The Salix, Pa. club built the 1,600 sq. ft. addition to host indoor events, including indoor golf leagues, weddings and bridal showers, as well as bingo. The total cost of the lodge building was less than $100,000, Club President Joe Ponchione says, and much of the work was donated by the club’s members.
Windber Country Club in Salix, Pa. recently unveiled its Pine Lodge, built to accommodate the club’s growing year-round activities and events, The Johnstown Tribune-Democrat reported. The new addition provides 1,600 sq. ft. to host indoor events, including indoor golf leagues, weddings and bridal showers, as well as bingo.
“In the last few years, the club has become more of a year-round, full-purpose country club,” Club President Joe Ponchione said. “We decided last year to expand because we are doing a lot of things that are 12 months related. We needed some extra room.”
Ponchione said the Pine Lodge will make use of the club’s existing food and drink licenses and will allow the main clubhouse to remain open while the new facility is rented for private events, The Tribune-Democrat reported. The total cost of the Pine Lodge building was less than $100,000, he said, and much of the work was donated by the club’s members.
“We pride ourselves at the Windber Country Club that all the projects we embark on are done by our own members,” Ponchione said.
The club’s total membership exceeds 400, he told The Tribune-Democrat.
The name of the addition – the Pine Lodge – is a connection to the all-pine interior constructed by the club’s membership, The Tribune-Democrat reported. The frame is Amish-built, Ponchione said.
“In January, our own members finished the inside with tongue-and-groove knotty pine,” he said. “This new multi-purpose room offers a lot to those who aren’t just into golf.”
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