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Please review Brian Walker’s Strategic Planning Committee article in this issue. He has challenged all of you! His goal is to have an 80% participation rate on the SPC survey which was distributed to all members last week. He believes it’s achievable. Please remember the survey is very important as it will allow every member […]

“If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it.” — Peter Drucker I want to thank all of you who have participated so far with the Strategic Planning member survey that was sent in late August. My challenge to all of you, was to have an 80% participation rate on the survey which I believe […]

Summit Broadband has been our internet and cable TV provider since November 2018 when we signed a 10-year contract with them. Although we still have 2 ½ years left on our existing contract, for the past 18 months the Facilities Committee has been evaluating whether we should renew our contract with Summit or move to […]

“A budget is like a diet. Everybody agrees it’s a good idea until dessert shows up.” —Anonymous It’s September! That means we are one month closer to our next season at Heritage Palms—and, you guessed it, it’s time to begin budgeting for the Club’s next fiscal year. I know that may not sound all that […]

Andy Galan is an HP Fitness Instructor and Specialist Trainer in sports – especially golf and tennis. He obtained his Occupational Associate of Science degree in 2008, and in May, 2013, he received his BS in Sports Management – Fitness and Wellness. He is now working on his Masters for Health Promotion and Exercise Science […]

The Board of Directors sent out its annual Operations Survey to HP members in April, 2026 through Club Benchmarking, a gated community and country club analytics company. This is the sixth year they have administered the survey for HP. Working with them, we can see how we, as a Club, compare to others in our […]

Summer at Heritage Palms means one thing—Junior Summer Tennis Camp! This year we hosted camp for eight exciting weeks, with four weeks in June and four weeks in July. Camp was held on Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and welcomed children ages 5 to 14. Each day began with tennis instruction […]

The nation changed forever on September 11, 2001. Many Americans remember a country before and a country after, and for many young Americans, only a country after. Terrorist attacks causing tragic loss of life at the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in sight of the nation’s capital, and a quiet field […]

From Dan Barden, US Army – 586th Engineers: The Honor Flight Network flies World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War Veterans from 125 hubs to Washington, D.C. to visit their war memorials at no cost to the Veterans. According to their website, the total number of Veterans flown to DC since 2005 is 300,000! […]