Encompass

Encompass is a company that manages development, design, construction and operations for hospitality, gaming and other related companies across the United States. Our Team Members are a diverse group of highly experienced professionals that lead each area of project development. We continue to experience calculated growth that includes our desire to bring on new and gifted talent to continue to strengthen our Team. Encompass is licensed in many states across the U.S. and our headquarters is centrally located in Kentucky with another office in Cincinnati.

Our Mission Statement: Building mutually beneficial relationships, with integrity, through servant leadership for our partner’s dynamic needs.

Leaders

Every company goes through a process when embracing new projects. Our leaders and teams at Encompass Develop, Design & Construct, LLC want to incorporate our partners in our process, which helps us to fully comprehend the scope of our endeavors together. The following six steps provide a broad overview on how we proceed with each idea:

Initiation

You have an idea, a problem, or an opportunity that you want to share with Encompass Develop, Design & Construct, LLC

Analysis

We engage you, our partner, as we conduct research and analysis of your ideas.

We help to find solutions and alternatives, we investigate how this project might impact a community, and we learn about potential outcomes.

At this step, our leaders and team members also develop needs assessments, business plans, feasibility studies, and a cost analysis.

Consensus

This important step involves presentation of our findings to your leaders or board.

This presentation consists of the scope of the work, ROI (Return on Investment), schedules, estimated budgets along with financing options, and payback.

With your participation along the way, this step should cement our ability to move forward to the next step.

Implementation

Encompass Develop, Design & Construct, LLC leaders and team members work with you on master planning and land or site acquisition where necessary.

This step includes planning and zoning approvals and permits. We work together to appropriate architectural firms, contractors, engineers, vendors, interior designers, and other partners for your project with respect to management of your overall established budget.

This step follows through the project and its overall design, construction, and installation stages to completion and operations.

Evaluation

The evaluation consists of research and analysis of the project to determine the outcome and its goals.

We complete an assessment of project costs, timetables, process, and participants throughout the project with suggestions for adjustments and modifications.

Maintenance

No project is worth the effort without maintenance.

We work with you to assure that you have retained facility and property maintenance, warranty assistance, annual capital budgeting and implementation requirements necessary to sustain your project’s life.

Working Together

Our process is more than a way to develop goals and to monitor work along the way. It is a promise that provides grounds for trust. We encourage your ideas, your solutions, your vision, and your participation along the way as we work together.

Fair Grounds Race Course and Slots

Location: New Orleans, Louisiana

Client: Churchill Downs, Inc.

Partnership: Owner's Representative/Project Management

Services: Project Management and Procurement

Calder Casino and Race Course

Location: Miami Gardens, Florida

Client: Churchill Downs, Inc.

Partnership: Owner's Representative/Project Management

Services: Project Management, General Contractor and Procurement

Akwesasne Mohawk Casino

Location: Hogansburg, NY

Client: St. Regis Mohawk Tribe

Partnership: Owner's Representative/Project Management

Services: Project Management, General Contractor and Procurement

Taco Bell Headquaters

Location: Irvine, California

Client: Yum! Brands Corporate Facilities

Partnership: Owner's Representative/Project Management

Services: Project Management and Procurement of new Taco Bell Headquaters

Yum! Brands Corporate Facilities

Churchill Downs, Inc.

Brown-Forman Corporation

Akwesasne Mohawk Tribe

Class Act Credit Union

Republic Bank and Trust

States and Municipalities

Online GamingDelaware jettisoned to the forefront.

Online Gaming

In the race to implement Online Gaming, the state of Delaware jettisoned to the forefront. USA Today reported on June 28, 2012, that Delaware became the first state to legalize Internet gaming within state borders.

The passage of this bill, which permits a full range of online gaming options including blackjack, poker and slot games, Delaware sets the trend for other states to follow. This move is aggressive, and some may believe it is a risky proposition.

Nonetheless, “Online Casino Gaming is Going Online!”

