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Fuded 1993, DPS
Deelpet Cpay
as spet te past 15yeas ceat cu-
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SportS AuthorityDpS ses new sandads f sng cmmnes By Oliver Slosser
CourTeSy
TurkS
&CAiCoS
SPorTing
Club
AT
Am
bergriS
CAy
In 1962, the Turks and Caicos archipelago was the recov-
ery site or the historic Mercury Friendship 7 mission, in
which astronaut John Glenn became the frst American
to orbit the earth. The site was chosen not only or the
nearby military base, located on Grand Turk Island, but
or the reliably great weather and crystal clear water that
would aid the USS Randolph in hoisting Glenns capsule
out o the Caribbean. Upon his second o three orbits
around the earth, Glenn commented to mission control,
This is Friendship 7 I can see clear down, see all the
islands clear down, the whole chain rom up here, can
see way beyond them and Area Hotel [Grand Turk] looks
excellent or recovery.
The environmental conditions in Turks and Caicos
have remained just as pristine as Glenn ound them in the
60s, but getting to the islands is now a lot easierat least
or members at DPS Development Companys Turks &
Caicos Sporting Club. On the 1,100-acre Ambergris Cay,
the company recently opened a 5,700-oot-long airstrip,
the longest private airstrip in the Caribbean, to accommo-
date the residents o its new 550-home community. The
club is one o fve DPS developments that together have
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similar to that o the Ford home. Ford Plantation also
oers amenities one would expect o a top-notch private
community, including a Pete Dye gol course, a marina,
and a sports complex.
DPS developed a similarly historic community on 1,350
acres adjacent to the Greenbrier resort in White Sulphur
Springs, West Virginia, which has been hosting guests since
beore the American Civil War. The Greenbrier Sporting
Club, a private residential community o approximately
500 homes built in 2001, grants homeowners the oppor-
tunity to live at a National Historic landmark and enjoy
the amenities o both the private sporting club and the
resort. The companys latest addition to the sporting clubis a collection o 56 homes, called the Green Homes at the
Greenbrier. Located on sites ranging rom one to six acres,
these homes will oer the most innovative technology in
green building, including preabrication, insulated oun-
dations, Timberpeg post-and-beam rames, and Energy
Starrated appliances. Size restrictions on the new homes,
a requirement that is implemented at all DPS develop-
ments, will urther ensure that residences do not encroach
on the surrounding environment. Timber raming or two
prototype homes will began this all.
In 2004, DPS began sales or the aorementioned Turks
& Caicos Sporting Club, which is located about 400 miles
rom the companys Deep Water Cay project in the Baha-
mas and is slated or completion in 2010. Unlike Deep
Water Cay, the Turks & Caicos Sporting Club is set on a
private island available to DPS members only. An environ-mental learning center sits next to the airfeld, on one o
two large coves ound on the island, and includes an on-
sta naturalist. The naturalists at our properties are in
CourTeSy
SnA
ke
river
SPorTingClub
OppOsiTe: DPS Saere Spt Clu, wc
s set 554 aces
Wy, es a aety
acttes, clud l
a T Wesp
desed cuse.
lefT: Te Sae re,
lcated ext t te clu,
s e t se te
est fy-s te
aea. belOw: i addt
t ad
pats, te clu as a
equesta cete ad
les tals.
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CourTeSy
The
gre
enbrier
SPorTingClub
charge o keeping our members in tune with what is going
on in the environment around them, says Schram. For
instance, they will know when a particular type o insect
that attracts fsh will hatch, or when members can witness
a migration o elk.
For those especially interested in activities o that
nature, the company developed the Snake River Sport-
ing Club in Jackson, Wyoming, a 120-homesite enclave
nestled between six miles o private Snake River rontage
and 3.4 million acres o Bridger-Teton National Forest.
The Teton County Planning Commission approved the
frst phase o the club in 2005, which is no small eat con-
sidering that 97 percent o the 3.8 million acres in TetonCounty are ederally owned or state managed. The club
has preserved approximately 80 percent o its 554-acre
site as open space and has placed restrictions on con-
struction to ensure that each home will not exceed 6,500
square eet. The club is in the fnal stages o its frst phase,
which includes a Tom Weiskopdesigned gol course, a
heli-skiing program, and naturalist programs, as well as a
lodge, that opened in September. Phase two o the project
will add a spa, tennis courts, and a gym.
