Happy 25th Birthday Lakeside Greens!
When Lakeside Greens Inc. was given approval to develop the land into a gold course back in 1992, part of the deal was for the development to pay to connect Chestermere to the City of Calgary’s water supply.
“That’s how the village of Chestermere got city water, the golf course paid for it,” said Managing Partner Wayne McBean.
McBean has been involved with the club since the beginning and has been managing it for the last 19 years.
You can read the whole story in Chestermere a Home for All Seasons, Chestermere’s history book. Or click here for the August 1, 2017 Anchor article to celebrate this milestone in Chestermere’s history.
http://www.theanchor.ca/2017/lakeside-celebrates-25-years-of-golf-in-chestermere/
Are changes coming?
After 30 years Chestermere residents, and particularly those who live on Lakeside Greens Golf Course have been sad, dismayed, and even angry to hear that the golf course may be replaced with a housing development. Read more in these recent October 2020 articles from The Calgary Herald Oct 13 p A7 and The Calgary Sun Oct 13th.
This is the media statement put out by the owners Oct 6th in The Chesterrnere Anchor.
“Lakeside Golf Club Statement
Glenn Carr Wayne McBean Managing Partners, Lakeside Golf Club
Media Statement – Chestermere Anchor We’ve had 27 great years running the golf club and are proud of our record as Chestermere’s largest employer, second only to the Municipality. Many of our members’ children worked here for their first summer jobs.
Golfing around the world was experiencing a decline long before the global pandemic paralyzed our economy. Our club is one of many that has struggled to remain open. We have been operating at a loss for the past several years and the club is in need of millions of dollars of capital infrastructure investment.
When the opportunity to partner with Slokker Homes came along, we had to consider it seriously. It is a difficult but necessary decision. We can confirm we have signed a partnership agreement with Slokker Homes to redevelop the property, contingent on Council’s approval of a future proposed community. The golf club will remain open for at least the next two seasons.
For more information, please visit the project’s website at: www.lakesidefuture.com” or for the other side of the story go to https://lakesidepreservation.com/
March /April/June 2021
A group of citizens concerned about the closure of the Lakeside Golf Course have set out a petition to stop this development. You can sign this petition here. https://www.change.org/p/city-of-chestermere-save-lakeside-greens-golf-course-chestermere-ab
And the discussions are ongoing in the community and in the local papers. This article appeared in the Calgary Herald on March 20th — following two open houses hosted by Slokker Homes in early March. https://calgaryherald.com/life/homes/new-homes/slokker-homes-explores-future-plans-for-chestermeres-lakeside-golf-course
And another article in April
https://www.theanchor.ca/2021/a-second-offer-to-purchase-lakeside-greens-golf-course-on-the-table/
And in June the City of Chestermere closed its file on Lakeside Greens rezoning. https://www.theanchor.ca/2021/city-temporarily-closes-lakeside-greens-golf-course-development-file/
August 2021
The following are some newspaper articles regarding the status of the purchase of Lakeside Greens by Slokker Homes.
May 2022
On May 17th 2022 Chestermere Historical Foundation was pleased to have three speakers from the Lakeside Preservation Society bring their story to a public presentation on May 17 2022. Joe Samulenok, Allan Maillot, and Warren Smandych provided a detailed history of the Club and an update on the current situation with regard to a potential development of the course. You can listen to their presentation here.
