Hickory Ridge owners plan solar array, end of golf at Amherst course
The owners of Hickory Ridge Golf Club want to build a solar farm on the golf course property. This is according to the agenda for an Amherst Conservation Commission meeting set for 7 p.m. Dec. 12 at Town Hall. Course owner Dave Wasenda of Appliedgolf in Millstone, New Jersey, he plans to build a 5.2-megawatt solar array at the 150-acre property sometime next year. “It’s no secret that the golf industry has been contracting, he said. “You used to have a steady flow, the working population golfed a little, then when they retired the kept golfing and young people started golfing. Now, it feels like it skipped a generation.”