Twenty miles outside of Chicago in Glenview, Ill., you will find Valley Lo Club (VLC) perched on the banks of a picturesque 28-acre lake. Members enjoy numerous amenities year-round including a beach with water sports, an executive golf course, tennis, paddle tennis, fitness facilities and
Among the most impactful improvements a club can make to attract new members is to reinvent their pool complex. Because these projects have spurred significant growth in membership and engagement among young members and families, we’ve labeled it the “gateway amenity.” If a club is
The Club, in the general acceptation of the term, may be regarded as one of the earliest offshoots of man’s habitual gregariousness and social inclination. —Club Life in London (1866) What makes a club a club? And what makes some clubs great? Facilities, location, reputation
To be a successful member-owned private club in today’s multi-dimensional and competitive society is both complex and challenging. The best clubs aren’t the best by accident, or just because they exist in the right neighborhoods or have wealthy members. They are successful because there is
In this letter to members published in its October newsletter, Farmington Country Club explains the importance of committee service as well as the function and role of club committees. Committee service is an excellent opportunity to gain governance experience and develop qualifications as a candidate
The historic, 103-year-old New Orleans Country Club (NOCC) is a private golf and country club that has only gotten better with age. In addition to the challenging 18-hole, 6,655-yard golf course, the club’s 1,450 members enjoy full-service golf and tennis pro shops, 10 lighted clay
Chicagoland is home to many prestigious and thriving private clubs. To remain relevant, satisfy members’ expectations, and enjoy a bustling year-round clubhouse, clubs must contend with competition as well as with Mother Nature. After an ambitious renovation/construction project, members of Highland Park’s Exmoor Country Club
“We can design, create and build the most beautiful and wonderful places in the world, but it takes people to make the dreams a reality.” ~Walt Disney Having the best Pete Dye golf course, the most modern Har Tru tennis courts, the biggest slide at
After an illustrious career as both a chef and an executive in New York’s competitive hospitality scene, John Dorman, CCM, became general manager of The University Club in 1997. Founded in 1865, the club’s landmark 200,000 square-foot building was built in 1899 in the center
The true legacy of a leader is often reflected in the continued health and vitality of the organization after that leader leaves. Resilient clubs and farsighted leaders look beyond the present moment and think about what comes next—and they prepare for it. Boca West Country