Voters in Orange agreed by overwhelming margins to let the town purchase the Race Brook Country Club in a referendum today. Unofficial numbers released by the town were 1,704 yes and 772 no.
Town officials will now move forward to buy the 287 acres on which the Race Brook Country Club sits for $8.5 million, then lease the land back to the club with rent starting in 2022 at $250,000 per year. The lease will last 40 years with an escalation to the rent every five years.