Article: Protesters rally to preserve U. New Mexico-area golf course

Jeremy Hunt
University Wire
02-26-2007
(Daily Lobo) (U-WIRE) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- About 700 people rallied at the North Golf Course on Sunday to protest its possible development and petition for its preservation.

Sara Koplik, president of the North Campus Neighborhood Association, said residents became concerned after a story in the Albuquerque Journal stated the University of New Mexico Board of Regents was interested in building a retirement community on the property.

"As we started to talk more about organizing, we found that there are other plans for building," she said. "There seems to be a lot of ideas going around to build on the golf course."

Koplik said the residents got serious ...

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