The vision for the new Ridgewood Golf Course recently became clearer with the goal being an Independence Day 2025 grand opening date.
This week, Architecture and engineering firm American Structurepoint -- along with construction manager at risk Albert M. Higley Co. -- presented to both Parma City Council and the Ridgewood Golf Course event committee its first renderings of the proposed new venue that currently has a price tag falling somewhere between $10.
5 million and $12.3 million. “We’re really excited, it’s one of the biggest economic development projects we’ve had in a long time,” Parma Mayor Tim DeGeeter said. “There’s been a lot of hard work among city officials who feel really great with the team we have with Higley and Structurepoint.The current plan calls for the construction of a 11,400-square-foot venue along with outdoor amenity spaces such as patios, covered porches and porte-cochère. “We wanted to really focus on a community event center that can bring in golfers and non-golfers alike,” American Structurepoint Principal – Cleveland Operations Ed Kagel said. “We want people to feel comfortable. You can have an event, wedding, banquet -- even a small gathering of folks in the community. They have a place to go, a place to call home. “We wanted to capture a little bit of the old with the new, bring them together so you had a seamless center that could be transformational for the community because we know we have one chance to do it every 100 years.”The new layout -- including outdoor patio seating -- was designed to take advantage of the topography. “The overall arc of this is it’s a business, so within that are things that will generate revenue for the Ridgewood Golf Course,” DeGeeter said. In addition to the proposed 170-seat event center -- perfect for weddings and rentals -- with a warming kitchen, there are six golf simulator bays located at the southern portion of the building. “A lot of golf course facilities have found ways to generate revenue,” Kagel said. “We have an area with multiple simulators to drive winter leagues. “Everyone can take advantage of it -- folks from the community and also, even better, bring people outside in to help generate that revenue.”However, there’s talk of raising the currently lower parking lot to the height of the clubhouse, which will create roughly 200 more spaces. “We’re working in close partnership with Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District to look at the existing stormwater model and potential solutions that could allow us to build a retention pond,” he said. “If that becomes a solution, we’re looking at ways to optimize cut fill on the site to potentially raise that parking lot. We’re still in the planning phase so we don’t have definitive results on that. We’ll have a better idea later this fall once we wrap up a planning study on drainage.” While the new Ridgewood Golf Course clubhouse and event center was originally estimated at $9 million, the mayor said inflation raised the cost, which finds the city using a recently awarded $4 million grant from County Council.If unsuccessful, the plan is for the city to take out a bond. Parma Auditor Brian Day previously told cleveland.com, “The fire station and the Justice Center will be falling off our bond schedule in the next couple of years.The mayor noted during construction the Ridgewood Golf Course will remain open.Despite the fact the current clubhouse is a triple-wide trailer, attendance hasn’t waned.“In fact, the last three years the golf course, which is an enterprise fund, has made money, so we anticipate that going forward as well.”If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. By browsing this site, we may share your information with our social media partners in accordance with our
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