Joe,
As I said it the other thread the concept is pretty simple and very exciting; Keep It Classic is a California Non-Profit Public Benefit Corporation that was formed to restore public access and municipal golf courses that have some historical significance, are in disrepair, would likely never get the money to make the capital improvements, and can impact lots of golfers/the game of golf in a positive manner. As you can imagine there are dozens and dozens of courses like this around the country in need of help. It is the vision of Dan Bergman, a very successful businessman based in LA. He is networked with many well to do individuals and executives of corporations who also have a passion for the game of golf and are in a financial position to do something positive for it.
Forrest and I bring both golf architecture expertise as well as extensive background in business management. We have also worked with non-profit organizations and are partners in the Keep It Classic corporation. As such, we have been involved since near inception supporting the organization with the development of their corporate structure, marketing approach, corporate vision/mission statements, target properties, industry introductions, etc. etc. In addition, Forrest and I will direct all the corporation's restoration and renovation efforts.
As I said in the other thread, let's take an example - a municipal course in Ohio completes a "request for funding" to Keep It Classic (in some ways it is like they are asking for a grant from the USGA). We will review the request, make visits to evaluate the course/property and work with the course management to determine what level of funding is required to restore/renovate the golf course. The request for funding along with our proposed plan/cost estimate will be presented to Keep It Classic's board. If approved and we decide for example to provide $3MM to restore/renovate the golf course, it will be our job to oversee the spending of Keep It Classic's money. We DO NOT provide the $3MM to the municipality. We provide the improved golf course and gift all the work and capital improvements to them upon its completion. On one of our projects, we will be partnering with Bill Kubly. Bill is as you know, it CEO of Landscapes Unlimited. We will commission his firm to handle the construction work of this particular project and we will provide all the direction/design work. As I said, when the work is completed, the improvements will be gifted back to the municipality along with a proposed maintenance plan for its upkeep.
Maybe Forrest will chime in but a website is under development (the corporation was only recently formed and there have been other priorities). As you might imagine, this is not the kind of thing we are going to have to promote so we can give away our money
It will be more of a matter of prioritizing the target courses where we think we can have the most impact and provide the most good to the game of golf. We have been working hard on two projects that are pushing dead lines (can't comment on them yet but you will know when they are announced).
It is quite exciting.
Mark