For about a decade, though, the city has been exploring the option of finding a private operator to try and reverse declining revenues, a trend that’s happening nationally. Those conversations have been reignited in the last year. More recently, the city had been exploring one possible vendor. Participants in an April 1 joint meeting with the park board and golf advisory committee heard from representatives from the Illinois-based KemperSports and First Tee, which already partners with the city to operate youth golf programs at Consolver and MacDonald.
Source: WBJ.
