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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

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