# New York State Contract Reporter #2139864

Town of Schroon golf course, clubhouse, restaurant, and optional winter recreation management

**Posted:** October 14, 2026
**Respond By:** December 23, 2026
**Identifier:** 2139864
**NAICS:** 713910, 713920

The Town of Schroon is seeking an operator to lease and manage its municipal golf and recreation facilities.
- **Buyer:** Town of Schroon, New York; Town Clerk; Essex County.
- **Opportunity:** Lease, operate, maintain, and improve a 9-hole municipal golf course, clubhouse, pro shop, and restaurant. No specific management vendor is named.
- **Services:** Course and facility maintenance; tee-time, tournament, retail, guest check-in, and online reservation operations; food and beverage service; staffing; marketing; and community and business partnerships and discounts.
- **Financial and investment requirements:** Proposals must use a triple-net structure with guaranteed minimum annual base rent and auditable, tiered gross-revenue sharing. The operator is responsible for operating costs, utilities, routine maintenance, staffing, and insurance, and must submit a funded Capital Improvement Plan with investment commitments and proof of capital for the first 36 months. Potential improvements include clubhouse, pro shop, and food-service upgrades; irrigation and water conservation; and turf, greens, tees, and bunkers.
- **Facility and equipment requirements:** The operator accepts the facility as-is and must replace obsolete or irreparably damaged operational equipment. Replacement equipment remains on site and reverts to Town ownership at contract end. The existing 20-cart lease must be assumed, terminated, or renegotiated.
- **Optional service:** Proposals may include operation of the winter rope-tow ski and sledding hill, including rebuilding the tow shed, proposed usage rates, and insurance. Expected minimum hours, weather permitting, are Friday evenings, Saturday daytime and evening, and Sunday afternoons, with reasonable winter holiday and vacation hours.
- **Named equipment OEMs:** **Jacobsen, Ventrac, Yamaha, John Deere, Toro, STIHL, and Ryan** appear in the existing equipment inventory; these are not new equipment purchases.
- **Existing equipment inventory:** 1 Jacobsen SLF530 FWY 2020; 1 Jacobsen Greens King N Tri 2018; 1 Ventrac 4200 VXD (2014); 1 Yamaha Work Cart (2018); 1 John Deere Gator (2021); 2 Toro push mowers; 2 STIHL weedwhackers; 1 STIHL pack blower; 1 Toro Flex 21 (2009); 1 Toro Flex 21 (2012); 1 Ryan sod cutter; 1 Jacobsen Aero King SLH Seder; and 20 leased gas golf carts.
- **Term:** Proposer-selected initial lease term of 5–10 years, subject to agreed annual financial and performance measures, with exclusive rights to negotiate two subsequent five-year renewal options.

### Description

The Town of Schroon is seeking a management company to lease, operate, manage, maintain, and improve its municipal 9-hole golf course. The selected company will manage daily operations, including course maintenance, the clubhouse and pro shop, food and beverage services, staffing, marketing, and community and business partnerships. Proposals must include a Capital Improvement Plan, with investment commitments for the first 36 months, and a financial proposal structured as a triple-net lease with guaranteed base rent and tiered revenue sharing. Proposers may also submit an optional proposal to operate the property's winter rope tow ski and sledding hill.

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