Bolado board tells 33rd ag district they’ll move forward with
plans to rebuild clubhouse
Bolado golf course will rebuild its clubhouse despite an
uncertain future, but both sides are confident that things will
continue business as usual.
Back in January the clubhouse at Bolado golf course burned to
the ground leaving only a shell.
Bolado board tells 33rd ag district they’ll move forward with plans to rebuild clubhouse
Bolado golf course will rebuild its clubhouse despite an uncertain future, but both sides are confident that things will continue business as usual.
Back in January the clubhouse at Bolado golf course burned to the ground leaving only a shell.
Lease negotiations have been ongoing between Bolado Golf Course and the 33rd Agricultural District – the entity from whom the club leases the land where the course is situated – but at last week’s meeting of the 33rd Agricultural District headway was reached as the Golf Course informed the 33rd district that they would be rebuilding the clubhouse regardless of whether they got a contract extension or not.
The golf course board thought they had some leverage they didn’t have, explained board member Jack Perdue. There had been some problems over the last three months and the 33rd hadn’t been very encouraged to do anything for the golf course.
“Our board finally saw the light just before the last meeting. We went to them and said ‘we’re gonna rebuild this clubhouse regardless of whether we get a contract extension or not.’ I think they responded well to that,” Perdue said. “We sort of rolled over.”
Bolado had previously said that the current lease expires in two years and in order to get loans to construct a new clubhouse they had to have an extended contract. The board of directors at Bolado initially proposed a long-term lease with a reduced cost, but that would not be in the best interest of the 33rd Agricultural District and the proposal was rejected.
The board said that as of that day, in accordance with the 33rd, they were willing to build the clubhouse, though they said they couldn’t give any details yet.
“We don’t know if it will be a modular building, something more permanent,” Holt said later, but he’s hopeful it will be something they can keep for years to come.
The next step will be for the golf course board to meet with the 33rd district grounds committee to discuss plans for the clubhouse.
Holt said that if plans came together quickly enough he didn’t see any reason why construction couldn’t start by September or October.
“It’s up to the boards now to determine what they want us to build,” Holt said. “But we’re doing this for the course, the members and the community,” Perdue echoed.
