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Private developers propose $10 million Shute Park golf-course rebuild tied to shoreline stabilization

City of Racine Common Council · March 17, 2026
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Summary

Developers working with the Kaiser/Leopold-Johnson group presented a privately funded plan to rebuild Shute Park’s nine‑hole course, repair 3,000 feet of bluff with engineered stone revetment, and restore shoreline habitat; council received the presentation for file and took no binding action.

Developers and city staff presented a privately financed vision to rebuild Shute Park Golf Course and shore up the adjacent bluff, telling the City of Racine Common Council that the project would be paid for by private partners and would not cost the city capital funds.

Designer Craig Halton, representing the Kaiser/Leopold partners, described a links‑style nine‑hole renovation that would replace greens, tees, bunkers and fairways, add a new small clubhouse and a public putting course, and include “shoreline stabilization and habitat restoration” along roughly 3,000 feet of shoreline. “We are proposing to repair the erosion on the bluff and to install stone revetment and erosion protection along the entire shoreline,” Halton said during the council presentation.

John Rooney, the…

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