The Parks Department reopened the disc golf course at Southwest Williamson County Park in Leander on Oct. 6.
The course was shut down for nearly six months after Williamson County Commissioners voted April 17 to close the area until deemed safe.
There were approximately 250 trees surrounding the course deemed dead and unsafe due to drought conditions, parks Director Randy Bell said.
"The concern is that there are dead trees, which creates a safety issue," he said in April.
The 18-hole course opened in 2007, and the park is located at 3005 CR 175, Leander.
Joe Lanane’s career is rooted in community journalism, having worked for a variety of Midwest-area publications before landing south of the Mason-Dixon line in 2011 as the Stillwater News-Press news editor. He arrived at Community Impact Newspaper in 2012, gaining experience as editor of the company’s second-oldest publication in Leander/Cedar Park. He eventually became Central Austin editor, covering City Hall and the urban core of the city.
Lanane leveraged that experience to become Austin managing editor in 2016. He managed eight Central Texas editions from Georgetown to San Marcos. Working from company headquarters, Lanane also became heavily involved in enacting corporate-wide editorial improvements. In 2017, Lanane was promoted to executive editor, overseeing editorial operations throughout the company. The Illinois native received his bachelor’s degree from Western Illinois University and his journalism master’s degree from Ball State University.
