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Sunny June days bring much anticipation for the golf course opening at Black Bull. Progress was slowed slightly by the late snow and rain we experienced last month, but we are still estimating that the golf course will open mid- to late July. Landscaping continues to be the focus with daily additions of trees, shrubs and native grasses. Trees are budding and flowers are beginning to bloom throughout the community. Golf cart paths are in and the greens are filling in nicely.

Black Bull plans to open the grill in the temporary clubhouse to members the first part of July. We will be serving lunch daily, as well as a limited-menu dinner a few nights each week. Construction on the tennis courts and a car washing facility has also begun and is scheduled to be completed mid-summer.

We have a number of Locati-designed club homes going up, including two speculative residences. These two homes overlook the 9th fairway and have expansive views of the Bridger Mountain Range. They also have a beautiful creek running through the back of each property.

The Granite Peak is a 2,300+ square foot ranch style home that features 3 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms and a covered porch. This home will be featured in Bozeman's Parade of Homes tour in early September 2008. For more information about the Parade of Homes, visit www.swmbia.org. The Granite Peak club home is offered at $895,000.

The second speculative home is our popular Yellowstone model. This two-story home is features 2 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, a covered patio and a walkout basement. We've modified our standard lower level floorplan to include a custom golf cart garage that takes you right to the golf cart path located in front of the 9th tee boxes. The rest of the lower level is unfinished for the buyer to complete as they'd like. The Yellowstone club home is offered at $995,000.

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Recently, Black Bull commissioned world-renowned artist Jim Dolan to craft creative renderings of five bulls that would welcome visitors and members to our unique private community. The bulls represent the heritage of the development, beckoning back to the days when it was home to the historic Leachman Angus Ranch.

The bulls are in place and landscaping around the sculptures and water features will resume this spring. The project took six months from conception to completion. "The process begins with an idea of what the customer wants. Clearly, bulls were in order for the community," says Mr. Dolan. "We did, however, take some creative license to add horns to the bulls, although Angus bulls do not have horns."

"We decided to do a group of five because I like to tell stories with my sculptures. It's hard to tell a story with one piece," adds Dolan. "We designed them specifically so you could see through each piece, providing a sense of movement." Jim Dolan’s goal is to "intrigue and delight with enduring texture, unlikely spatial relationships and fragile balance." He mixes the non-traditional and unforeseen with the traditional and familiar. "I try to capture isolated moments," says Dolan. "To do that, I include details such as wind direction and wildlife subjects responding to one another. My sculpture always implies motion."

Each metal he uses weathers at its own distinct rate, and so years of exposure only enhance the sculptures' contrasts. Dolan has more than 95 public art sculptures in the United States and 9 public pieces in Japan. Individual pieces have found homes in the US, Canada, Belgium, France, Australia, Brazil and Japan.


Visit http://www.jimdolanart.com/ to learn more about his creative process and available artwork.Stop in and visit Black Bull to see the sculptures up close and personal. We are located at 4711 Love Lane in Bozeman, Montana. Model homes are open daily.

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The Black Bull Golf Course has been fully sodded & seeded and all sprinklers, cart paths, and bridges have been installed. The course will be open for member play as of early summer 2008, however, the club’s magnificent multiple practice facilities may be open for members in the middle of October 2007. The main practice facility will be second to none with multiple target greens, four USGA spec putting/chipping greens, fairway and greenside bunker options, and uphill/downhill lie opportunities.

The golf course in keeping with Weiskopf's designs is considered to be highly "playable", and will offer challenge and variety, yet "fairness", to all levels of play, from beginner to professional. Its design doesn't favor one style of play over another. Further, the course is designed for walking, with short distances between greens and tee boxes. In short, it's the perfect members' course.

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