About 80% of the club’s voting members cast a ballot in December in favor of David Jenkins becoming the club’s new owner. Jenkins, a club member himself, is the retired founder and CEO of Conservice, a utility management provider and Cache Valley’s largest private employer. Construction of an 800-sq.-ft. bar will begin soon and be finished this spring or summer. Jenkins also plans to upgrade the club’s irrigation system — a $4.1 million project planned for April with an expected completion date of about September.

Logan (Utah) Country Club now has a new owner, who is planning some upgrade projects this year.

About 80% of the club’s voting members cast a ballot in December in favor of David Jenkins becoming the club’s new owner, The Herald Journal reported.

Jenkins, a club member himself, is the retired founder and CEO of Conservice, a utility management provider and Cache Valley’s largest private employer. According to previous reporting by The Herald Journal, Jenkins’ success with Conservice made him a powerhouse in the Cache Valley business community.

On a related note, three liquor licenses were recently approved by the state for Logan CC, The Herald Journal reported. The first license gives the club permission to allow drinking in a new bar to be built at the site for those 21 years and older. The three liquor licenses were part of the transaction of Jenkins becoming the new owner, said the club’s General Manager Tom Davidson, explaining they were more about a transfer rather than issuing new licenses, but since it changed from an equity ownership to a mostly private ownership, there were some adjustments.

The Herald Journal reported the construction of the bar will commence soon, with an estimated completion date of this spring or early summer, according to Davidson. It will be about 800 sq.-ft. and hold up to 30 people.

“It is something we haven’t had before,” he said, noting the other licenses are to allow drinking in the restaurant and beer to be consumed while on the golf course, The Herald Journal reported.

Davidson explained that besides the new bar, Jenkins has plans to upgrade the club’s irrigation system — a $4.1 million project planned for April with an expected completion date of about September.

“That will take about a majority of the summer and won’t interfere much with play,” he said to The Herald Journal. “Hopefully it’ll be tied up and completed by about Labor Day.”

The facility was built in the 1930s, Davidson told The Herald Journal, with it becoming a country club in 1948. He said today it has roughly 240 equity members but hopes to increase that to about 300 in the coming years.

Priorities first are to enhance the facility and golf course to add value for both current and potential members, The Herald Journal reported.

“You know, really, the purpose of the purchase of the club is to try to get it in a position where we can continue to operate it being an important part of the community and maintaining what was already a really nice place as a private access golf course for the members,” Davidson said. “Dave loves golf and he loves the club. This is a way to keep the club solvent moving forward, to continue to make the country club a vibrant part of the community.”