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other properties along Robert Street. The River to River Greenway trail eventually will run through the area. The golf course is one of many moving pieces in the Robert Street plan, Andrew Dresdner, a senior associate with the Cuningham Group, told council members Tuesday. The group is contracting with the city to update the plan. “What is the future of golf in the region?” Dresdner asked. “Is it going to remain a golf course?” Thompson Oaks has seen a drop-off in use. People played 5,053 fewer rounds of golf there in 2014 than they did in 2005, according to course income statements. Over the past 10 years, West St. Paul has subsidized course use at an average rate of $7 per round, the statements show. But it is not as bad off as other city-owned courses in Minnesota, according to state auditor’s office data on municipal golf course enterprise funds. Thompson Oaks ended the 2013 budget year with a deficit of $23,993. The median course had a loss of $80,440. At the Thompson Oaks Golf Course in West St. Paul, Pat Tiller,90, walks toward the practice green to warm up. This site might be one of the few municipal golf courses that could be repurposed as a possible town center ‘Political hot potato’ The city has not met with community members on the golf course’s future yet, because “there would be more questions than answers,” Meisinger said.Officials will provide information to residents throughout the process, Bellows said.