Colombiere Center

What Colombiere Center does

Colombiere Center is a conference and retreat facility operating from an 80+ acre campus at 9075 Big Lake Rd in Clarkston, Michigan, originally opened in 1959 as a Jesuit training facility (Colombiere College). Today it serves as a dual-purpose venue: hosting retreats, conferences, and camps for outside groups while also providing residential healthcare and community living for retired Jesuit priests and brothers of the Midwest Province. Its core product is an all-inclusive per-person package bundling overnight accommodations (12-240 guests across a 4-floor building), in-house buffet dining with dietary accommodations, and configurable meeting spaces ranging from an 8-person board room to the 200+ capacity Pope Francis room.

The center is diversified across multiple customer segments: Catholic and faith-based organizations (meditation retreats, Kairos, RCIA, marriage encounters), educational and youth camps (high school marching band, orchestra, choir, and sports camps leveraging a regulation-sized athletic field and instructor towers), corporate and professional groups, social/hobby groups, and the resident Jesuit community. Specialized infrastructure includes a marching-band field with two 16-foot instructor towers, outdoor and air-conditioned indoor sectional practice rooms, a recreation room, half-court basketball, campfire area, and a licensed chapel offering daily Mass and Confession. The center is co-located with Shepherd's Hollow Golf Club on shared grounds.

Revenue is generated through per-person bookings (not publicly disclosed), facility rentals, dining and beverage services, and recreation offerings, supplemented by charitable contributions including planned giving, gift annuities, and honor/tribute gifts. Go-to-market is sales-led and event-driven, relying on direct phone/email inquiries, the colombiere.com website, Facebook, and testimonial-driven word-of-mouth referrals. The company is privately held and operates as a religious-affiliated organization dependent on donations to sustain its ministry, with no public financials, no funding rounds, and no disclosed parent company.

Name

Colombiere Center

Legal name

Colombiere Conference and Retreat Center

Website

https://colombiere.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1959

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Colombiere Center is a Clarkston, Michigan conference and retreat facility serving groups of 12-240 with lodging, dining, and meeting space, while also housing retired Jesuit priests from the Midwest Province. It hosts spiritual, educational, corporate, and band/sports camps on an 80+ acre campus.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Conference and Retreat Center Services

NAICS

Accommodation (721)

SIC

Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000)

akta.pro primary industry

Conference Centers & Dedicated Meeting Venues (THAHAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Conference Retreat Hotels (THAGALAG)

Keywords

• Conference retreat center
• Group accommodations
• Band camp hosting
• Spiritual retreat facilities
• Corporate meeting venues

Headquarters

HQ city

Clarkston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Conference & Retreat Hosting: The primary revenue stream is hosting conferences, retreats, and events for groups. Rates are quoted per person and include overnight accommodations, meals, coffee/tea/ice water, and meeting room(s). Groups must have a minimum of 12 guests with a maximum capacity of 240 overnight guests.
2. Dining Services: Meals are prepared in-house in a licensed kitchen and served buffet-style. Special dietary accommodations are available including vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, lactose intolerant, nut, and shellfish allergies. Beverage and snack service is also offered.
3. Facility Rental & Meeting Spaces: Revenue generated from renting various meeting rooms and event spaces. The center offers multiple room configurations including an Auditorium (120-140 capacity), Pope Francis room (200+ capacity), and various smaller meeting rooms. Rooms can be configured for theater, senate, classroom, U-shape, board room, and round table setups.
4. Band Camp & Sports Camp Hosting: Specialized hosting for high school marching band camps, orchestra, choir, and sports camps. The center offers exclusive access to a regulation-sized marching band field, practice towers, and indoor/outdoor sectional practice rooms.
5. Recreation Services: Additional revenue from recreation facilities including campfire areas, recreation rooms with games (ping pong, board games, corn hole, darts), half-court basketball, and athletic fields.
6. Donations & Charitable Contributions: The center depends on prayer and financial donations to continue its ministry. Multiple donation options are available including planned giving through wills, gift annuities, life insurance beneficiary designations, and honor/tribute gifts.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Colombiere Center operates a conference and retreat facility offering bundled hospitality packages that include overnight accommodations for groups of 12 to 240 guests, buffet-style in-house dining with dietary accommodations, and configurable meeting spaces. The center also hosts specialized band camps with access to a regulation-sized athletic field and instructor towers, and provides chapel services for spiritual retreats on its 80+ acre Jesuit-affiliated campus in Clarkston, Michigan.

