Politics & Government
Wellington Golf Course to Be Turned into Parkland
The 9-hole course in Woodinville, formerly owned by UW, was sold to Snohomish County for parkland as part of King County's mitigation for the Brightwater sewage treatment plant.
The Wellington golf course in Woodinville will close in September after being sold by the University of Washington to Snohomish County for $9.7 million. The county plans to convert the public course to parkland.
The plan is part of a mitigation agreement with King County for the Brightwater sewage treatment plant which opened last year about a mile from the golf course in Wellington hills, according to Brian Perry, Snohomish County Executive Director.
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The University bought the Wellington Hills Gold and Country Club in 1990, with the idea of opening a satellite campus on the site. The UW built its branch in Bothell instead and the continued to allow the golf course to operate. The facility is one of the cheapest places in the area to play golf, according to the Seattle Times.
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