GREENVILLE \u2014 A local developer plans to build a mini golf course designed around a community coffee and beer shop, all intended to be family friendly.<\/p>\n
The \u201cminimalistic mini golf course\u201d by developer Parks McLeod would be situated on Mills Avenue next to Mills Mill<\/a>, about 10 minutes from downtown. It first needs approval for an outdoor entertainment use by the city Board of Zoning Appeals<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThe only obstacles are the contours of the greens, and you’re not putting into windmills or clown faces,\u201d McLeod said. \u201cSo it’s very aesthetically pleasing, and it doesn’t look like maybe some tourist traps.\u201d<\/p>\n McLeod\u2019s goal is to provide an all-day hangout spot, where a customer can come have a coffee and work for a few hours in the morning, or meet a friend after work to play mini golf and have a beer.<\/p>\n It\u2019s McLeod\u2019s first project of this type.<\/p>\n \u201cEspecially Augusta Road, in this Mills (Avenue) corridor<\/a>, it’s kind of lacking a variety of different types of real estate,\u201d McLeod said. \u201cThere’s a lot of banks and a lot of fast food restaurants.\u201d<\/p>\n Enigma Corp., which is registered to Stewart Spinks, founder of the Spinx gas station chain<\/a>, currently owns the 4-acre property, which is mostly vacant. McLeod said he\u2019s not involved with Spinx and would acquire the property separately.<\/p>\n