James Ewinger, Cleveland Plain Dealer, 17 December 2016 –  Cleveland Metroparks is not moving heaven, but it is shifting tons of earth to restore the former Acacia Country Club to its natural state. The park system received the 155-acre plot in late 2012 after club shareholders sold it to the Conservation Fund. The anonymous donor who underwrote the $14.75-million transfer to the Metroparks stipulated it could no longer be used for golf and it had to be restored to its natural state.

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