White Plains Group Opposes Turning Golf Course Into School
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (WCBS 880) -- A White Plains community group is fighting plans by the French-American School of New York to turn a local golf course into an educational facility.
The Gedney Association of White Plains opposes the purchase of the Ridgeway Country Club for the purposes of turning it into a school.
"Their dream would be not much of a dream for us, but more of an unfortunate reality," Gedney President Terence Guerriere told WCBS 880's Catherine Cioffi.
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Opponents said the property could not handle the new buildings and traffic that would come with the building of a school. They also cited noise, construction and the loss of open space as reasons for their disapproval.
Guerriere said the 120-acre golf course should stay just that -- a golf course.
"It's not about the French-American school -- they seem like very nice folks. We just don't think a school makes sense for the property and the neighborhood," Guerriere said.
The $11 million deal is presently in the contract phase and if completed, it would bring all three of the French-American School's institutions in Westchester County to White Plains.
