Loft of Bend Joins ClubCorp Network

Loft of Bend Joins ClubCorp Network,
The World’s Leader in Private Clubs

Bend, Oregon, February 13, 2009 – The Loft of Bend, the private social club in downtown Bend, has formed an alliance with ClubCorp, the world’s leader in private clubs. Members of the Loft will now have access to over 170 private clubs throughout the world. The Loft of Bend is a place where members can relax, entertain friends and family or conduct business in a quiet atmosphere. Now, for example, members can play golf at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California or Country Club of Hilton Head in South Carolina, have a fine dinner at the Columbia Tower Club in Seattle, or use the amenities at the Tower Club in Dallas.

Located in the heart of downtown in the 919 Bond building’s second floor, The Loft of Bend is spear-headed by Adam Bledsoe, with partners Drew Bledsoe and Chad Wold. The Loft has private, key-card access, a retail wine shop, access to the furnished, rooftop garden with 360° degree views, and humidor cigar storage. This is the third wine club the partnership has started. The others are located in Whitefish and Missoula, MT.

Founded in 1957, Dallas-based ClubCorp is the world leader in private clubs. Internationally, ClubCorp's affiliates own or operate nearly 170 golf courses, country clubs, private business and sports clubs, and resorts. ClubCorp has in excess of $2 billion in assets.

Among the company's nationally recognized golf properties are Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio (site of the 2006-2010 World Golf Championships - Bridgestone Invitational); The Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia (America's first resort founded in 1766); and Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California (home of the Kraft Nabisco Championship).

The more than 60 business clubs and business and sports clubs include the Boston College Club; City Club on Bunker Hill in Los Angeles; Citrus Club in Orlando, Florida; Columbia Tower Club in Seattle; Metropolitan Club in Chicago; Tower Club in Dallas; and the City Club of Washington, D.C.

The company's 16,000 employees serve the nearly 200,000 member households and more than one million guests who visit ClubCorp properties each year.

The Loft of Bend: 541-322-LOFT or email lauren@bendloft.com

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