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COMMUNITY PILLARS
from Normandie Reimagined
by Curt Rohe
I Youth Empowerment
Caddie Program, by The Western Golf Association and it’s Evan’s Scholars program will train and fund caddie positions. The WGA will pay the $50 fee for each caddie round, meaning players will only be responsible for gratuity and mentoring interaction. The Evans Scholar collegiate scholarship opportunity will be available at University of Missouri @ Columbia and serveral other colleges for qualifying youth in the program.
100+ seasonal jobs for high school and college youth, with training spanning the range of operations, maintenance, hospitality, club and course operations, administration, accounting, event planning, etc.
Normandy High School Golf Team: plans to launch after a decades-long hiatus. Free to participating students. Coach(s), uniforms, equipment, and instruction will be included, with the goal to be playing by Summer 2025.
II STEM Preparedness
Teen Tech Center AKA Caddie House is planned for erection adjacent to the Club House. Normandie Reimagined envisions and is seeking a partner with experience developing, equipping, and providing STEM focusedprogramming to the youth employees and caddies. Multiple naming opportunities are available in connection with these programs.
III Cultural Engagement
Because the course is a non-profit, the facility will remain an accessible, affordable, and community-focused.
Commited Partners
Western Golf Association
Evans Scholar
First Tee Greater St. Louis
Beyond Housing Founders Club
Support of Heroes
Normandy High School Golf Teams
LPGA/USGA Girls Golf
Youth on Course
PGA Junior League
Metropolitan Junior Amateur Championship
150+ NEW JOBS
$84.1 BILLION DOLLAR GOLF INDUSTRY WITH 2 MILLION JOBS
Increase awareness and economic viability of the Normandie area. Along with Incarnate Word Academy and UMSL’s major development expansions plans, the St. Charles Rock Road corridor improvements, and the Normandie Reimagined initiative, the area has and will continue to see investment and energy being funneled into the community.
All Beyond Housing participants (over 2000/yr) will have access to the course and anyone who plays at the course will be invite to participate in Beyond Housing’s wide array of programming.
IV Support for HEROS
30,000 PROGRAMMATIC USERS PER YEAR
Since 2015 Greens fee and special event discounts have been and will continue to be extended to veterans and area first responders.
Boys and Girls Club of Greater St. Louis Golf Foundation of Missouri
Urban Golf of Greater St. Louis
Gene Slay’s Girls and Boys Club
Tee Masters of STL
Cadre 19
Royal Vagabonds
$4 BIL DONATIONS PER YEAR IN THE GOLF INDUSTRY