[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by Bonanza

Jim, you weren't here say, five to seven years ago or so when there were tons of empty storefronts in Brownwood. It took a loooong time for those places to be rented.

"Hidden meaning?" Well, there is nothing cheap in what the rents probably are that the Morses charge in addition to how much they get from the receipts of each store. A few restaurants have gone out, and more stores than what you've mentioned. Brownwood has always been the ******* stepchild of the three squares and certainly, not the most desirable location for all of them. There's probably more "hidden meaning" than any of us is aware of, as well.

You mean when it was still under construction?

I visited 2 1/2 years ago and we were taken to Brownwood. There was still major construction going on at that time...

Hard to fill when you're still building...

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by VApeople

Yeah, that's right.

Plus a nice golf course and a beautiful walking path that prohibits golf carts. We are easy to please.

A "pitch & putt", while nice, isn't exactly what I'd call "a nice golf course"...

The nearby executives (Low Lands and Loblolly) fit that description...

[VApeople]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

The nearby executives (Low Lands and Loblolly) fit that description...

Yeah, we like Lowlands but we don't like Loblolly. We walk the course and Loblolly requires us to walk with our push carts along a busy MMP which we refuse to do.

The original model in the visitor center showed there would be a walking path from #6 green to #7 tee at Loblolly but they never built it.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by VApeople

Yeah, we like Lowlands but we don't like Loblolly. We walk the course and Loblolly requires us to walk with our push carts along a busy MMP which we refuse to do.

The original model in the visitor center showed there would be a walking path from #6 green to #7 tee at Loblolly but they never built it.

The courses have golf cart paths. If you're walking when playing, you can walk anywhere...

[VApeople]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

The courses have golf cart paths. If you're walking when playing, you can walk anywhere...

When we walk the course, there are no carts driving on the path on the hole we are playing.

On Loblolly, we would have to walk along the MMP where carts are going to and from Magnolia Plaza. The grass along the MMP is not cut as low as the fairways on the golf course, so it is no fun pushing a cart through it.

Still, I am not complaining. Before we moved here, I had heard the exec courses were free. I was really surprised how much fun they are to play. I have never pared #7 Bacall from the black tee. The black tee on #8 Sweetgum is great where you have to carry a lake and the resident gator.