Melfort Golf and Country Club is asking the city for help replacing its irrigation system, a $1M project the club says is vital. <\/p>\n
MELFORT \u2014 The Melfort Golf and Country Club is seeking financial support from the City of Melfort to replace its aging irrigation system.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Club president Chris Corbett told city officials the current system, which serves all 18 holes of the course, is at the end of its lifespan.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe irrigation system, a critical part of a successful golf course, is at the end of its lifespan. We are fortunate as it has lasted longer than forecasted,\u201d Corbett said during the city\u2019s governance and priorities committee meeting on July 30.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Corbett said replacing the system \u2014 including the pump house and piping throughout the course \u2014 will cost more than $1 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOur research indicates the total cost will be just over $1 million. As you can imagine, this is beyond our financial capacity.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Corbett said the club plans to launch a fundraising campaign in 2025 to begin raising funds for the project.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe combination of grants, fundraising and savings will be our path to success,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Currently, the project is ineligible for funding through the City of Melfort\u2019s Community Sport Facility Grant. However, Rob Lok, the city\u2019s director of community services, has submitted a recommendation to council to amend the policy to allow irrigation systems to qualify for funding.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe intention of the grant policy is to provide some opportunity to offset those additional costs,\u201d Lok said in his report.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The request is expected to return to the next regular city council meeting for a decision.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Melfort Golf and Country Club, established in 1924, is a key recreational facility for the city, hosting numerous tournaments, junior golf programs and regional events annually.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Melfort Golf and Country Club is asking the city for help replacing its irrigation system, a $1M project…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43144,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,30603,82],"class_list":["post-43143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-golf","tag-golfmelfortmelfort-golf-and-country-club","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}