The college is looking at a “public-private partnership” — really just a private-private partnership, a form of outsourcing — to build a new biomass heating plant somewhere other than in downtown Hanover (Valley News). The college has also created a committee to study the future of the golf course (Valley News, Dartmouth News). The two efforts are directly related, as pages 12 and 14 of the 2002 college master plan (pdf) predicted:

• “[T]he Golf Course is our land bank for beyond ten years[.]”

• “[E]xpansion will likely be North of Dewey Field, into the Golf Course.”

• “Golf course expansion has been contemplated for decades, and in the decades ahead will likely become a reality.”