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Consultants tell Universal City golf course brings visitors, council questions methodology
Summary
The National Golf Foundation presented an economic-impact report for Olympia Hills Golf Course; council members pressed presenters on assumptions, data sources and how much local tax revenue the course generates.
The National Golf Foundation presented an economic-impact analysis of Universal City’s Olympia Hills Golf Course at the June 17 Universal City City Council meeting, and council members spent more than an hour questioning the report’s estimates and methods.
The presentation, led by Richard Singer of the National Golf Foundation, summarized benefits the consultants attribute to the golf course: visitor rounds, charitable fundraising and a claimed property-value premium for nearby neighborhoods. “It’s preserving open space. It’s an avenue of home recreation. It’s a place where social gathering. It’s a venue to raise money, and it’s a major contribution, to the Universal City brand,” Singer said.
The council’s questions focused on data sources and what the report treated as…
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