beautiful golf course. Then a developer comes along, closes the golf course, and plans to build condos there right in front of you. That’s what’s happened in Palm Desert and as you can imagine, residents are furious. Barbara Powers […]

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Imagine buying a home on a beautiful golf course. Then a developer comes along, closes the golf course, and plans to build condos there right in front of you. That’s what’s happened in Palm Desert and as you can imagine, residents are furious.

Barbara Powers says she remembers when she could walk into her backyard and onto a lush green golf course.

“There were pine trees and eucalyptus trees and palm trees covering the greens. It was beautiful and they kept it really nice,” said Powers.

Powers raised her family on the Palm Desert Executive Golf Course and says the course holds very specials memories.

“My son grew up playing on this golf course. Many, many juniors played here. It was a beautiful course for a nine hole course,” said Powers.

What was once a lush green golf course now looks like barren desert.

“It’s hard as a rock out there, the

Palm Desert Executive Golf Course Residents Furious Over Condo Plans