By Ashley M. Casey
Associate Editor
Tradition holds that a bride should accessorize herself with something old and something new on her wedding day. For the next crop of B’ville brides, hosting their big day at The Wood would check both of those boxes.
“We were trying to keep with the history of the property and the interior,” said Heather Carr, who acquired the former Ironwood Golf Course last fall. “It’s the Ironwood reimagined, to keep that history.”
The Wood reopened this past summer under new ownership, and Carr wants the community to get to know the revamped facility at this weekend’s Fall Fest, which takes place at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12.
“We remodeled the whole inside. It’s a barn from the late 1800s that was a working farm at one point. It has been a golf course since the 1960s,” Carr said. “It’s staying a golf course but now it’s a year-round restaurant/bar.”
Carr’s team has added a banquet facility that can hold 50 guests. The banquet tables will be located in what used to be horse stalls.
“We wanted to keep the original barn feel,” she said.
While The Wood officially reopened June 30, the Fall Fest is an open house for the revitalized property.
“We wanted to let the community know that we are a family-friendly place to go,” Carr said.
The Fall Fest will feature pumpkin decorating, live music, kids’ activities, 1911 hard cider tastings and a bonfire. The Baldwinsville Fire Department will be on hand to assist with the bonfire.
The Wood is also reviving an Ironwood tradition.
“Ironwood had had a fish fry for years and years that was well attended so people have been asking us to bring that back,” Carr said.
While longtime patrons of Ironwood likely are looking forward to the Friday fish fry and hitting the links, Carr’s team has added some new attractions as well, including Rock Bingo Music Trivia on Thursdays.
“We quadrupled the attendance from last week,” she said.
Cornhole courts have been installed on the premises, and Carr said The Wood is looking into forming leagues next spring or summer. Live music is also on the horizon for Friday nights.
Carr said maintaining The Wood’s legacy is very important to her.
“A lot of the people that come in have been with this place since the ‘60s. There’s a ton of history here. There’s a lot of ‘I learned to golf here with my father, who learned to golf here with his father,’” she said. “People were very afraid that this was going to get taken down and made into housing developments like a lot of other places around here. We were willing to put money in it and give it new life.”
The Wood is located at 7439 Canton St. in Baldwinsville. For more information, call 315-635-9826 or visit TheWoodBville.com or facebook.com/thewoodbville.
