HOW YOU CAN HELP

Under pressure from the County Council and the County Executive, the Parks Department and the Montgomery County Revenue Authority have entered into an agreement under which the Revenue Authority will operate Sligo Creek Golf Course for the 2011 and 2012 seasons.

 

While this agreement requires the Revenue Authority to maintain the course in playing condition it does not require them to spend any money on major capital improvements, like a new clubhouse or a new irrigation system.

This is not the long-term solution sought by the Sligo Creek Golf Association (SCGA). We want the golf course either brought permanently back into the Revenue Authority golf system, with Northwest, Needwood, etc., or to have it put out for bids by a private operator.

 

Nonetheless, SCGA believes that if supporters remain strong, Sligo Creek Golf Course will not be closed. That is why SCGA is committed to spending funds this year on course improvements and to continue efforts to raise funds and attract new customers to the course. The Revenue Authority and the Parks Department are showing evidence of a new spirit of cooperation with SCGA’s efforts and we hope that will continue.

 

More specifically, SCGA is planning to use donations raised in 2010 for some course improvements – bunkers, tee boxes, replacing fallen trees, planting flowers, etc. – to offset the neglect that Sligo has suffered over the last several years. We are also planning to involve the local arts and student communities with a contest to design new tee and yardage markers. Outreach to the businesses and apartment communities in downtown Silver Spring continues with the hope that they will take advantage of the course just a mile up the road.

 

Another thing we would like to accomplish is to make the Sligo club house ADA-friendly with at least a ramp to the restrooms. We do not have the funds to make the club house ADA-compliant, but that is a long term goal – particularly since Sligo is such a great fit for seniors and persons with disabilities who need low-impact recreational options. Sligo would not be in the great position of remaining a treasured amenity and 65 acres of undeveloped, open green space – home to countless wildlife and fowl – in Silver Spring without the continued support and volunteer efforts of the people and communities that surround it.

 

We still need the COMMUNITY to stay involved. Thank you!

 

If you are not on the SCGA listserv, send your e-mail address to save.sligo.creek.golf.course@gmail.com.

 

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So what are we doing that we need Your Help to "Keep Doing?"

 
 

ARMCHAIR VOLUNTEERS
   
  • Call and write to the County Executive, County Council & Delegates – their contact information is listed below.

  • Sign the electronic Petition

  • Send press contacts and suggestions for stories to Merrill Goozner (merrill@goozner.com) – let's make sure the story doesn't die!

  • Post Sligo Golf information on your neighborhood listserv.

  • Talk to (or e-mail) your neighbors, friends, and co-workers to educate them about the issues.

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    "FEET ON THE STREET" VOLUNTEERS
       
  • Yard Signs – one for your yard and volunteer to work high priority streets. Contact Rebecca Howland (save.sligo.creek.golf.course@gmail.com)

  • Volunteer for a Committee. Contact Rebecca Howland (save.sligo.creek.golf.course@gmail.com)

  • Sligo Flare – Wear our Buttons, t-shirts, and carry our grocery totes. Contact Karen Howland (howlandk@gmail.com)

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    DONATE TO THE CAUSE

    The Sligo Creek Golf Course Association is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization.

    Your donation will help us continue the fight to keep the course open.

     

    county executive

    Ike Leggett

    240-777-2500

    ocemail@montgomerycountymd.gov

    COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBERS

    Contact all Council Members by sending an e-mail to county.council@montgomerycountymd.gov

     

    Phil Andrews

    councilmember.andrews@montgomerycountymd.gov

    240-777-7906

    Roger Berliner

    councilmember.berliner@montgomerycountymd.gov

    240-777-7828

    Marc Elrich

    councilmember.elrich@montgomerycountymd.gov

    240-777-7966

    Valerie Ervin

    councilmember.ervin@montgomerycountymd.gov

    240-777-7960

    Nancy Floreen

    councilmember.floreen@montgomerycountymd.gov

    240-777-7959

    George Leventhal

    councilmember.leventhal@montgomerycountymd.gov

    240-777-7811

    Nancy Navarro

    councilmember.navarro@montgomerycountymd.gov

    240-777-7968

    Craig Rice

    councilmember.rice@montgomerycountymd.gov

    240-777-7955

    Hans Riemer

    councilmember.riemer@montgomerycountymd.gov

    240-777-7964

    MONTGOMERY COUNTY DELEGATION

    Contact all Senate Members by sending an e-mail to senate@montgomerycountydelegation.com

    Contact all House Members by sending an e-mail to house@montgomerycountydelegation.com

    KEEP SLIGO GOLF OPEN!

     

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