Thursday, September 9, 2010
Thanks to a neighbor for scouring the Internet to find the City of Newport News fiscal year 2011 budget. City officials in Newport News have kept their vision for its citizens and tourists. They successfully run Newport News Golf Club at Deer Run. The fund breaks even as best as I can read this. CLICK on the images twice to enlarge.Filed Under: Technology 3 Comments
Monday, June 28, 2010
On Friday June 25, The Roanoke Times editorial board proclaimed that Countryside is a lost cause. Writing about the recent news that the bid for the Market building renovation came in well under budget, the RT said, “There is no bad news — unless those hankering for the city to reopen Countryside Golf Course attempt [...]
Monday, March 8, 2010
With this question being asked ad nauseam including by city manager Chris Morrill on Sunday here is the memo for the 100th time. The underline on the memo was not done by me. The handwriting by Darlene Burcham reads “Beth, please prepare a letter to Jackie Schuck (Director of Roanoke Regional Airport) at airport re [...]
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Council member Court Rosen on September 1 communicated directly with one of the responders to the Request For Proposal (RFP) to manage Countryside Golf Course. In an email exchange with Meadowbrook’s Vice-President of Operations, Scott Beasley, Rosen wrote to Beasley: “You are asking someone who does not believe we should, as a city, own the course. [...]
Monday, October 5, 2009
SETUP FOR FAILURE? If you thought things could not get worse well think again. With council members consistently absent there never seems to be enough council members to move things along. The same thing happened with the capital improvement bond vote on September 8. There will be no smooth transition from one management group for Countryside [...]
Thursday, August 6, 2009
As the contents of two of three proposals make the rounds to golfers and the Countryside Golf Course neighborhood, it becomes more apparent that Roanoke City is mismanaging this procurement for services. The neighborhood, golfers and even the responders to the Request for Services are becoming increasingly frustrated and caught in the middle while Council [...]
Sunday, July 5, 2009
All three proposals for management of Roanoke’s City-owned Countryside Golf Course will be laid before members of Council in a “closed door” session Monday morning. This is not the usual procurement process. A committee usually makes the selection and not City Council. The process is in place to protect against any protest by proposal responders. [...]
Saturday, November 15, 2008
A provision was added to the operating agreement between the City and Meadowbrook Golf Group, Inc. At the October 23rd City Council meeting an Ordinance was adopted to extend Meadowbrook’s operation of Countryside Golf Club for a period of one year. The agreement was effective on November 1, 2008. The modification was as a result [...]
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Friday, September 26, 2008
I asked Brian Townsend again last night if he had received a response from Meadowbrook, current operators of Countryside, whether they would be willing to operate the golf course through June, 2009. This is what the City Administration and City Council agreed to do while drafting a Request For Proposal (RFP) to solicit proposals from [...]
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Monday, November 26, 2007
Those who are on my email list received the very comforting response from the VP of Operations at Meadowbrook Headquarters in Florida. Just that he took the time to reply was a welcome surprise to me after Mr. Smith said he would not talk to me/us about the property anymore. Mr. Beasley seems to appreciate [...]
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Monday, November 26, 2007
LEFT: BEFORE ———————RIGHT: AFTER ———– CLICK TO ENLARGEIt seems the word has come down from Meadowbrook Corporate Headquarters to Countryside Management that they “can’t talk to us anymore about the property”. This is according to my call today to Steve Smith, General Manager of Meadowbrook. I said “I understand from Chris Chittum of the Roanoke [...]
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Friday, September 14, 2007
Monday, September 17th, 2:00 PM on Agenda Item 6. a. 8 (7:00 PM meeting canceled):Dear Mayor Harris and Members of City Council:Subject: Extension of Operating Agreement for Countryside Golf Course Background:On November 10, 2005, the City executed an agreement with Meadowbrook Golf Group, Inc., to operate the Countryside Golf Course for a period of one [...]
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Wednesday, May 9, 2007
This 2006 Budget projection was emailed from Geary Leathers to Ms. Burcham on August 19, 2005. I noticed that the tennis building lease is $22,500 while the City is being paid only $17,500 a year. Meadowbrook has a sweet deal. CLICK HERE to read the Roanoke Times article on the Tennis Building. This budget does [...]
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Friday, May 4, 2007
March 20, 2003, is a fax from Ed Hall and Associates to Ms. Burcham with attached contact information and subsequent note to email it to Ms. Shuck, Director or Roanoke Regional Airport. This follows the previous contact from Ms. Shuck. Do you suppose there was verbal conversation between Ms. Burcham and Ms. Shuck to initiate [...]
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