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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
affect the budget, but will continue to enhance the member
experience.
What are the other projects and why are they being considered?
As outlined above in Phase 1, we are considering additional projects
other than the golf course. Those are under consideration mainly due
to expressions of membership desire and interest in the survey as well
as items which are at the end of their useful life and must be replaced
such as the parking lot. We came to the belief that these additional
projects would contribute to the ability of the Club to attract new
members and grow as we believe it can over the next few years. In
addition, we have come to understand from several sources that there
is almost an infallible truth among private clubs that, if you are not
building and changing to suit the needs of your next perspective
member, you are regressing. Thus, we are trying to anticipate needs
and wants of our current members and those that will attract new
members going forward.
Is there a marketing plan for attracting new members?
The Long Range Planning Marketing Committee is working to create
a marketing plan to attract new members.
Will members who participated in the Centennial Program be
given any consideration for their participation?
Yes, we are developing a plan which will be presented to the
participants in the Centennial Program in short order. We anticipate it
being very fair to those participants as well as the other members of
the Club.
Have we considered additional course routings?
Yes, at the behest of several members at our last meeting over these
topics, we developed and asked Mr. Bergin to review 2 additional
course routings. We all felt firmly that it must be the course designer
that ultimately makes the call on the viability of these course routings
and whether or not they are good solid golf course designs for our
facility. After discussing with Mr. Bergin, we have determined that the
best routing was the one which he put forward at our meeting early in
2021.
What future projects have been considered?
We have generally discussed the need for upgrades to our kitchen
facility and a possible renovation or expansion of certain areas within
the clubhouse facility dependent upon member growth over the next
few years. In addition, we have generally talked about consolidating
some of the children’s activities around the pool area and expanding
the pool kitchen to be a short order service area which would service
the practice facility, short course and the pool facility at some point in
the future.
If we do nothing what is the outlook for our club?
We think it is safe to say that, if we continue to limp along and deal
with very poor conditions on our golf course for the next several years,
at some point we will see significant cost simply by the passage of
time. In addition, if we do not change the trajectory of our finances, as
proposed, we will continue down the faulty path of not repairing or
maintaining our current assets and when they reach the end of their
useful life having to significantly assess our members to replace them.
We believe that all of this can be resolved by the plan we have put
forward and are happy to delve into the details of that with any
member.
Will we be able to play golf during the renovation?
The short answer is Yes. Our Golf course designer, Bill Bergin,
estimates that we will have at least 18 holes open until February or
March of 2023. We would continue to have the Plantation nine open
through April of 2023. From April through end of construction and
grow in, we expect to have at least holes 2-7 on Plantation open for
play. We are also entering into reciprocal agreements with several
area courses to give members options on play.