Plans are underway for the construction of an urgent care center that will go up at the site of a former popular golf course in Anthony, New Mexico.
The City of Anthony purchased the 18-hole Dos Lagos Golf Course, located at 1150 Duffer Lane, for $3.6 million in 2019, and has since worked to repurpose the property for new uses.
Those uses include building commercial, residential, and recreational space. Plans have also been revealed regarding a community center.
Additional plans have called for building city administrative offices at the site, as well as a high school, and the urgent care center.
The 130-acre golf course was opened in January of 1962 and was for decades one of the most popular courses in southern New Mexico. For several reasons, the course was closed in early 2019.
A master plan looking at new uses for the course was earlier formulated by Wilson & Company of Albuquerque and funded as a state capital outlay.
Additional funding has been secured through a U.S. Economic Development Administration grant to build the proposed 2,700 square foot urgent care center.
Altogether, it is expected that up to $35 million in new recreational facilities, roads, and drainage improvements will be built at the site over the course of the next year.
With a population of around 8,700 people, Anthony was incorporated as its own community via a referendum in 2010.
By Garry Boulard
