(Dec. 15, 2016) Ocean Pines will soon build a new bar inside its yacht club and install a playground area for children on the outside patio, according to interim General Manager Brett Hill.
“Tuffy’s Tavern” will be installed in the lobby area next week, using a sign apparently rescued from the previous yacht club. During a public meeting Friday, Hill said it would be open for service “in the very near future.”
The new section would allow for carryout sales – Hill said the yacht club’s liquor license allows for “off-premise sales of beer and wine – and would be able to serve guests prior to seating.
A “private foundation to the association” also apparently provided a donation that will go towards a new pirate ship-themed playground area that was shown in a slide during the meeting. Hill said the playground would be installed in the memory of a “former resident.”
Hill said staff had long wanted to erect a playground to satisfy young families in the area, but funding had been difficult to secure. He estimated it would be finished by “late winter [or] early spring” and would be on the east side of the building, in a section of the patio between the pool and bathrooms.
In an email interview on Monday, Hill added that “an Amish company out of Lancaster” Pennsylvania was the lowest bidder on the playground.
“The actual unit to be built for us will be slightly modified with additional railings … for a commercial install,” he said. “The foundation is still working through the site approvals to finalize the donation, which I hope to have addressed this week, at which point we can share the final plans and their information.”
As for Tuffy’s, he said that was part of a larger rebranding campaign for the yacht club being overseen by new Marketing Director Denise Sawyer.
“We are really trying to better identify our food and beverage operations, so that nonresidents realize we are open to the public, and have a lot to offer,” Hill said. “Tuffy is the nickname of Charles Mumford, the namesake of Mumford’s Landing.”
“Tuffy’s Tavern” will be installed in the lobby area next week, using a sign apparently rescued from the previous yacht club. During a public meeting Friday, Hill said it would be open for service “in the very near future.”
The new section would allow for carryout sales – Hill said the yacht club’s liquor license allows for “off-premise sales of beer and wine – and would be able to serve guests prior to seating.
A “private foundation to the association” also apparently provided a donation that will go towards a new pirate ship-themed playground area that was shown in a slide during the meeting. Hill said the playground would be installed in the memory of a “former resident.”
Hill said staff had long wanted to erect a playground to satisfy young families in the area, but funding had been difficult to secure. He estimated it would be finished by “late winter [or] early spring” and would be on the east side of the building, in a section of the patio between the pool and bathrooms.
In an email interview on Monday, Hill added that “an Amish company out of Lancaster” Pennsylvania was the lowest bidder on the playground.
“The actual unit to be built for us will be slightly modified with additional railings … for a commercial install,” he said. “The foundation is still working through the site approvals to finalize the donation, which I hope to have addressed this week, at which point we can share the final plans and their information.”
As for Tuffy’s, he said that was part of a larger rebranding campaign for the yacht club being overseen by new Marketing Director Denise Sawyer.
“We are really trying to better identify our food and beverage operations, so that nonresidents realize we are open to the public, and have a lot to offer,” Hill said. “Tuffy is the nickname of Charles Mumford, the namesake of Mumford’s Landing.”