PENN TWP — St. Barnabas Communities officially has acquired two golf courses and resorts in the township.

As of Jan. 1, the senior community took on Conley Resort on Pittsburgh Road and Suncrest Golf Course on Brownsdale Road. St. Barnabas will continue to operate the properties as they are.

“We appreciate the opportunity to share the word that we will continue to run both as golf operations and resort operations. These are exciting times,” said Douglas Day, president of St. Barnabas Communities.

He said there are no plans to change the operations of the courses.

“It is business as usual,” Day said.

He also said there are no plans to add senior housing on either of the properties.

“As of this time, we don’t (have plans),” Day said.

Conley Resort, which has operated since the 1970s, includes an 18-hole golf course, a 56-room motel, a swimming pool, banquet rooms, a bar and a restaurant.

Suncrest, which is adjacent to Conley and has operated since 1938, includes an 18-hole golf course, a bar, a restaurant and a pavilion.

The properties encompass about 200 total acres.

All of the employees from the two golf courses have become St. Barnabas employees.

Day said there are about 65 employees between the two properties. He said about 75 percent of those employees are nonseasonal.

He said he does not know if the tax status of the two properties will change from for-profit to nonprofit — which would make them exempt from property taxes. St. Barnabas would have to apply for tax-exempt status with each individual taxing body — the township, Butler County, the South Butler School District, and the state and federal governments.

“It’s not on our radar right now,” Day said.

Wayne and Barbara Conley, who owned Conley, and Keith and Linda Reddinger, who owned Suncrest, established trusts with St. Barnabas. The families still will have the properties in their name until they die, when the names on the properties will transfer to St. Barnabas.

Day said the Conleys and the Reddingers will continue to be involved in the businesses. In a previous interview, Wayne Conley said he will be a consultant.

St. Barnabas is using the resorts to fund its Free Care Fund, which provides care to people who cannot afford it.

The first business St. Barnabas added as a fundraiser was Rudolph Auto Repair in Gibsonia, which occurred about 10 years ago when the owners were looking to retire.

Since then, St. Barnabas has added venues like the Kean Theater, the Beautiful Buys thrift Shoppe and the St. Barnabas 5K as fundraisers.

“It has been a great story,” Day said.

The fund provides about $6 million in free care annually. Day said it is not yet known how much more the two golf courses might add to that number.

St. Barnabas has campuses in Valencia, Gibsonia and Beaver.