if Bay club proceeds with the purchase do all of the current Bay club members gain access to the Castlewood facilities?

The Pondarosa homes option is the best option, they should go for that option.

How about four story high density apartments for transit oriented development, with a new ACE train stop there just for them?

I think they should just allow anyone who wants to play on the course to play whether a paying member or not. Also since their is a mandatory food charge non members should be able to use that money for food as well, clearly there is enough if they pay it out of their dues

Pleasanton parent, they're not paying the money and not eating; food and beverage is a standard country club requirement. As a member of a club, you are expected to spend a minimum of a certain amount per quarter at the club's facilities. It's not buying food that no one eats (unless you're talking about my kids

Pleasanton Parent. I think you should allow me to use your backyard for a BBQ. I also think you should provide the food.

....zzzzzz...sorry, Tim, no sympathy for the, ahem, 'plight'(?) of the richy-rich of Castlewood. Sob/cry me a river--NOT. Please, spare us. What a waste of editorial space.

One of the residents along the golf course(s) could probably BUY the whole place.

Country clubs and cemeteries are the biggest wasters of prime real estate!

Some people just don’t belong

We recently moved to the east coast to escape the high cost of Cali (among other things) and the tri valley area. Castlewood holds great memories for us! What is not addressed in this article is a the large number of members of CW and residents of Pleasanton that are fleeing the high cost of living (again among other things). I know many others who leave if they could.

Pleasant parent agree with the comment of let us come hang out in your back yard and bbq when ever we want!

Love the Judge Elihu Smails commentary....and Caddyshack was on cable last night.

Watch that movie and it's definitely all you need to know about the 'plight' of country clubs.

LOL.

Wait, I thought equal access to opportunity meant I get what you have.

Sure, I could apply for a membership and pay dues and have access, but why would I do that if you're going to pay for it but I get to use it?

I have great memories as a single guy in the late 40's and 50's when it was The Old Hearst Ranch. Swimming all day, great sunburns, no sun block then. A Hamburger and a few Beers and danced to the tunes of Tanya, Mack, and Till until 11 PM
All for just a few bucks. Those were the days.

I would absolutely love to live in Castlewood.

But I have zero interest in country club life. Castlewood is finding what the social clubs in San Francisco are finding. We have other networking options, and Callipe's not bad if I want to golf. Country clubs simply don't paper out, and generally appeal to folks who remember George Burns.

Its a dying concept, unless you turn it into a health club....like club sport. Hmmm.

@Grumpy

"How about four story high density apartments for transit oriented development, with a new ACE train stop there just for them?"

That would never work because there are no streets around Castlewood that could have the number of lanes reduced by Pleasanton traffic engineers to make it more pedestrian friendly. All the street are already only 1 lane in each direction.

I would sell the lower course to developers and use the money to do the upgrades to the Clubhouse in order to become ADA compliant. Would be interesting to know how many disabled people have visited Castlewood in the past.

Definitely needs major overhaul inside and out, and personality lift...We moved to Columbus Ohio to a country club community (New Albany) for 4 years. We were not the country club type family, coming from CA and the great all year outdoor weather...BUT the CC life is WAAYY different there. They are hugely contemporary, inviting, friendly, membership #'s not much of an issue. beautiful manicured 27 hole jack Nicholas golf course with PUBLIC paved trails all around. They are multi faceted and really really kid friendly. All the kids would bike there and hang out all day during the summer, 5 pools, 30 something tennis courts of all types, with all ages Swim and dive teams, tennis teams, golf teams and great coaching, lots of kid functions and events. And all the country clubs around Columbus would compete in hugely attended events. So we came back to CA, moved to pleasanton, and toured Castlewood....hmmm... nothing of interest for us or kids, not sure what the draw is other than nostalgia. And 1st impression was some members are not very friendly.

The Pondarosa homes option is the best option, they should go for that option.Web Link

@Rider. Have a little more faith in our Ptown traffic engineers, if anyone can destroy neighborhood streets by changing traffic patterns and increasing duration of traffic lights to favor cut-they traffic our engineers have proved over the years that they can do it. Point them to a neighborhood and they will destroy it.

Golf courses are a huge waste of water and apparently the millenials are not into the whole country club lifestyle. I guess that is one good thing to say about them.

It seems odd that the ADA is concerned about a country club that is not open to the public. Pleasanton has no concern at all about ADA compliance and last time I checked the sidewalks ARE open to the public. I have pictures of a very tall man, walking with a cane, unable to walk under the umbrellas lining Main Street. He was forced to either walk in the dirt wells around the trees or walk around the parked cars in the street. Sure wish some ADA attorney would take up that issue. The restaurants pay nothing to take over the sidewalks and then they put up umbrellas that cover the sidewalks. Of course, the city will do nothing until someone files a lawsuit.

My opinion- Pleasanton is concerned; thats why we tear up curbs and put those yellow bumpy ramps in place.

The restaurants are the ones that wouldn't be compliant.

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The fact that these rich CC people exist, and living in excess, is immoral while we have millions of hard working Americans living paycheck to paycheck or without a home. It's time our government tax these rich folks enough so they live like the rest of us. Tear down Castlewood and build more low-income housing!

Common Sense,
How many Hondurans are you taking into your home? I mean, you have a home with more rooms than you csn occupy at any given time, you should give that space to someone with none.