Water Works Park
Ypsilanti, MI · 1 course · 9 holes
Talk time.. What would people like to see added / changed (within reason) on this course this coming spring. I would like to draw up a detailed plan for a work day so I can email it to the city for ...
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Talk time.. What would people like to see added / changed (within reason) on this course this coming spring. I would like to draw up a detailed plan for a work day so I can email it to the city for approval.
My personal thoughts.
- Tee markers
- Wooded bulletin board
- Some love and attention to the pavilion
- More trash cans
- Turn the ball diamond lights on till 9-10 p.m (Or whenever the park is posted to be closed)
- Benches on hole 2 and possible others.
Any other suggestions.... Sega
Jan 22, 2013
My personal thoughts.
- Tee markers
- Wooded bulletin board
- Some love and attention to the pavilion
- More trash cans
- Turn the ball diamond lights on till 9-10 p.m (Or whenever the park is posted to be closed)
- Benches on hole 2 and possible others.
Any other suggestions.... Sega
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I would say make nothing that can easily be destroyed. Benches hole 2 really don't need but would be ...
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I would say make nothing that can easily be destroyed. Benches hole 2 really don't need but would be ill. The holes should be remeasured.i was going to make tee signs last year but figured a bum would destroy it and calhounaburger was giving me mad salt. Salt





tee markers in field need to be below grass level, could use flat pavers, maybe etched or carved som ...
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tee markers in field need to be below grass level, could use flat pavers, maybe etched or carved somehow? or make signs out of a wooden block instead of bricks, marking the front corners. #2 blue tee could move up on hill closer to #1 basket, eliminate white tee, make old blue the new white tee



I'll echo what Ben says, great ideas. I've played on the pavers before and they are awesome. They ...
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I'll echo what Ben says, great ideas. I've played on the pavers before and they are awesome. They are inexpensive, you can mow the grass right over them, and they can be moved easily if you want to mix the course up. Plus they are easy to install.

I'd say it needs trash cans first and foremost. Secondly #2 blue tee needs moved up. I'm not sure ...
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I'd say it needs trash cans first and foremost. Secondly #2 blue tee needs moved up. I'm not sure where to move it, is there any area behind the white tee? Maybe we need to chop out a path/line for the shot a bit.


Engraved paved markers with up to date distances would be awesome. A place I used to work used this ...
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Engraved paved markers with up to date distances would be awesome. A place I used to work used this company for memorial pavers like this http://www.polarengraving.com/brick-colors.php#.UP6u9uhaJVc. There are multiple companies that do them for around $20 a piece. There are probably things that need attention before fancy pavers.

With regards to Trash Cans.. The city will more than likely want them placed so that whom ever come ...
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With regards to Trash Cans.. The city will more than likely want them placed so that whom ever comes to empty will not have to walk the entire course. So realistically think about hole 1, 7 , 8. I think that should be good at first but we still need to show the city that people are using that course before the city will want to spend more time/money on it. Also, from a conversation I had last year I believe that the next mound of woodchips can be dumped onto the fairway of 2 and 3. we will just have to go and smooth them out.


A little of both Brian.. They are a little stand off ish to the idea and I have been trying to gain ...
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A little of both Brian.. They are a little stand off ish to the idea and I have been trying to gain some ground with the conversation. At this point I think it will still be a year or so down the line, But with the city improving the path that connects the Ypsi parks system I think we can piggy back with their beautification projects


The area across the street from hole 9's tee is ripe for some sweet holes. From behind the baseball ...
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The area across the street from hole 9's tee is ripe for some sweet holes. From behind the baseball diamond all the way to the street (I think its grove), you could easily squeeze in several pins with multiple placements. I'm not sure about all that land across the river from hole #1, but I bet you could throw a bunch of holes back in there as well.

I think that this convo is getting away from the possibilities of the next work day. It would be co ...
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I think that this convo is getting away from the possibilities of the next work day. It would be cool to add more holes, but I doubt the city would be open to it just yet, and I don't think the funds are there anyway.

I think a bulliten board right at the end of the parking lot looking toward hole 1's pin, with a cou ...
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I think a bulliten board right at the end of the parking lot looking toward hole 1's pin, with a course map showing distances would be cool. Small boxes to hold score cards and pencils could be affixed to that as well at minimum cost I expect.








In respects to what Dan is saying, I think the most immediate needs that is most fixable would be tr ...
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In respects to what Dan is saying, I think the most immediate needs that is most fixable would be trash cans on 1, 7 and 8, and to move Blue #2 tee. I think you many are too quick to think the park is ripe for vandalism. Vandalism can happen in any area and is most likely to occur in places that attract high volume (which is not Water Works). I can only point to Cass Benton as an example. It is located at the heart of the Northville Plymouth border in what is one of the most affluent areas in all of Wayne County, yet the park is vandalized most due to high traffic volume, not the people who live nearby (which, as I mentioned, the area where Cass Benton is located is one of the safest and richest communities in Wayne County).

So we are trying to bring a higher volume into an area thats not the safest and richest community? ...
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So we are trying to bring a higher volume into an area thats not the safest and richest community? There may not be high traffic on the disc course but your guaranteed to run into some non discing locals on the course and some sitting in their cars in the parking lot...I digress, trashcans!



Bleachers need to be relocated to somewhere other than in the middle of Hole #1's Fairway from White ...
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Bleachers need to be relocated to somewhere other than in the middle of Hole #1's Fairway from White and Blue Tees. Picnic Benches need to be added to Hole #1 by Red Tee(out of the way from white and blue) for groups to gather and for TD's and Leagues to have a place to Register. Fire pit on #5-#6 needs to be cleared out and put to use this summer/spring. Bulletin Board by parking lot for course announcements and events. ---- As far as the lights from baseball diamond, it would be a grand idea, but I fear the city will only assist that endeavour for a short time as the lights will be shot out with BB Guns in time. Couple holes can be added behind #3 if city approves of the use of that land, would have to be leveled and filled in a bit to prevent swamping and puddling, but the city does have a more than adequate supply of dirt back there to the right, or we can maybe pull their arm unto letting us use the land across from the river/bridge by the parking lot. If I think of anything else I'll post here.






Admiral....There are still a number of gopher/animal holes that could be filled in. Issue we ran in ...
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Admiral....There are still a number of gopher/animal holes that could be filled in. Issue we ran into over by the baseball diamond was we ran out of dirt to fill the holes. Obviously we'll have to venture into the woods and grab some dirt. But I know there's some on 3, 4, 5, 6 for sure. Possible #2 as well



You can buy worms that look like rubber fishing bait, and it contains poison that will kill gophers, ...
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You can buy worms that look like rubber fishing bait, and it contains poison that will kill gophers, simply drop in the hole and then cover with dirt. Keeps other animals and people safely away from it and city would have no way of knowing lol


