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The Metro Parks and Sustainability Committee held a special meeting to send an ordinance to the full Metro Council, but three councilmembers withdrew their support to support Parks and Recreation's request to repurpose Cherokee Golf Course.
Cherokee Park banned cars for months during the COVID-19 pandemic as more people used the park during the pandemic.
Many of those who frequent golf the course want it to stay.
The course is one of three nine-hole courses in the Louisville Parks and Recreations system.
A public meeting will be hosted at Douglass Community Center on April 20 at 6 p.m., followed by a meeting on April 25 at Cherokee Golf Course Clubhouse starting at 6 p.m.
Louisville Parks and Recreation is looking for some "tee-rific" new employees for its golf courses.
It's not clear if Mayor Greg Fischer's office will find golf pros to lead Bobby Nichols Golf Course, Cherokee Golf Course and Crescent Hill Golf Course.
Cherokee Park will be car free on Sunday as the Olmsted Parks Conservancy closes its Scenic Loop for people wanting to walk, bike or run.
But it's not clear if city leaders, who've voted to save public courses, would ever allow it.