Delaware’s legislative action followed on the heels of a Justice Department decision made in December, 2011. That decision allows states to legally conduct Internet gaming within state boundaries. That decision was a reversal of the department’s previous interpretation of the federal Wire Act, originally passed in 1961.

Democratic Governor Jack Markell signed the bill into law, and the state anticipates online gaming will commence in 2013. Delaware projects revenues to exceed $7.75M in the first fiscal year of operation.

The debate over online gaming has gone on for years, as proponents have cited multiple justifications about why online gaming should be legal, and opponents have countered with the customary anti-gaming rhetoric based upon social and moral issues they believe may arise from any type of gaming. Financial experts also express concern as more and more states look to solve, at least to some extent, their budget deficits with legalized gaming tax revenues.

In reviewing the implications of the Internet gaming question, one question that seems to be left out of the mix is about what happens to “Bricks-and-Mortar” gaming facilities as the Internet becomes the “new” wagering venue. That question is fair.

With the demand for Internet gaming on the increase, including horse racing, gamers are becoming more accustomed to placing wagers online. Estimates show that hundreds of individuals already gamble online illegally. Prohibition only encourages this risky behavior; but, sanctioning online gambling could benefit entire states with revenue that now sinks into the unknown. But, will current casino customers who decide to use the Internet result in declining visits to casinos? The decline in visits could also hurt non-gaming options such as tourism, retail, and food and beverage sales. We’re painting a gloomy picture, right?

Not so fast.

Allow me to dispel any concern for the traditional bricks-and-mortar gaming option. Remember when the entertainment industry predicted the demise of a “night out at the movies” as cable channels, VCR’s, DVD Players, and movie rentals added to movie options? Well, the last time I checked, the film industry continues to rock and roll, despite the weak economy. One look at the initial numbers for The Amazing Spiderman shows that movie raked in $24 million worldwide since its opening during the first weekend in July.

In another example, when Native American and Riverboat gaming became the focus of industry experts, many pundits predicted Las Vegas’ decline as these new venues trended. The “experts” were wrong again.

Those examples illustrate the challenge of predicting human behavior. What may seem logical often breaks from conventional wisdom. To dispel this concern about casino failures, a recent survey asked participants about their preferences between online and bricks-and-mortar casinos. The results showed that only 20-25% of those respondents indicated they would prefer to play on the Internet…which leaves 75% who preferred the social and entertainment value (and possibly the vacation experience) of a “real” casino.

In that same survey, data seemed to indicate that the respondents’ income brackets influenced their preferred playing option. Lower-income respondents favored the Internet, and those individuals in upper-income brackets preferred the live table games. Separating the wheat from the chaff, the lower-bracket customer seldom spends discretionary income on non-gaming merchandise when visiting a casino.

Finally, the most ardent supporter of Internet Gaming is the U.S. Gaming industry. Other than a few outliers, the industry appears to be in lockstep and working with states that are considering online gaming legislation. In Delaware, for example, all Internet wagers must be made through the websites of one of three existing legalized casinos. You might expect this model to be replicated elsewhere.

Logically, it appears unlikely that – with the incredible amount of investment in bricks-and-mortar gaming establishments over the last twenty years – this group would support their own potential decline.

Bottom line: the Internet clearly can become a viable option for casino gaming. This battle was tested in Europe, and the result is a generation of substantial revenues over the years. Based on the European model, the United States gaming industry may soon produce similar revenues.

From this writer’s perspective, bricks-and-mortar gaming establishments are here to stay. Gaming industry owners, operators, suppliers, designers, and other individuals and businesses affected by this change may face considerable pressure as they are challenged by the new demand for Internet wagering. Those challenges may result in changes to the size, perspective, and look of physical properties, which can result in new and exciting adventures for their guests.

In my opinion, this is a win-win situation for all.

Bill White – Shawnee Clinic Bill had been praying...

