No survivor of the 30s would recognize the area today. There's not a cow in sight, and no alligators, either. The Trump project has pumped up real estate values throughout the area. In seeking to gain approval for the croquet project, there have been few public relations glitches, and all appear to have been corrected. In fact, the adjacent Lake Patrick Property Owner's Association, representing 65 homeowners, unanimously endorsed the croquet development as an ideal low-density enhancement to the area.
Small changes continue to be made in the detailed architectural plans.
Major donors would undoubtedly have a voice in the final design of the multipurpose building. The closest foreign comparison to Steuber's vision for the national home of croquet is England's Hurlingham, where the English Croquet Association rents the office it has occupied since 1959. Hurlingham is, most of all, a social club with many activities in addition to croquet. There are six lawns dedicated to croquet, and four others can be adapted from the cricket pitch to make a total of 10. Creation of the 12-court complex in West Palm Beach would be, by far, the most significant development in American croquet history since Jack Osborn hammered out an agreement between the original five clubs in 1977 to form the United States Croquet Association.