(Feb. 23, 2017) The Ocean Pines Association Country Club currently “looks like a big, fat mess,” according to Board Vice President Dave Stevens, but that’s not exactly a bad thing.
Stevens gave an update on improvements at the club during a meeting last Thursday. The board green lit more than $800,000 in spending, spread out over two years, to extensively renovate the first and second floors and replace the HVAC systems and roof of the building.
“We’re doing some really heavy-duty renovations,” he said. “I think it’s going to be great.”
The first floor improvements include expanding the Tern Grill restaurant and kitchen and upgrading the bathrooms. To free up space, the footprint of one of the locker rooms will be reduced.
“[It’s] coming along nicely,” Stevens said, adding the new floor plan would provide more open space and have a longer bar area. “The thing that we’re giving up, in terms of space, is the men’s locker room. It’ll be cut in half.”
He said the first-floor renovations should be finished by spring. Work on the roof and interior mold remediation finished last year.
The second floor will be completely reoriented, adding even more room for the Tern Grill and golf banquets, and creating several meeting spaces that will include a permanent setup for board of directors meetings. No timetable for that was given.
Stevens said “a total lack of maintenance” necessitated the renovations.
“I think the whole thing will be a better thing,” Stevens said. “If they do as good a job as they did [at Mumford’s Landing] it’s going to be an attraction.”
When work is finished at the country club, meeting rooms in the administration building will be eliminated to enlarge the police facilities there.
“This is expanding the police in the building that we have and moving the board out of there,” Stevens said. “We’re killing three birds with one stone.”
The association is also saving millions by renovating rather than replacing several buildings.
“We were looking at a $3.5 million golf club building,” Stevens said. “Now we’re looking at [spending] under $1 million.”
The board also approved across-the-board rate reductions at the golf course during a meeting earlier this month. Play at the course had been down and the directors hoped the lower prices could attract more golfers.
“We’ll see what happens,” Stevens said. “Maybe we’ll lose our shirts, but we’re losing our shirts anyway. I’d rather have more people over there and lose our shirts.”
Stevens said planned improvements at the beach club, in Ocean City, were moving slowly. He said Ocean Pines had not yet acquired all of the necessary permits, but added there was not “necessarily any issue with going and getting them.”
Stevens gave an update on improvements at the club during a meeting last Thursday. The board green lit more than $800,000 in spending, spread out over two years, to extensively renovate the first and second floors and replace the HVAC systems and roof of the building.
“We’re doing some really heavy-duty renovations,” he said. “I think it’s going to be great.”
The first floor improvements include expanding the Tern Grill restaurant and kitchen and upgrading the bathrooms. To free up space, the footprint of one of the locker rooms will be reduced.
“[It’s] coming along nicely,” Stevens said, adding the new floor plan would provide more open space and have a longer bar area. “The thing that we’re giving up, in terms of space, is the men’s locker room. It’ll be cut in half.”
He said the first-floor renovations should be finished by spring. Work on the roof and interior mold remediation finished last year.
The second floor will be completely reoriented, adding even more room for the Tern Grill and golf banquets, and creating several meeting spaces that will include a permanent setup for board of directors meetings. No timetable for that was given.
Stevens said “a total lack of maintenance” necessitated the renovations.
“I think the whole thing will be a better thing,” Stevens said. “If they do as good a job as they did [at Mumford’s Landing] it’s going to be an attraction.”
When work is finished at the country club, meeting rooms in the administration building will be eliminated to enlarge the police facilities there.
“This is expanding the police in the building that we have and moving the board out of there,” Stevens said. “We’re killing three birds with one stone.”
The association is also saving millions by renovating rather than replacing several buildings.
“We were looking at a $3.5 million golf club building,” Stevens said. “Now we’re looking at [spending] under $1 million.”
The board also approved across-the-board rate reductions at the golf course during a meeting earlier this month. Play at the course had been down and the directors hoped the lower prices could attract more golfers.
“We’ll see what happens,” Stevens said. “Maybe we’ll lose our shirts, but we’re losing our shirts anyway. I’d rather have more people over there and lose our shirts.”
Stevens said planned improvements at the beach club, in Ocean City, were moving slowly. He said Ocean Pines had not yet acquired all of the necessary permits, but added there was not “necessarily any issue with going and getting them.”