Kalamzoo Disc Golf Consortium (Kalamazoo, Michigan)

Corey Nufer 6 days ago

The Real Deal - We Did It!

I have just been informed by the director of the City of Kalamazoo Parks and Recreation department that a proposal I put forward to the Friends of Recreation for a park improvement grant has been approved!!!! The amount of $3,600 will be granted to Knollwood Park in order to install concrete pads on the rest of the course, new tee signage, re-chain all of the baskets, and improve garbage collection. There is one catch, as a sort of "payment" for this grant, I have agreed to organize two thing ... more

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Corey Nufer January 20 at 7:15am

Time to Start Recruiting

A big thanks to everyone that has already shown their support for our cause, the season is only a short couple of months away and the time has come to get involved. The city Parks and Recreation department has invited disc golfers to express the importance of our sport in relation to the future of parks management. In order to do so, we must gather and attend their open spaces and five year planning meetings as a group. These meetings will be occurring later in the year and the dates are yet to ... more

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Corey Nufer January 5 at 11:28am

The Start of an Amazing Collaboration.

So I met with the new director of Parks and Recreation with the City of Kalamazoo and we have come to agreements on several issues. First, they will be providing support via trash bags and implements to help keep our garbage cans from being dumped. Next, we have a green light to begin an actual fundraising campaign to provide park improvements and renovations, these improvements will be overseen and managed by the city, however, we will have our say in what improvements are made and we will have ... more

So I met with the new director of Parks and Recreation with the City of Kalamazoo and we have come to agreements on several issues. First, they will be providing support via trash bags and implements to help keep our garbage cans from being dumped. Next, we have a green light to begin an actual fundraising campaign to provide park improvements and renovations, these improvements will be overseen and managed by the city, however, we will have our say in what improvements are made and we will have an opportunity to participate in their installation, mostly through the grunt work. Another point touched upon was the possibility of changing the layout of Knollwood to move the action away from some of the muddier areas and utilize more of the open space.

Now this is where it gets real, this year, we need to rally every single person that has an interest in making Kalamazoo a disc golf landmark toward this goal. We have been invited to represent the disc golf interest to several groups and entities within the city that make long term decisions. The disc golf community must assemble to show that we are numerous and that we are all interested in the growth of disc golf in this area. What we do now can have an impact on future generations that can include the creation of new, professional level courses, the institution of disc golf education curriculum in different programs, and could turn Kalamazoo into a major hub of professional disc golf.

I have created this new group that I trust will be fundamental to achieving this goal, every one of us, from the two year old with a mini to the 65 year old with a trolley full of discs, will benefit from banding together. We can show this city, this state, and the world that disc golf is a socially and physically healthy activity that can increase morale, create community awareness, and yes, even bring money into local economies.

I will be organizing meetings of this group to go over our goals and aspirations, to inform members of ways to help and create awareness, and to organize representative groups to go into our communities to spread the word of disc golf. This group is not just for people from Kalamazoo, I strongly urge people from other cities, municipalities, and states to come and see what we are doing. I hope to create a model of cooperation that can be used in clubs and cities all over the country.

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W TF January 8 at 1:22am

That is incredible.

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Corey Nufer 6 days ago

The Real Deal - We Did It!

Corey Nufer January 20 at 7:15am

Time to Start Recruiting

Corey Nufer January 5 at 11:28am

The Start of an Amazing Collaboration.

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