In 2018, "Save Shadow Pines" became
"Friends of Shadow Pines"

A Brief History of Shadow Pines

• Originally owned by a revolutionary war veteran, who is buried on site in the tiny Pioneer Cemetery.

• Sold in 1830 to Alpheus Clark.

• Changed hands several times over the years, with improvements made to the Clark House.

• Purchased in 1979 by the then-owners of Dolomite Quarry, the Odenbach family. They bought it specifically as a buffer between the quarry and nearby residences.

• The Odenbachs transformed the 212 acres of land into an 18-hole golf course in 1985, using the Clark House as a club house along with a golf cart building and a barn. They later built two more golf courses in the area, Shadow Lake and Greystone.

• In 2000, the quarry and the three golf courses (Shadow Pines, Shadow Lake, and Greystone) were bought by Oldcastle Materials, a subsidiary of a huge international building materials consortium, CrH, based in Ireland.

• In December 2015, Oldcastle decided to sell all three golf courses. Shadow Lake and Greystone sold as golf courses, while Shadow Pines was marketed for housing development.

• A two-year effort was undertaken by concerned citizens, the Save Shadow Pines group, to preserve this beautiful piece of land.

• The Save Shadow Pines group’s efforts culminated in the historic February 2018 referendum in which a record number of Penfield citizens turned out to vote 4-to-1 in favor of having the Town purchase the land for use as “recreation and sanctuary,” as described in the Town’s prior master plans.