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Board considers ‘Friends’ group, sponsorships to accelerate improvements
Summary
Members discussed creating a nonprofit 'Friends of the Golf Course' or sponsorship/advertising programs to bring outside funding for irrigation and practice-area projects, and agreed that concrete irrigation plans and cost prints would help fundraising efforts.
Board members and staff discussed whether a community nonprofit or corporate sponsorship program could speed up improvements beyond what the city CIP can fund.
A board member summarized the idea: "There may be some support in the community that does want to see the course improve and that might be a means of of doing it." Staff said having tangible irrigation design drawings and firm cost estimates would make fundraising and sponsorship pitches more effective. The board asked staff to explore nonprofit options and drafting a sponsorship/advertising plan that balances community optics and donor engagement.
Members noted prior successful community projects (playground rebuild) as examples of local fundraising and suggested similar outreach could be effective for golf-course projects.
