Business View Magazine | Volume 9, Issue 3

149 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 3 CHARLOTTE COUNTRY CLUB architects then created large drawings. We then had open meetings, where we had large boards with pictures of what these projects would look like. We had eight small group meetings with 40 to 50 members at each. Ten at a time they walked through each individual project with the steering committee and asked questions, made comments, made recommendations. We engaged quite a few members through that process. It was the most successful rollout of a capital project that I’ve witnessed.” Working closely with Jenkins Peer Architects, and Edison Ford Construction was something Eich declares made the process much easier through the planning and the construction phases. Keeping members apprised during construction with a biweekly report has been useful in keeping people engaged. Wilson suggests, “It gets them excited, especially as we’re nearing project completion. It’s full of photographs too, so they can have a mini hardhat tour and see the project unfold every other week.”