A fundraising effort for the 18-hole disc golf course at the Camp Verde Sports Complex is underway with help from the Camp Verde Disc Golf group and the Camp Verde Recreation Association.
The course will be built at the Camp Verde Sports Complex in and around the stormwater control flood basin. This area is considered unsuitable for any other purpose. The town contracted with Dillon Gassaway, a disc golf designer and president of the Tucson Disc Golf Association, to design the course.
Construction is expected to start in mid-January while funds are still being raised. The initial course should be open within 30 days of starting construction.
A group of residents formed the Camp Verde Disc Golf group on Facebook to spearhead the volunteer and fundraising effort. The Camp Verde Recreation Association, which initially formed to support the Sports Complex, is the fiscal agent for the fundraising.
According to Parks and Recreation Manager Michael Marshall, the town has spent around $10,000 on the design of the course and on purchasing baskets and ground mounts. An additional $15,000 is estimated to be needed for a full buildout of the course. The town is now seeking to raise these funds for the installation, with the most immediate need being for culvert pipe and cement for the base support for basket installations.
Once the baskets are installed, the department plans to make the course playable while they continue raising money for the tee pads, signage and alternate pin locations.
After construction is complete, the maintenance and operation of the course is expected to be handled by the users.
“Mike [Marshall] and I really want the local users to have the control and involvement to make sure that this course works for them,” Parks and Recreation Supervisor Shawna Figy said in a press release. “We and the designer have met with them, and they have had input on the design and we want that to continue.”
The project is seeking donations in money, materials or volunteer work. There are opportunities to sponsor a hole, basket or the project as a whole. Support donations will help fund the overall project, hole sponsors will help fund the construction of a specific hole including basket, tee pad and signage and course sponsors will help fund the general construction budget. Volunteers are also needed to help with the operation and construction of the course.
