Hot Springs (Ark.) Country Club is offering a more casual setting where members can wear jeans and play music from their golf carts as part of an effort to appeal to millennials, while Pleasant Valley Country Club in Little Rock, Ark., now has more members than ever after completing more than $5 million of renovations.…

The Fort Smith, Ark. club looked to have an uncertain future after exploring a sale to a local developer. But in a letter to members, a co-owner admitted that was a mistake and said it was time to “stand up and shake off the dust.” Gary Carmack, previously the club’s Director of Financial Services, was named the new General Manager, replacing the other co-owner who had served in that role but is now on medical leave.

After FSM Redevelopment Partners backed out of the purchase of the Fort Smith, Ark., club, plans to rezone and renovate the property have been withdrawn.

FSM Redevelopment Partners planned to purchase and invest $20 million in the Fort Smith, Ark., property, but recently pulled out of the deal and is no longer interested in the club. City leaders tabled a decision on rezoning the property as a result, and the club will continue to operate on a normal basis in the meantime.

FSM Redevelopment Partners’ $20 million investment plans for the Fort Smith, Ark., club are moving along, pending the approval of hybrid zoning for the property that would allow its expansion. Among the planned changes are modernization of the facility to mimic a lodge, the addition of guests suites, an updated restaurant menu, and the addition of concierge airport and medical services.

FSM Redevelopment partners may soon invest at least $7 million in the acquisition and renovation of the Fort Smith, Ark., property, with a goal of closing the deal before the end of the year. Though the developer did not reveal specific plans, a design and facility plan will likely be complete by April 2014, with construction and renovation beginning in early summer, and work complete by fall 2015.