A message from Northwest Arkansas Health Care Providers
Updates and Changes effective March 17, 2020
As a continued precaution due to the health and safety measures noted by President Trump, governing health agencies and Governor Asa Hutchinson, here are updates regarding the POA:
- Meet the Candidates Night has been canceled
- The Member Services, Water Department, Maintenance & Construction offices will be closed to public access but the staff will be answering calls and emails. Many items can be handled online or by calling:
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- Member Services 479-855-8000 option 2
- Water Department 479-855-8000 option 1
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- BV Bar & Grill (479-855-5117) and Lakepoint (479-855-8110) will have curb-side service and delivery (through Bite Squad) available but the dining rooms will be closed. All banquets and large events have been canceled. Highlands Pub will be closed
- The fitness facilities (Branchwood, Metfield, Riordan) will be closed
- The Marina opens with limited hours and a limit of 10 or less people allowed in the office at one time
- All the POA Tennis Courts (and, consequently, pickleball) will be closed effective Saturday, April 4
- Golf remains the same but has a limit of 10 or less people in the Pro Shop at one time
- Pro Shops that sell alcohol will only have canned beer for sale
- Get-A-Grip will close April 4 and remain closed until further notice
- All event and committee (JAC) meetings are canceled until further notice; the Board Work Session has been canceled
- Most park restrooms will be closed
- All playgrounds are closed effective immediately
We continue to monitor the actions and requests of the State of Arkansas and will keep you updated as we learn new information that impacts the POA.
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The President’s Coronavirus Guidelines for America:
15 Days to Slow the Spread
- Listen to and follow the directions of your state and local authorities.
- If you feel sick, stay home. Do not go to work. Contact your medical provider.
- If your children are sick, keep them at home. Do not send them to school. Contact your medical provider.
- If someone in your household has tested positive for the coronavirus, keep the entire household at home. Do not go to work. Do not go to school. Contact your medical provider.
- If you are an older person, stay home and away from other people.
- If you are a person with a serious underlying health condition that can put you at increased risk (for example, a condition that impairs your lung or heart function or weakens your immune system), stay home and away from other people.
- Even if you are young, or otherwise healthy, you are at risk and your activities can increase the risk for others. It is critical that you do your part to stop the spread of the coronavirus:
- Work or engage in schooling from home whenever possible.
- If you work in a critical infrastructure industry, as defined by the Department of Homeland Security, such as healthcare services and pharmaceutical and food supply, you have a special responsibility to maintain your normal work schedule. You and your employers should follow CDC guidance to protect your health at work.
- Avoid social gatherings in groups of more than 10 people.
- Avoid eating or drinking in bars, restaurants, and food courts – use drive-thru, pickup, or delivery options.
- Avoid discretionary travel, shopping trips, and social visits.
- Do not visit nursing homes or retirement or long-term care facilities unless to provide critical assistance.
- Practice good hygiene:
- Wash your hands, especially after touching any frequently used item or surface.
- Avoid touching your face.
- Sneeze or cough into a tissue, or the inside of your elbow.
- Disinfect frequently used items and surfaces as much as possible.
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) | CDC
A Message from Director of Golf Operations, Darryl Muldoon, PGA
Golf Update
At this time Golf courses will not be closing.
Group Leaders
I’m asking group leaders to help manage their players outside and those wanting to come into the pro shops.
- Group leaders need to pick up all annual players tags for the day of play.
- No more than 10 people in the pro shops at a time.
- Please no congregating in social areas before and after play, if at all possible.
- All fresh food items as well as all poured beverages will cease until further notice.
- Please leave flag sticks in the hole, fewer hands that touch the flag the better.
- All ball washes will be removed from the golf course until further notice.
- Please help us by discarding your trash at the bathrooms or when you return your cart to the cart shed, fewer hands that touch trash the better.
- All bunker rakes will be removed until further notice.
- The maintenance staff will rake bunkers once a day.
- Local rule is in effect, place your ball in the bunker in a undisturbed area no near to the hole.
- Please use your feet to level the bunker as best as you can.
Golf Operations is disinfecting all public areas, to ensure that golf courses can stay open unless we are told otherwise.
I’m asking you to please communicate this with all your players in your groups.
Groups and Individuals
This is for our groups and individuals, it does not pertain to tournaments.
I want to thank you for helping us with the current situation, it appears to be working well. A few more things and I’m sure I will be reaching out to you with more later.
- Effective today we are suspending the cart tag policy.
- Please make sure the rosters that you submit are up to date.
- Let the Pro shop know all no shows and all AGG.
- Please be aware that we can’t always allow single riders as we will run out of carts on busy days.
- It will be on a day to day bases and we will go according to the tee sheet.
- Just because you see carts that have not been used at 10:08 when you check in doesn’t mean you can get a cart to yourself. We have more players behind your tee time that we must accommodate for.
I hope this helps. Now let’s get this rain to stop so we can play more golf.