Details are pending and the paperwork hasn’t reached the Lyon County Register of Deeds Office, but both sides involved in the Emporia Country Club sale say the process has closed.
Investor Jerid Thomas, part of Emporia Community Group LLC, says the sale closed Monday, slightly ahead of the targeted date of Wednesday. A purchase price has not been announced.
Thomas says Emporia Community Group LLC gained the Country Club Board’s unanimous approval to purchase the facilities at 1801 Rural late last year. The group has already worked to make some “major” enhancements to the clubhouse and have opened the restaurant to some public events, according to Emporia Country Club Board President Steve Neill, and Thomas has told KVOE News this is part of an overall plan to offer more opportunities for business meetings, community events, birthday parties, weddings and other activities as a way to make the Country Club more accessible to the community.
The Country Club’s original golf course was finished in 1915 after the charter was approved in 1911 and the clubhouse was built in 1912. Besides a 9-hole golf course and clubhouse, the Country Club also consists of a disc golf course, dining facilities and banquet rooms and an outdoor swimming pool. The Reeble Park pickleball complex west of the clubhouse is on city property.
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