A prospective buyer has come forward with serious interest in Arrowhead Golf Course, with considerable plans if city and county leadership choose to approve proposed measures for development.
During Tuesday night’s Cadiz-Trigg County Planning Commission meeting, John Johnson and Regis Sauger put forth a venture called “RV Golfers” — which, if implemented, would become a legal funding arm of special needs non-profit “Helping God’s Babies.”
In a passionate plea from Johnson and Sauger, their master plan consists of a complete renovation and improvement of the course’s heart, including:
— The creation of 80-plus Class A, or similar, RV sites for sale or rent along a redesigned driving range;
— An owner-funded HOA for cabins built on the RV sites;
— A community/county owned pool, likely built by “RV Golfers” if local leadership balked;
— Several community/county owned pickleball courts;
— An on-site Arrowhead Dog Park & Wash Station;
— On-site RV/Boat/Recreation storage;
— An outdoor food court picnic and entertainment area;
— A modest gym and workout facility with showers for RV and cabin visitors;
— A modest laundry facility for campers;
— Walking trails for campers and pets;
— A limited convenient store for campers;
— An HOA funded RV Site & Grounds maintenance crew;
— And a final phase development of Arrowhead Bar & Eatery, which would lead to the creation of a multi-purpose event hall available to Cadiz and Trigg County residents.
Johnson and Sauger said they had been looking all over the country for a property that intersected recreational opportunity, highway convenience and the type of community retirees and high-dollar tourists have long been seeking.
Johnson noted Arrowhead Golf Course seems to be it.
Johnson and Sauger both urged that Arrowhead Golf Course has “good bones” to it, but that it will not be sustainable as it is with dwindling local and regional foot traffic. They also assured that none of the holes would be altered with this master plan, and that there was enough undeveloped land available to not only avoid disturbing current landowners in, and around, the course, but there was a clear opportunity to maintain and improve property values with the creation of this resort.
RV sites, Johnson said, would start at $100,000 each. They would need to be 50 feet by 90 feet with a 12 foot by 40 foot parking pad, and would require full utility hook-ups for city power, water, sewer, WiFi and 10 foot by 12 foot storage unit. Owners, through the HOA, would then be able to customize their sites with pavers, synthetic grass, fire pits and cabins — which could be seasonally sub-let.
Johnson also noted lots would be oversized, bermed, landscaped and private — a commodity not commonly offered in standard RV parks — and that the facility would be a job creator not only for Cadiz and Trigg County, but for those with special needs yet needing a career, who would be more than welcome as part of the non-profit’s mission statement.
No action was taken during Tuesday’s meeting, but several questions and discussions remain before this possibility is accepted or abandoned. It seems likely that if county and city leadership would be interested in this operation, city annexation for utilities would be required, and major infrastructure needs, as well as zoning concerns, would have to be addressed.
In other commission news:
— Because of on-going meetings with the coming veteran’s memorial in Trigg County, Tuesday’s gathering did not have a quorum. Furthermore, county-appointee Beth Ricks, who had just been selected as treasurer, has resigned.
— With Todd Wallace bound for the Cadiz City Council, the commission is now in need not only of a treasurer, but also a chairperson.
Helping God’s Babies: Misson (helpinggodsbabies.com)
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