Project Consultants for Tribes and First Archives

Tribal economic development, a partial, view, for Morongo reservation lands.

Economic Development Plan – Tribal Lands

Morongo Band of Mission Indians | As land development consultants, StoneCreek Partners prepared a tribal economic development plan for the Morongo Indian reservation that encompasses almost 50 square miles of land. The work occurred at a time when tribal gaming operations were housed in a temporary prefabricated building situated in Cabazon (California) along Interstate 10 on the periphery of Palms Springs. The economic development plan included an analysis of regional economic growth by sectors, the feasibility of potential business projects, and the specific suitability and infrastructure availability throughout the reservation.

The tribal economic development plan included a master plan and land development strategy for all lands along the interstate that leads in and out of Palm Springs. Phase 1 conceptual plans included relocation of the tribe’s existing casino into the heart of a new master-planned development. Casino Morongo Resort & Spa, a 304-room hotel with 113,000-square-foot casino, was subsequently constructed by Perini Building Company. With its grand opening in 2004, the Morongo destination gaming resort became one of the largest tribal gaming facilities in the U.S. The Morongo Indians had their start in the gaming business in 1983, when tribal members started a bingo hall.

The Morongo Indian Reservation was established in 1876, one of nine reservations created by a Presidential executive order of President Ulysses S. Grant.

Project Feasibility for Golf Community

18.08.2018 Golf course redevelopment and adaptive re-use, Land Development Consultants, Project Consultants for Tribes and First, Real Estate Consultants, Residential Housing & Apartments

Al-Shehail Group (Riyadh) / Hopkins Development | As land development consultants we provided a project feasibility for a golf community, with market study, capital budget estimate, and financial projections. Residential product recommendations for the single-family and attached housing units in the development were provided, along with facilities suggestions for a community clubhouse that could support golf as well as additional outdoor recreation offerings.

The project had the working name, Mountain Meadows Golf Community, of McGaheysville, Virginia. McGaheysville is situated near the south fork of Shenandoah River in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley.

This due diligence and feasibility evaluation was to support the Al-Shehail Group of Companies’ potential investment. The site for this to-be-built master-planned residential golf community is situated in rolling meadow lands and foothills near McGaheysville, near Massanutten Ski Resort. The 300-acre project included 420 units in this master-planned golf community.

Following the due diligence effort, StoneCreek Partners was retained by the Al-Shehail Group to revamp and fine-tune the project master plan. Objectives included maximization of the housing along 16,900 lineal feet of golf course frontage. Project naming and naming conventions were also reworked, and golf signature holes were configured to minimize and balance on-site grading. An interesting aspect of the residential product placement on the site, was providing both a direct view onto golf as well as onto the scenic “long views” onto surrounding Shenandoah Valley foothills and mountains.

The master planning work was directly based on the project feasibility for golf community, previously prepared.

Tribal Land Master Land Use & Economic Plan

10.08.2018 Economic Development Consultants, Project Consultants for Tribes and First

POTDC | Confidential strategic planning and integrated master land use planning, for tribal lands.

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Feasibility Study for Recreation Park

24.05.2018 Golf course redevelopment and adaptive re-use, Outdoor Recreation Facility Consultants, Project Consultants for Tribes and First

Project feasibility study for recreation park to be located in the primary visitor corridor in the Wyoming and Montana region. The project site is situated with stunning views along the Tongue River, looking on to the Bighorn National Forest and various mountain peaks in the distance.

As part of of preparing a long-range economic development program for the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, specific projects were identified using various existing tribal assets and resources. The tribe’s Thunder Child property could be developed as a significant recreation adventure park given its relative proximity to U.S. Highway 90 which traverses the greater Sheridan (Wyoming) area bordering southern Montana.

The project also has the potential for repurposing of a former 22,000 SF health services rehabilitation center on the property, into a lodge and destination conference center for the facility. Following its initial development and health services operation, the building has been shuttered but reasonably maintained for re-use.

Illustration work shown here is a product of aec‘s Rapid Prototyping Unit, combining feasibility results with preliminary project scaling, layout, and overall guest experiential design – created to assist Ownership group in confirming design intent and project budgets. Our rapid prototyping work a front-end task to assist clients with previsualization of their projects, to help in establishing design intent for develp0ment master planning.

Posted information and images regarding this project feasibility study for recreation park, are limited at client’s request.

Shown here, the lower portion of the project site where a golf course is proposed as part of the recreation adventure park offerings. The course is envisioned as a relatively quick play opportunity for visitors traversing the #1 interstate route through Wyoming and Montana.

Project Feasibility Study for Resort – Molokai Island

23.05.2018 Hotel Development Consultants, Project Consultants for Tribes and First

Confidential Client | As hotel-resort development consultants, we provided a resort project feasibility study with financial projections and capital budgeting, along with select development due diligence items. For a proposed resort on the mauka side of Kamehameha V Highway east of Kaunakakai on the island of Moloka’i. StoneCreek has worked with clients throughout the Hawaiian Islands preparing due diligence reviews for proposed acquisitions, conceptual approaches to resort development, and project feasibility studies for resorts, shopping centers, and planned communities.

Most of the history of the first Hawaiians in Molokai comes from chants, passed down from generation to generation, which have kept a chronology of events, battles and lineage. Captain James Cooke signed Molokai in November 1778, on his first visit to the region – the Sandwich Islands as he called them. Captain George Dixon in 1786 was the first European to actually set foot on and visit Molokai. Hawaiians first migrated to Molokai about 650 A.D., generally considered to have come first from the Marquesas, then in double hulled canoes from Tahiti and other South Pacific islands.

On the Hawaiian islands, feasibility studies for resorts can become complex, with sensibility for cultural and historical factors of Native Hawaiians requiring – always required. This project feasibility study for resort was no exception.