Deep Creek Lake Real Estate Blog - Jay Ferguson

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Monday, February 13, 2012

Sustainability standard

Features - Q&A

The Lodestone Golf Course project turned a scar in the landscape into a standard for new course development in Maryland. Its designers discuss the project with GCI.
Chris Wilczynski | February 10, 2012 |

The word “sustainability” gets used frequently in our new “green” world.

Given that there has only been a handful of new golf courses built within the U.S. during the last few years, it has been challenging to find much to talk about in this sector of our industry.

I recently learned about the Lodestone Golf Course facility in McHenry, Md., that fits sustainability to a perfect “T.” Prior to Lodestone’s 2010 opening, the property had been completely cleared by timber-harvesting operations. What was left was a site that was void of any significant vegetation, had damaged and poorly functioning wetlands and streams and an overall fractured environmental ecosystem.

More here.

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