Editor,
In 1988, I completed the analysis of 604 surveys on the UNM North Golf Course for the North Campus Neighborhood Association. At that time, President Richard Peck was interested in turning the Barren Fairways into a driving range.
In 1988, we still had a pair of burrowing owls living on the Barren Fairways. We then recognized the fact that the Barren Fairways represented the last piece of undeveloped east mesa in Albuquerque. The survey respondents coming from different walks of life wanted the University to plan around this area and leave it alone.
Leave it as it is. Leave it intact. We wanted to have this oasis of green and growing quiet to retreat to after long, hard days and during days of rain or sunshine. My husband and I still golf, run, cycle, walk and take our dog there, even though we no longer live in the neighborhood. We contribute to the North Campus Neighborhood Association, and we hope the Board of Regents will reconsider their plan to develop any part of the golf course.
Please leave it alone. Please leave the historic John Gaw Meem shelter intact on the Barren Fairways. Please leave two of the most beautiful golf holes in the city - three and four - intact. Let us play, retreat and relax there forever as it is now.
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Ann Del Vecchio
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