Tuesday, May 14, 2013

No decision on golf clubhouse; city to spend $10,000 to assess situation | West Palm Beat blog | The Palm Beach Post

West Palm Beach continues to examine it golf course clubhouse and search for a way forward.  They seem to be dead set against going with a modular or temporary building for the clubhouse and restaurant operations.  Click title for link to article.

For what it is worth, when we were building the clubhouse at Trump International Golf Course and before it was finished, we used what amounted to a large double-wide modular building for both the kitchen and clubhouse - including retail area, bathrooms, etc.  The dining area for members and guest was a large canopied deck that looked over one of the more scenic views of the golf course.  When the real clubhouse opened, there were some people that didn't want to get rid of the temporary building.  It was just that nice.  For a couple of years that could be an option, but it doesn't look like they are about to go down that path.

I was searching my hard drive for pictures of that modular we used, all decked out and in full operational mode, but only found various construction pictures of the large clubhouse.  Here is one for example: