National Park Service to plan amenities at former Brandywine property

PENINSULA, Ohio — The sale of property that was part of a former golf course in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park has been finalized, with about 200 acres now owned by the National Park Service. But the property, the former Brandywine Golf Course located in the heart of the national park, could have ended up in the hands of commercial developers had some nonprofit groups not worked collaboratively to preserve it. What You Need To Know Nearly 200 acres of the former Brandywine Golf Course now belongs to the National Park Service The land was being eyed by developers until the Conservancy for the Cuyahoga Valley National Park bought it The conservancy sold 198 acres to the park service and kept 15 acres for future use Once the land is remediated, the park service will rely on community input to create a site plan The land was being eyed by developers in 2018 while the Trust for Public Land worked to buy the property, the Conservancy for the CVNP said when it announced it had bought the property.