Bensenville will have to wait at least 18 months to start taking in money at a proposed golf course on the Sexton landfill site, course planner Richard Nugent said Tuesday.
Village President John Geils asked whether Nugent could build and open a planned driving range while the nine-hole course is being graded and seeded–at least an 18-month process.
“We’ve invested a lot of money in this site, and we’d like to see a return on that investment as quickly as possible,” he said.
But opening one section of the complex before the others are finished could hurt the overall image, Nugent contended, especially because work on the parking lot and internal drives could interfere with the driving range’s operation.
“You want to be organized before you open to the public,” Nugent said.
Bensenville bought the former Sexton landfill at the northwest corner of Grand Avenue and County Line Road in 1993 for $2.7 million, relying largely on a $2.25 million federal grant given under the condition that most of the land be preserved as open space.
Since then, the Village Board has signed an agreement with Di Paolo Co. of Glenview to build the golf course, driving range and golf school on part of the 55-acre site. Officials are negotiating with a hotel chain to build a resort on the south side of the property.
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