Bill White – Shawnee Clinic

Bill had been praying for ways to introduce his ministry with his day-to-day schedule at Encompass, when he met Dr. David Dageforde at his church. When Bill listened to Dr. Dageforde talk about his passion to build a medical clinic in a poort part of West Louisville, Bill was moved by his obvious compassion. Dr. Dageforde dreamed of a healthcare clinic modeled after Jesus and his ministry on earth – especially based upon Jesus’ preaching, teaching, and healing. Matthew 4:23 says, “Jesus was going all over Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.” Bill truly believed the philosophy of not only meeting an individual’s medical needs, but also his or her spiritual and physical needs. He was sure that this concept could change an entire community.

The more Bill talked with Dr. Dageforde about his ideas and plans, the more Bill felt led to approach the president of Encompass of become involved. He knew the president’s passion for this type of ministry, and Bill also knew that John would support the ministry and mission for this project. He also knew that the entire Encompass family would want to embrace the cause as well.

Encompass did support the project, and agreed to provide the construction at no cost in a partnership with Norton Healthcare. This partnership provided the seed money to pay the staff and to help furnish medical supplies and equipment. He was sure, now, that the west Louisville community of Shawnee would be blessed with a new free clinic that provided free health care as well as career and spiritual guidance.

What Bill didn't’t realize at the time was that he was not to become part of that Shawnee community; but, he would be blessed in ways he would never imagine. Bill admits that he’s been overjoyed by watching everyone at Encompass pull together to donate time, to find donors for electrical and plumbing services, to find furniture and fixtures. Even those who did not donate charged an extraordinarily small fee for their equipment and services. Bill marveled every day on the job site over how strangers went the extra mile, pulling together for a common goal.

He came in contact with neighbors who sometimes would wander into the unfinished building – not just to look around, but to ask for prayer. Everyone would stop what they were doing to join together to pray for anyone who needed that blessing. These simple acts opened up opportunities for individuals to witness to contractors he had known for years. Bill knew this wasn’t a sight he’d normally see on a construction site.

For Bill, the surprises and blessings weren't’t really about how the contractors and subcontractors donated time and materials toward a common goal. Nor, was it about how Encompass refused to take any credit for what they did. It was the surrounding community that surprised him with the way they responded to that project, to him, and to the other Encompass team members. That’s where he really felt the blessings!

The Shawnee Clinic sits within a small strip mall that also contains a daycare. The children came by the open door daily to watch men working and to ask what they were doing. The honest and sincere curiosity that those children displayed warmed Bill’s heart. As the days flew by, the children and adults who came by asked him “why” he was there. The adults, especially, had their doubts about the clinic. They wanted to know who was paying for the project. Bill never grew tired of explaining how God had provided for this clinic, and that he and the construction team were merely “giving back.”

Out of all the stories Bill has about the Shawnee community, one is very special to him. One day, a woman passed by the door. She and her mother lived just a few blocks away. Bill and some of the other men had just laid some leftover materials outside the clinic door, and this sixty-year-old neighbor asked what they were going to do with those extra supplies. She told them she had a porch that needed patching, and that those materials would help finish the job. Bill offered the supplies to her, but she said she didn’t own a car to move them. She thanked him and left.

Later, after all their work was done for the day, Bill and another Encompass team member, Brent, delivered those materials to her and stacked them on her porch. Her excitement and thanks were overwhelming. You’d think Bill and Brent had been stacking gold bars on her porch!

A few days later, this neighbor stopped by to see them again and to tell them more about the hardships she had encountered. They asked if they could pray for her, and she granted them that opportunity. As Bill thought back on her gratitude, he said, “Just praying for her was like giving her a million dollars.”

Those little gifts made a world of difference. Eventually, the men returned to her home to make small improvements for her. Bill laughs with joy when he talks about her smile and her obvious appreciation for the Encompass team members.

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106 E Jefferson Street
La Grange, KY 40031

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