a decade ago, the Friends of Ebony Hills petitioned the residents of Edinburg to vote in favor of enabling the city to acquire the property from private landowners after it was discovered the land was leased with a deed restriction from the original country club owners.