With the exception o the Turks & Caicos Sporting Club,
DPS clubs oer memberships to both non-homeown-
ers and residents. (At the Turks & Caicos club, the only
members are the property owners.) All o DPS communi-
ties are member-owned, with management or the three
newest communitiesGreenbrier Sporting Club, the
Turks & Caicos Sporting Club, and Snake River Sporting
Clubhandled by the Greenbrier Resort & Club Manage-
ment Company. The same organization behind the resort
component o the Greenbrier, the management company
has been a partner on all o DPS developments, though
once a property has reached completion, management is
taken over by a company o the members choosing.
righT: Te geee
Spt Clu, wc wll
eatue te cpaysst cpletely ee
es, cpses a
32,000-squae-t
ees lde wt
ews hwads Cee.
belOw: Se te
clus aetes clude
a spt cplex, a
ull-sece spa, ad
a T Fazdesed,
7,025-yad l cuse.
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JoShgibSon
[ DEVELOPMENTS & RESOURCES ]
Deep Water Cay
lOcaTiOn: o a 120-ace slad just
te east ed gad baaa
islad
residences: 50 estes
ameniTies: bes, sal, te-
s, spt clays, ad a spa
Timeline: Cpleted 2005. All
te al pacels ae ee sld.Appxately 25 ppetes ae cu-
etly aalale esale
pricing: Cuet esale pces aal-
ale up equest. Clu ee-
sp stats at $30k
843.815.8300, www.deepwatercay.com
Ford Plantation (pictured)
lOcaTiOn: o 1,800 aces rc-
d hll, geas cast, aut
18 les sutwest Saaa
residences: 400 estes
ameniTies: A ees lde, a
spts cplex, a spa, a deepwate
aa, spts, a equesta
cete, ad a eay ut pe-
see. Te ppety als s e t a
Pete Dye ls-style l cuse
Timeline: Cpleted 2001. Allal pacels ae ee sld, ad
all aetes ae cplete. Appx-
ately 25 es ae cuetly aal-
ale esale
pricing: resale pces ae
$200k t $2.9m. Clu eesp
stats at $115k
912.756.5666,
www.fordplantation.com
Greenbrier Sporting Club
lOcaTiOn: next t te cca-1778
geee rest, te spt
clu cpses 1,350 aces te
6,500-ace ppety te u-
tas Wte Sulpu Sps, West
va. Tw tusad aces te
estate ae set asde as pe space
, , j, ad
dle talsresidences: Te gee hes at te
geee cpse 56 te 500
ttal plaed es. Pacels ae
sze e ace t e ta
sx aces
ameniTies: Spt clu ees
ly aetes clude a T Faz
desed l cuse, a st
aclty, a equesta cete, a lde,
a spts cplex wt a pl, ad
a Asa-sped spa. mees als
ae access t all te aetes
aalale at te est, suc as wte-
wate at, ut, ad uet
c classes
Timeline: Sales stated 2001; 75
pecet te es ae ee sld.
All aetes ae up ad u
pricing: hestes ae $395k
t $3.5m; peult es $1.35m t $6.5m. Clu eesp
s $140k, wt aual dues $11k
888.741.8989,
www.teeeesptclu.c
Snake River Sporting Club
lOcaTiOn: o 554 aces de
te 3.4 ll-ace bde-Tet
natal Fest Jacs hle,
Wy
residences: A ttal 120 e-
stes. Te clu s e deelped
tw pases, wt 68 estes
pase e a sze .4
ace t 2.2 aces, ad ac lts
deelpet pase tw tat wll
spa e ta 30 aces
ameniTies: A T Wespdesed
l cuse, a elpad el-s,equesta acltes, fy-s, a spa
wt atual t sps, ad a s-/
s-ut pate lde at Tet vllae
Timeline: Sales ceced 2005,
wt 65 pecet pase e e-
stes sld t date. gl, fy-s,
ad atualst pas ae w
pe. Pase-tw aetes, clud-
te spa ad tes ad paddle
cuts, ae stll deelpet
pricing: $1.3m t $6.5m. Clu e-
esp s $150k. Aual dues ae
t yet ee deteed
888.434.7772,
www.snakeriversportingclub.com
Turks & Caicos Sporting ClublOcaTiOn: o a pate, 1,100-ace
slad 575 les sut Flda ad
18 utes y pate clu plae
Pdecales
residences: 550 estes ae
sze e-td a ace t
e ta et aces
ameniTies: A 5,700-t astp
wt a custs ad at ce,
a 100-slp aa wt 10 sepaate
eayact slps essels exceed
200 eet, a spa, a tess cete, se
stales, a eetal lea
cete, ad a ees lde
Timeline: hestes wee eleased
sale 2004; 30 pecet ae
ee sld. Cplet all c-
stuctues s expected y 2010
pricing: $600k t $6m. Clu e-esp s $95k, wt aual dues
$6k
877.815.1300,
www.tcsportingclub.com
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