The Beckley (W. Va.) Common Council voted to give the city authority to purchase the club property and to make a “good faith deposit toward the purchase,” though the payment amount has not yet been determined. Gov. Jim Justice, who purchased the club in 2011, closed the club December 27, 2017, citing dwindling membership.
The City of Beckley, W. Va., is officially on its way to owning the locally iconic Black Knight Country Club, following a Beckley Common Council vote on January 23, the Beckley-based Register-Herald reported
Council members unanimously gave city officials authority to purchase Black Knight CC and to make a “good faith deposit toward the purchase,” the Register-Herald reported.
The amount of the deposit did not appear on the agenda, but Mayor Rob Rappold and City Treasurer Billie Trump said that it’s possible that up to $100,000 could be a down payment amount. The mayor said it is not likely that the entire amount would not be needed for the purchase, the Register-Herald reported.
Gov. Jim Justice, a Black Knight member who purchased the failing 89-year-old private club in 2011 in a last-ditch effort to keep its doors open and invested $4.2 million in upgrades to the building and grounds, closed the club December 27, citing dwindling membership, the Register-Herald reported.
City officials hope to open the club to the public and operate it under City Parks and Recreation. Final negotiations with Club Manager Byrd White III and Justice have not been made, and a sale price has not yet been established, the Register-Herald reported.
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