Around that time, the county and Mile Square Golf Course LP agreed to a 40-year lease that the county believes is no longer sustainable given what it calls the declining state of the golf industry.

Mile Square Regional Park users gave Orange County the feedback it was looking for Wednesday night as it plans to repurpose a 93-acre swath of the Fountain Valley park that is currently a golf course.

Golfers players putt the 9th green on the Classic Course at the Mile Square Golf Course in Fountain Valley on Thursday, July 1, 2021. The County of Orange will reclaim 93 acres of Mile Square Park ...

Flash forward, and the view from above today shows a square mile of lush greenery, a nature center, two lakes, a sports park, an archery range, a fitness trail and golf courses.