AMHERST, N.Y. (WKBW) — A proposal to sell the former Westwood Country Club property to Erie County for $1 has sparked heated debate among Amherst residents who said the price tag is insulting after taxpayers spent $7.8 million to purchase the land decades ago.

The 20-year-closed golf course site on Sheridan and North Forest roads would be transformed into a 9-hole golf course and public park under a partnership between Erie County and Amherst town leadership. The county would handle all improvements and operations, while Amherst would provide the land.

Unhappy residents lined the sidewalk outside the Amherst Municipal Building during a town board meeting that included a public hearing on the Westwood Golf Club proposal on Forest Road.

"The town bought it for $7.8 million and now they wa

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