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Aspen Golf Club master plan: 534 survey responses push for a year‑round community hub; council asks for numbers and sequencing
Summary
Consultants told council that 534 survey respondents called the Aspen Golf Club a community hub; options include a modest update, an upgrade to add amenities, or a full reimagination that could include underground parking and employee housing. Council requested cost and sequencing data before choosing a direction.
Consultants and Aspen Golf Club management briefed council on May 4 about the preliminary clubhouse-area master plan and public outreach results. Jim Pratt, general manager of the Aspen Golf Club, said 534 people responded to the project survey and that responses showed strong demand for making the facility a year‑round community hub with expanded dining, social spaces, improved golf and practice facilities, indoor tennis and more flexible indoor spaces.
"What we're hearing from the community is that this is a community hub," Pratt told council, summarizing the outreach. Staff presented three high-level options: (1) an update to fix inefficiencies and replace failing systems with little increase in size, (2) an upgrade that enhances user experience and adds some amenities, and (3) a reimagine alternative that could be comprehensive and include subterranean parking, additional program areas and potentially employee housing.
Council members pressed staff for sequencing and cost details before committing to a larger scope. One council member suggested exploring paid parking to help address current parking shortfalls; staff acknowledged parking is constrained and said underground parking is possible but costly. The master plan team also noted operational shortcomings the project must address, including inadequate locker and storage space, lack of a restroom near tennis courts and an uninsulated cart barn that stores more carts than intended.
Pratt and DTJ consultants said they remain in a listening and discovery phase; staff expects to return with more refined concepts, cost estimates and schedule options in the coming months. Council members encouraged the team to prioritize Aspen residents’ access and consider potential private fundraising as part of project financing.
Next steps: continue design work, develop cost and sequencing options, and return to council with more detailed proposals and community feedback.
