Legacy Ridge GC: New Bathrooms

I thought it would be worth mentioning our new restrooms that have been functional for about a year and a half now. For the prior 16 years at Legacy Ridge we have offered the bare minimum for on-course facilities in the form of sheltered porta-johns. In the spring of 2009 we broke ground on our two new restroom buildings located behind #5 Green and #14 Green.

Each building contains ADA compliant Mens and Womens restrooms, a drinking fountain (potable water of course) and a vending machine packed full of your favorite non-alcoholic beverages. A lot of planning and coordinating went into the construction as we had to bring electric, sewer, and water a significant distance to reach the two sites. The majority of infrastructure was brought in via directional boring, which saved a lot of disruption on the course and the surrounding neighborhoods.

Another concern we had to address was that of sightlines from the homes near the new restrooms. Understandably, none of our homeowners wanted to look at the side of a block building, where views of Mt. Evans and Longs Peak once were. So the building sites were carefully chosen and the grades were literally cut into a hillside to minimize their presence for our residents. In addition, we screened the buildings with a variety of landscape plantings that when mature, should hide any reminder that a building is present.

As usual, access to the sites was an issue, so a great deal of revegetation took place following construction to repair damage from large equipment and manpower alike. We even took the opportunity to renovate the irrigation for the surrounding greens and tee complexes to improve efficiency. Overall we are very pleased with the finished product, and hopefully our guests feel the same.