Mark and Beverley Genetti, with daughter Miranda, holding up their Harris course design.

THE GENETTI VENTURE Mark and Beverley are not new to entrepreneurship. Mark has recently left his long-standing job as a senior machine assembler at a local company, and Beverley has advanced her nursing in the operating room as a surgical assistant and is still presently employed by a private physician as well as a local hospital. Their daughter Miranda, a student at Kutztown, helps out whenever she can. For years they have experimented with business ventures such as selling country handmade crafts and furniture in conjunction with operating their own X-mas tree farm on old Rt. 22 in New Smithville. They always knew that one day they would want a large operation, something fun and enjoyable that could act as a warm-season source of income, so that they could continue serving up X-mas trees with hot chocolate and crafts in wintertime. Miniature-golf was perfect. The search was on for a location. Scoping out numerous properties over a year’s period of time to build their course from scratch, they negotiated on two prior Berks county properties before their current location was purchased. They acquired the Fleetwood location which already had a miniature golf course in place and without blinking an eye, decided to overhaul the entire course and building, working with Harris Miniature Golf Course, Inc. and numerous construction crews. They had expected to open in the beginning of summer but faced many delays. Numerous hurdles such as dealing with compliance issues, and the never-seeming-to-end construction phase, tried to hold their spirits at bay. Now with their doors open, they are ready to breathe life into their business, and are triumphant with the long-awaited accomplishment. The Genetti family is thrilled that they have transformed what was once a topic of conversation to the reality that it has become.