·        Myrtle Creek Golf Course

Retained by the Myrtle Creek Building Authority (City), to provide management oversight for the project and develop an exit strategy. FCA provides operational direction to senior staff and financial management. Myrtle Creek Golf Course is an 18-hole championship course located in Myrtle Creek, Oregon financed by tax-exempt and taxable bonds

·        Kansas State University

FCA directed the financial analysis, structuring of the project capitalization, selection of the underwriter, bond council, and bank participants for the development of the Colbert Hill Golf Course. The project completed for Kansas State University (KSU) included an 18-hole championship golf course, a 9-hole executive course, research facilities, classrooms, and a practice center that serves as national training center for the First Tee youth program. In conjunction with the development of Colbert Hills, KSU in consort with the Golf Course Superintendents (GCSAA) began a degree program in golf course management. The project capitalization of $17 million was provided by individual and corporate donations and a tax-exempt bond of $8 million backed by a bank letter of credit.

·        Colbert Burns & McDonnell Golf LLC

Retained by Colbert Golf, a successful golf course company, to develop a new company, Colbert Burns & McDonnell (CBM), in partnership with Kansas City-based Burns & McDonnell, to provide golf development and management services to tax-exempt entities. Burns & McDonnell is a large architectural, engineering, and project management company.

Under the CBM umbrella, FCA provided development management to Sycamore Ridge Golf Course at the City of Spring Hill, Kansas. The project is an 18-hole championship course for a small city in suburban Kansas City. Responsible for all development activities except for construction management. Some of the activities included the selecting and acquiring the site; structuring the transaction; development and management of the development budgets; selecting the contractor, architect, underwriter, feasibility consultant, and bond council.

Commonwealth of Kentucky selected CBM to provide an analysis of seven state park sites for suitability as golf courses. FCA acted as the project manager for a development team that included Arnold Palmer Design, Ryan Construction, Ranger Construction, engineering companies, and CBM. The study of development costs, project feasibility, financial structure and potential economic impact to Kentucky were completed in 2000.

·        Turf Commerce

Mr. Crooks serves as a Director of Turf Commerce an e commerce business-to-business marketplace for the turf grass industry.  Turf Commerce, and its partners provide an e commerce solution and an open market place for buyers and sellers of commodities and services related to golf, landscape and park and recreation.