Product overview

Colombiere Center is a conference and retreat facility offering a comprehensive suite of services for groups ranging from 12 to 240 guests. The core offering includes overnight accommodations in a 4-floor facility with various room configurations, multiple meeting spaces with capacities from 8 to 200+ attendees, in-house dining with dietary accommodations, and recreation facilities including an athletic field, basketball court, and recreation room. The center also specializes in band camps and hosts various retreat types including spiritual, educational, and corporate events.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Conference & Retreat Center Services Comprehensive retreat and conference facility offering bundled packages of overnight accommodations, meals, and meeting spaces for groups of 12 to 240 guests across spiritual, educational, corporate, and social segments.
• Overnight Accommodations Lodging in a 4-floor building offering bed linens and towels for groups of 12 to 240 guests, with a limited number of rooms featuring private baths.
• Meeting Spaces

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Shepherd's Hollow Golf ClubminorOthersShepherd's Hollow is a 27-hole public golf course located on the same grounds as Colombiere Center. It has been acclaimed as one of Michigan's finest golf courses. This appears to be a co-location arrangement rather than a formal partnership.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• SpringHill Camps: Michigan-based Christian camp and conference organization with locations in Evart, MI offering overnight accommodations, meeting space, and recreation for youth, church, and nonprofit groups — comparable regional camp/conference operation targeting overlapping segments.
• Treetops Resort: Michigan resort in Gaylord, MI with lodging, meeting space, golf, and recreation — comparable Midwest regional venue pursuing similar group retreat, corporate offsite, and conference business.
• Crystal Mountain Resort: Michigan resort in Thompsonville, MI offering lodging, conference facilities, dining, golf, and recreation — comparable multi-amenity Midwest conference venue competing for corporate, association, and group retreat bookings.

Direct peers

• Bellarmine Jesuit Retreat House: Jesuit-affiliated retreat house in Barrington, IL offering directed, preached, and silent retreats with overnight accommodations and meeting space — directly comparable to Colombiere's Jesuit retreat model, customer base, and operating structure.
• Mercy Center: Sisters of Mercy-affiliated retreat and conference center in Burlingame, CA providing overnight accommodations, meeting space, and spiritual programming for faith-based, nonprofit, and corporate groups — directly comparable Catholic retreat center with similar capacity profile.
• Shrine Mont: Episcopal conference and retreat center in Orkney Springs, VA offering overnight accommodations, meeting facilities, and dining for religious and nonprofit groups — directly comparable retreat/conference center model with similar capacity and ministry orientation.
• Kettunen Center: Michigan 4-H Foundation conference and retreat center in Tustin, MI offering overnight accommodations, meeting rooms, and dining for youth groups, nonprofits, and corporate clients in northern Lower Michigan — directly comparable multi-segment conference/retreat center with similar capacity profile.
• W.K. Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center: Michigan State University-affiliated conference center and hotel in Battle Creek, MI with overnight accommodations, meeting space, and full dining — comparable Michigan conference venue serving similar corporate, educational, and association segments, though at larger scale.
• Manresa Jesuit Retreat House: Jesuit retreat house in Saginaw, MI (also a Bloomingdale, NJ location) offering spiritual retreats, conferences, and group accommodations under the same Jesuit ministry network that operates Colombiere. Closest geographic peer with directly overlapping retreat programming.
• The Jesuit Retreat House of Cleveland: Jesuit retreat house in Parma, OH providing spiritual retreats, conferences, and meeting facilities for faith-based and corporate groups in the Midwest — directly comparable retreat model, Jesuit heritage, and segment mix.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ColombiereCenter
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/colombiere-center

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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