Country clubs

At a time when the housing market in northeast Johnson County is sizzling with tear downs common and builders hungry for vacant sites, one of old Leawood's prime tracts of undeveloped property remains dormant. It's been 14 years since the...

It was a familiar story at the Country Club Swim Association of Kansas City championships on Friday. Country Club of Leawood won its fourth title in a row and its 28th in 30 years, giving the home-pool crowd in south...

Some of the best young tennis players in the Kansas City area — and from around the country — will convene on the courts at Homestead Country Club starting Thursday for this year’s US Open National Playoffs USTA Missouri Valley Sectional...

When northeast Johnson County residents gathered last March to hear county and city leaders' vision for a new public park on the site of the former country club, the idea of renovating the Meadowbrook clubhouse into a community center...

One of the area's largest tennis communities has hired a new head pro. Homestead Country Club announced this week that it had hired Brandon Ambroske to lead its tennis instruction program. Ambroske played collegiately at William Jewel, where he graduated...

At 92, Chuck Wittig's tennis game perhaps isn't as sharp as it once was. But that hasn't stopped Wittig from making Homestead Country Club a part of his daily routine. In fact, for the past 43 years, Wittig has...

With the approval of a final plat for 11 new home sites, the Prairie Village city council last week set the stage for the start of construction work on the east edge of the former Homestead County Club property. Homebuilder...

The Prairie Village Planning Commission on Tuesday approved the preliminary plans for the reworking of the Homestead Country Club site. The plans call for the creation of 11 single family home lots on the east end of the property that...

Homestead Country Club on Wednesday announced the latest move in its reorganization plan, saying the club had formed a partnership with Kansas City Sustainable Development Partners, LLC. Homestead board chair Cyd Nelson said KCSDP would be helping finance the renovation...

The existing clubhouse at Homestead Country Club will be torn down as part of a new plan for the property which has been submitted to the the Prairie Village Planning Commission. According to the filing, the country club property shrinks...

Documents filed with the federal bankruptcy court handling the Chapter 11 proceedings of Homestead Country Club reveal that the club intends to sell the front six acres of its property to Evan-Talan Homes, a Leawood-based custom home builder. if (window.addEventListener){ ...

Homestead Country Club alerted members this week that it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and that it had closed in principal on a deal to sell the front acreage of the club to a home builder. Attorney Colin Gotham...