(Dec. 17, 2015) OPA Board President Pat Renaud said he was generally pleased with the recent meeting between three board representatives and golf management company Landscapes Unlimited.
The association last week released details of that meeting, held in November in the administration building. Renaud and directors Tom Terry and Bill Cordwell met with leadership from Landscapes to discuss a business plan, financial projections and several other items associated with the course.
Renaud said the seven-page, 2,333-word report was a collaborative effort.
“We all contributed to it, and it was one of the few times when a committee did write a report and they wrote it well,” he said. “We all had our input in there.”
One of several items mentioned in the document was a nearly 20 percent drop in membership between the time Landscapes took over earlier this year and September, the last month for which numbers were available.
That’s all part of a trend, Renaud said, and membership totals going back to 2000 show that. As of that year, the club had more than 800 individual memberships. By the time Landscapes took over, that number had fallen to less than 150.
“That’s been happening for quite a few years – it’s not just now,” he said. “We did have a precipitous drop when they came on board, that’s true. We went from [143 to 116].”
Renaud said the three representatives felt that Landscapes’ original proposal to add 10 new memberships during the next fiscal year was not ambitious enough. That number was eventually modified to 32.
He also said the financial projections were better than he expected and he expressed an overall optimism with the direction of the course.
“Golf is looking a little bit peaked, but I think it could pick up,” he said. “It depends on how they do with the early bookings after the first of the year. If they start getting them in and they do a good job of marketing, we’ll do OK.
“I’m feeling pretty positive about where we’re going,” Renaud added.
The association last week released details of that meeting, held in November in the administration building. Renaud and directors Tom Terry and Bill Cordwell met with leadership from Landscapes to discuss a business plan, financial projections and several other items associated with the course.
Renaud said the seven-page, 2,333-word report was a collaborative effort.
“We all contributed to it, and it was one of the few times when a committee did write a report and they wrote it well,” he said. “We all had our input in there.”
One of several items mentioned in the document was a nearly 20 percent drop in membership between the time Landscapes took over earlier this year and September, the last month for which numbers were available.
That’s all part of a trend, Renaud said, and membership totals going back to 2000 show that. As of that year, the club had more than 800 individual memberships. By the time Landscapes took over, that number had fallen to less than 150.
“That’s been happening for quite a few years – it’s not just now,” he said. “We did have a precipitous drop when they came on board, that’s true. We went from [143 to 116].”
Renaud said the three representatives felt that Landscapes’ original proposal to add 10 new memberships during the next fiscal year was not ambitious enough. That number was eventually modified to 32.
He also said the financial projections were better than he expected and he expressed an overall optimism with the direction of the course.
“Golf is looking a little bit peaked, but I think it could pick up,” he said. “It depends on how they do with the early bookings after the first of the year. If they start getting them in and they do a good job of marketing, we’ll do OK.
“I’m feeling pretty positive about where we’re going,” Renaud added.