Tarpon Woods residents bring golf course concerns to Pinellas commissioners [Video]

PALM HARBOR, Fla. – A Tampa Bay community is up in arms after plans were announced to shut down their local golf course. Residents of Tarpon Woods in Palm Harbor gathered at a county meeting Thursday night where they pleaded with commissioners not to shut down the course.

Last week, developers outlined plans at an emotional and heated meeting to shut down the green and turn it into a wetlands preserve. The developer promised it would not include any residential buildings.

“It’s challenging to hear that their golf course is closing, felt like we did everything we could have. Why the golf course is not working, we hope they come out with the facts: there is not going to be residential development on the course,” said Kyle Parks, the Tarpon Woods spokesperson at last week’s meeting.

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