What do you want to do with the Willowick Golf Course site?

City of Santa Ana, Downtown Orange County

Community: SANTA ANA & GARDEN GROVE SEEK COMMUNITY INPUT TO FORM VISION PLAN FOR WILLOWICK SITE

The Cities of Santa Ana and Garden Grove are seeking public input to form a visioning plan for the 101-acre Willowick Golf Course site. Starting this month, a series of three, monthly community workshops will take place on Thursdays, at 6:00 p.m., in Santa Ana. The workshops will engage discussions on several topics, including ideas, concepts, and community needs and goals. The vision plan will guide the preparation of development plans for the Willowick site.

The schedule for the community workshops are:

Workshop #1 will focus on exploring ideas, needs and goals of the community.
Thursday, August 30, 2018, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Goodwill Industries, 410 N. Fairview Street, Santa Ana 92703

Workshop #2 will discuss economic and market forces, and will include activities using maps and boards.
Thursday, September 27, 2018, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Spurgeon Intermediate School, 2701 West 5th Street, Santa A na 92703

Workshop #3 will evaluate alternative concepts from previous workshops.
Thursday, October 25, 2018, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Spurgeon Intermediate School, 2701 West 5th Street, Santa Ana 92703

The Willowick Golf Course site is located at 3017 West 5th Street in Santa Ana. Owned by the City of Garden Grove, the property is currently an 18-hole golf course.

In 2017, the Cities of Santa Ana and Garden Grove held a joint study session to discuss the potential redevelopment of Willowick Golf Course. In 2018, the Santa Ana City Council approved an agreement with the City of Garden Grove for both cities to create a vision for future development involving community outreach.

The visioning process will help both cities better understand how Willowick can best serve and enrich the community for current and future generations, including determining what activities and land-uses are needed, and how it can keep pace with changing condi tions and trends.

RSVP’s for the community workshops are not required. For more information, visit ggcity.org/econdev/envision-willowick or contact Marc Morley, City of Santa Ana Economic Development at (714) 647-6588 or mmorley@santa-ana.org.