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Stayed at Caye Chapel for our honeymoon....nice place, well kept course, our villa was AWESOME, and the staff was great. We practically had the island to ourselves the entire time which was pretty cool too. I think it was listed for $75MM back then & that was June 08.

Maybe you don't move to Belize to play golf. But, if you play golf and move to Belize you get lonely for the evil game! Thats why I want to spend summers in Oregon!

Is anyone concerned that a golf course on North AC means nasty stuff running into the reef? The pesticides, herbicides, fungicides; not to mention waste treatment...what happened to wildlife protection? Even if this thing lingers like most big development does, maintainence of a golf course cannot possibly be environmentally friendly. Not to the level that this part of the world needs. That's not to say that the rest of the world can become a septic, but you get my drift? No pun intended.

If you are having trouble sleeping read this

http://www.doe.gov.bz/documents/EIA/Bellcan%20Consejo/Section%20One%20-%20Project%20Description.pdf

Nightmares or night night depending on your level of concern.

The link you posted refers to the "proposed" golf course and resort near Corozal Town, not on North Ambergris.

Not that most people think this will get off the ground in the next 10 or 20 years or so anyway.

Golf Course Closures Outpace Openings for Fifth Straight Year, Reports NGF
January 21, 2011 6:07 pm
Joanna DeChellisC&RB News0 Comments Wentworth Hills Golf Course in Plainville, Mass., is on the auction block. The Eagles Golf Club in Tampa, Fla., has filed for bankruptcy protection. The golf mecca of Myrtle Beach, S.C., lost 21 courses and more than 2,000 golf-industry jobs as rounds plummeted 22 percent last year, according to the Myrtle Beach Golf Association.

With the National Golf Foundation (NGF) reporting earlier this month that more golf courses closed than opened for the fifth year in a row, the financial struggles of Wentworth, Eagles, and Myrtle Beach are just snapshots of the tough economic times that club owners and operators continue to deal with worldwide.

"NGF tracked 46 18-hole equivalent golf course openings in 2010 vs. 107 closures, for a net negative of 61, the fifth consecutive year that closures have outpaced openings," says to Jim Kass, NGF research director. More than 60 percent of the openings were public-fee courses.

Unfortunately, NGF's Kass did not foresee a silver lining any time soon. "We expect [the trend] to continue for a while until things level out, meaning until supply matches demand," Kass told Waggle Room.

When I moved to San Marcos, I was invited to join the local country club. Played it, in terrible condition, didnt join. It went bankrupt and is now a muni, still in bad shape.

http://www.yoto98.noaa.gov/facts/pollut.htm

I stand corrected (somewhat embarrassed and humbled). Nonetheless, my concerns are for development that tries to maintain non-native plants and the use of chemicals in that effort. No doubt these are detrimental to this delicate environment. Having lived in the Midwest all of my life, I have seen first hand the effects of the use of chemicals; both in crops and livestock, on the local streams. Google "three-legged frogs" and you will get many reputable articles discussing the worldwide problem; as well as explanations of why amphibian life is indicative of other processes in nature.

Allowing the placement of such development seems to be contradictory to saving the ocean environments. Especially after all we understand about the long term effects of chemicals and development of coastal areas.

Excellent post, kmsqrd...agree completely.

I agree that golf courses are generally not good for the environment.

Of course, let's be real: Many of the things that go on every day on Ambergris Caye are not good for the environment.

But still way better than North Carolina...