Eaglecrest Golf Course - Now and Forever!

The Eaglecrest golf course community is too beautiful to let it become "just another subdivision with no character".

The east coast of Vancouver Island has plenty of room for development; but it needs to be well thought out development that is both in harmony with the environment and suited to the needs of the people who wish to live there. The Eaglecrest golf course community in its present configuration is a good example of past planning practices that, while not "perfect in all respects", considered the environment and met the wishes of the people who, ultimately, purchased the properties.

And now we have a developer, who doesn't even live in our community, disregarding the past good planning that went into Eaglecrest and wanting to fill in our dedicated open spaces with potentially several hundred new homes. And why make such a drastic change? Well, we all know the answer to that, don't we. It's called: M.O.N.E.Y.

A significant increase in the density of housing in Eaglecrest should not be allowed to happen. The style of life in Eaglecrest, Qualicum Beach and the central east coast of Vancouver Island is why many of us chose to move here to enjoy our retirement years, raise a family, work, or open a business. Many of us are here because we want to live in a small community. Many of us chose Eaglecrest because we like peace and quiet, trees, sandy beaches, open spaces (low density), eagles flying overhead, deer wandering through our yards, friendly neighbours and, yes, even the golf course! (And when you think about it, the golf course compliments those things that led us to want to live in Eaglecrest, whether we are golfers or not.)

Let's continue to work hard over the coming months to ensure that what we value so much about Eaglecrest will remain for us to enjoy for many more years to come. Let's keep Eaglecrest Golf Course a part of our community!