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The primary purpose of this website is to help you stay informed about the community through a series of Blog Posts.  These posts provide factual information about the Meadows Community Association (MCA).  The Blog covers financial information, MCA Board election information, the MCA’s relationship with The Meadows Country Club (TMCC), and a series of related issues.

  • A Walk Down Memory Lane/Report Card

    If there are any inaccuracies in this post, let us know at  ForTheMeadows@SarasotaMeadows.com and we’ll fix it. We thought it would be useful and informative to review some of the promises and claims that were made when MCA Homeowners acquired the recreational and dining assets of TMCC (we sort of promised this in an earlier…

  • Brief History of Events

    This information was gleaned from a review of Meadoword articles from 2015 – 2019 + one Herald-Tribue article + other 2018 MCA communications. So, this represents only what MCA has told its Homeowners. It is provided as both a refresher for those who have been in The Meadows for a long time and background for…

  • How golf courses make (or lose) money

    We’ve had a few comments that readers don’t understand all the financial details we’re sharing or why we say that the golf courses should be run as semi-private. That’s great feedback, so we’ll try to help you out here. As always, if readers see any inaccuracies, please let us know and we will fix them. …

  • Where do we need to be & how do we get there?

    If there are any inaccuracies in this post, let us know at  ForTheMeadows@SarasotaMeadows.com and we’ll fix it. Where would we like to be MCA Homeowners want to minimize what they pay to keep their greenspace. Ideally this is keeping all the courses open and we should continue to work towards that outcome until all reasonable…

  • A Summary of where we are now

    As with all our blog posts if there are any inaccuracies, please let us know at ForTheMeadows@SarasotaMeadows.com and we will fix it. TMCC and its members TMCC members are in a MUCH MUCH better position than they were before 2018. I understand why they don’t want anything to change from the current situation (which has…

  • MCA is REDUCING Transparency on $600,000 subsidy

    If there are any inaccuracies in this post, let us know at ForTheMeadows@SarasotaMeadows.com and we’ll fix it. At the recent HOA Assembly meeting on November 15 2023, the MCA Treasurer announced a change in how the $600,000 Renaissance Access Plan (“RAP”) payment(subsidy) to TMCC will be shown in MCA’s budget and presumably the MCA’s financial…

  • Are the Renaissance Access benefits worth $600,000?

    Here’s what we MCA homeowners get for $600,000. And remember this is for access to OUR $10 million of assets that we lease to TMCC for $10/year. (yes, there are operating costs but TMCC generated $5.1 million of revenue in 2021 off our asset for $10!). Note that this access is only available to homeowners…

  • A Brief History of TMCC’s financial results

    Reminder: This info is directly from TMCC’s Form 990 submissions to the IRS so it is precisely the info TMCC and more recently MCA has kept from the eyes of MCA homeowners. This blog is intended to provide some “color” to the numbers we recently posted and help you understand the sequence of events. If…

  • TMCC Financial Results See the Light of Day

    For many years, the financials of TMCC have been closely guarded info.  NOT. ANY. MORE. TMCC’S budget updates (which included almost no numbers) included this statement: “The financial reports of the Meadows Country Club are not published, but available for review at the Club’s offices if a member chooses to do so. The financial reports are considered…

  • This website is alive and kicking!

    We’re rebooting the SarasotaMeadows.com website which Joe Moore created in his efforts to be elected to the Meadows Community Association (MCA) last year. Despite Joe’s and Ken Ludwig’s great efforts it was not to be. After so much energy (and money) expended, Joe has taken a step back and we’ve taken over managing the website.…