Quote History Originally Posted By mikefromphilly:Thank you for the background.
Here's a map of RBGC's ownership. I think we'd have to acquire more land ($1.2M) in case of overflight of the rounds, plus another $1M for grading, etc. A big investment. The river limits our expansion south and east.
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We would not have to acquire more land or do any serious grading due to the topography. We would need minor grading for a flat area to drop a shipping container to use as a shooting platform similar to how Arena, Alabama Precision, K&M etc. do things.
It will certainly be an expensive project, but no where near as expensive as past ranges that the club has developed.
In addition, we already have a grading company that has offered to donate their time.
The biggest cost will be clearing trees, I was hoping to put together a committee to further research this topic so that we could get some definite numbers on cost to clear the land, figure out if any opportunity existed to sell timber (doubtful) etc.
With your knowledge of the club I think you could be very helpful with this (most members don't even know that a 1,000 yard has been proposed many times over the past decade).
Feel free to send me an email,
[email protected], I have quite a bit of information on the subject after our conversations with GA power, timber companies etc. I would love to get your take on.