Overland Park Suffers Deer Creek Demise & Fear Of Affordable Housing

Stuck between the unknown and the underbrush . . .

With respect to golfer hottie Paige . . . Take a glimpse at this tough situation . . .

GreatLife KC closed the golf course in April after Overland Park City Council denied the rezoning request related to plans to construct an apartment complex on the property. Over the summer, the council did approve a plan to turn the golf course into a new subdivision with 68 single-family homes . . .

As for resurrecting the apartment project, Mayor Curt Skoog said the city has not received any official applications.

"The property owner came to me earlier this year and said he really would like to save the golf course and keep the golf course open, and he wondered if there was any way that could happen," Skoog said. "And what I said is, 'I would encourage you, if you're interested in revisiting that plan, is to talk to the neighborhood.'"

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Overland Park neighbors push back against rumblings of new Deer Creek apartment plan

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Residents in one Overland Park community have long fought against an apartment complex going in their neighborhood. Now, there's been recent chatter that the idea has resurfaced, and neighbors in Deer Creek are not happy. Overgrown and untouched for about six years, the Deer Creek golf course doesn't make a great back drop for a back porch.