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Fort Monmouth Golf Course

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

The Fort Monmouth Base Realignment and Closure

Future of Suneagles Golf Course May Be Decided Friday

Special meeting set for Friday to discuss a lease with the Army.

There is still more than a week to go before closure of Fort Monmouth, but already the Suneagles Golf Course is closed with no clear answer as to when it will reopen. Will the Army grant a golf course lease to the local fort redevelopers anytime soon? Will golfers be able to tee off again before the close of Fort Monmouth next week? These are some of the questions that could be answered on Friday when the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority (FMERA) holds a special board meeting at 11 a.m. in its Eatontown offices at 2-12 Corbett Way. According to FMERA, formal action may be taken at this meeting on a lease from the U.S. Army for the Suneagles Golf Course. The proposed agenda will be posted on the FMERA Web site 48 hours prior …

Friday, August 19, 2011

The Fort Monmouth Base Realignment and Closure

Atlantic Golf Management Wins Bid to Run Ft. Monmouth's Golf Course

Firm will pay a fee to the fort's redevelopment authority to run the course and its banquet facilities.

Atlantic Golf Management, Inc. of Farmingdale will be the new operators of the Suneagles Golf Course located on the property of Fort Monmouth. The Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority (FMERA) made the announcement Wednesday that the firm had the winning bid and the highest technical rating of the two bidders. Under the contract, Atlantic Golf Management will pay FMERA between $5,000 and $11,000 per month to operate the course and its restaurants and banquet facilities, with revenues increasing if proceeds exceed $1 million. According to CEO Stephen Rice, "Atlantic Golf is a newly formed company resulting from a recent merger between Linx Golf Management and H & L Golf Maintenance Company, two successful New Jersey based golf …

Thomas A. Blasi

5:01 pm on Sunday, August 21, 2011

" . . .The management contract is for a period of 12 months. FMERA hopes that after that period (and possibly even before) to orchestrate the sale of the property to a private owner." They can't possibly lose with a 12 month contract like that but anything after that, they are holding a melting ice cube.   more ›

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