Kelowna International Airport is pictured in this undated photo. Credit: SUBMITTED/City of Kelowna

Kelowna airport buys golf course for future expansion

SHADOW RIDGE GOLF COURSE WILL STAY OPEN FOR FORESEEABLE FUTURE

KELOWNA – It’s going to stay open for now but the Shadow Ridge golf club will eventually become part of the Kelowna International Airport.

The city has announced the purchase of the 18-hole golf course that lies directly south of the airport and has long been known by golfers enjoying a game to also enjoy close up views of aircraft of all kinds taking off and landing.

Golf course manager Dan Weddel says in a media release from the city the 84-acre site wil remain open and fully operational for the foreseable future.

The city says it will be looking for a third party operator for the course beginning in 2017.

No purchase price was revealed but acquisition of the site was identified as key to the airport’s future growth in its master plan, extending through to 2025.

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To contact the reporter for this story, email John McDonald at jmcdonald@infonews.ca or call 250-808-0143. To contact the editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

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John McDonald

John began life as a journalist through the Other Press, the independent student newspaper for Douglas College in New Westminster. The fluid nature of student journalism meant he was soon running the place, learning on the fly how to publish a newspaper.

It wasn’t until he moved to Kelowna he broke into the mainstream media, working for Okanagan Sunday, then the Kelowna Daily Courier and Okanagan Saturday doing news graphics and page layout. He carried on with the Kelowna Capital News, covering health and education while also working on special projects, including the design and launch of a mass market daily newspaper. After 12 years there, John rejoined the Kelowna Daily Courier as editor of the Westside Weekly, directing news coverage as the Westside became West Kelowna.

But digital media beckoned and John joined Kelowna.com as assistant editor and reporter, riding the start-up as it at first soared then went down in flames. Now John is turning dirt as city hall reporter for iNFOnews.ca where he brings his long experience to bear on the civic issues of the day.

If you have a story you think people should know about, email John at jmcdonald@infonews.ca

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