Show Notes
Qualicum Beach agreed to pay $8.5 million for the Eaglecrest Golf Course in 2025. The project budget is now $21.2 million, and it counts on land sales that haven’t happened yet. What Council and the public said about the return, the risks, the clubhouse, the speed and the other golf course in town, from the Town’s own meeting video and records. Narration is AI-generated (ElevenLabs). The script was drafted with AI tools from public records and checked against each document. Chapters 0:00 Cold open 2:22 Act 1: The price 3:20 Act 2: Paying for it 6:26 Act 3: Fast 8:40 Act 4: The clubhouse 10:36 Act 5: The other golf course 12:56 Act 6: The gap 15:48 What we still don't know 16:47 Close Full transcript and every source: https://letthemeatgolf.ca/podcast/eaglecrest-golf-course/ Spot a mistake? [email protected]
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