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Palm Harbor Golf Course Update

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Real Estate Agent with Trademark Realty Group of Palm Coast

Palm Harbor Golf CourseOn March 10th the City of Palm Coast agreed on a resolution to allow the City Manager, Jim Landon, to pursue contract negotiations with Kemper Sports a leading golf course management company.  As many know, the City of Palm Coast acquired the area's historic Palm Harbor Golf Course after a development project by Centex was abandoned.  The course has been under reconstruction and the City plans on re-opening the course by September. 

Jim Landon stated in a recent Daytona Beach News Journal Article, "From Day 1 we knew that it's not just building a golf course but managing the golf course," said City Manager Jim Landon. "It's extremely critical for the success of this course not just to maintain it, but to manage it and promote it so people will want to come back.

"It is important to have a management company, someone who knows this business and will make it operate in the black. We don't have anybody on city staff that has that expertise."

Green fees also remains a topic of discussion.  According to Jim Landon the fees will be the decision of the City Council since tax dollars were used to rebuild the course.  As Landon states, "Setting the fees will be a team decision," he said. "Ultimately I will tell you the City Council makes that decision."

Landon said golf course fees are normally broken out by season, time of day and the day of the week, among other factors. The fee schedule will also differentiate between city residents and non-residents.

The Palm Harbor Golf Course was the first to open in Palm Coast when thefirst 9 holes opened on September 4, 1971 with the remaining holes completed a year later.  The course was originally named the Palm Coast Golf Club and was adjacent to the first houses built in Palm Coast.  These homes are still present on Club House Drive.

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Kathleen West, Realtor
Trademark Realty Group of Palm Coast

416 South Central Ave Flagler Beach, FL  32136 | Office: (386) 446-5930 
Email:  Kathleen@PalmCoastHomeShow.com
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