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COURSE RENOVATION
The board of directors
at Fox Hills Golf Course
in Watford City, N.D., has
retained Lincoln-Neb.-based
Landscapes Management Co.
on a five-year contract to
operate the city-owned 9-hole
track, now in the midst of a
remarkable transformation.
Forty years ago, Fox Hills
debuted as a 9-hole course
with sand greens, serving
a population of some 1,200
residents. In 2010, hefty
oil deposits were identified
nearby, and the local
population swelled to more
than 15,000. Many of those
people were temporary
oil-industry hires, but the
permanent population
of Watford City has now
stabilized at approximately
7,000 and continues to grow
at a much slower pace.
According to Fox Hills
board member Dave
Johnson, "The oil industry
is still adding 1,000 wells
a year to this area."
Local infrastructure here in
this western North Dakota
community is determined to
keep pace with this growth—
in the form of new hotel
rooms, new restaurants,
a new community center,
a new high school—and
