Anyone interested in beefing up current dining facilities at Tanglewood Golf Course may soon have a golden opportunity.
City officials may be looking for someone to take over clubhouse operations, which include a snack bar and a pared-down pro shop.
"We might contract that out to the proper person," Fulton Mayor LeRoy Benton said this week.
This move might save the city $100,000, according to Clay Caswell, parks and recreation director, who said he'd learned of the idea at the end of last week.
"My hesitation is we'd lose a little bit of control, and I'm not sure how it would affect our reputation," he told city council members.
Benton said grounds would be best continued to be managed by city workers.
The clubhouse is projected to lose about tens of thousands of dollars in its current course of operation.
"We sell 3,000 hot dogs a year, and 200 hamburgers," Caswell said. "People want quick snacks."
The pro shop has been reduced to essential items one year, 12 shirts were sold. Benton said revenues were about $90,000 and expenses, $171,000.
Someone, especially an experienced restaurateur, might have ideas about how to turn it around.
"So we're exploring bids for an independent contractor to see who's interested," Benton said.
Earlier in Tuesday evenings council meeting, Callaway Chamber Executive Director Tamara Tateosian said a firm is interested in building high-scale condos and single-family homes near the golf course.