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In 1963 Putt-Putt Golf Courses of America opened a Mini Golf Location on Blanding Boulevard in Jacksonville, Florida. In 1994 Hank Woodburn, an employee of Putt-Putt since 1971, begain making improvements to the Blanding Boulevard and Beach Boulevard Putt-Putt locations. Arcades, go-karts, batting cages and water parks were added to each location. Hank Woodburn also puchased land and developed a water park in Jacksonville Beach.Adventure Landing Water Park (Jacksonville Beach) opened in 1995 followed shortly with the renaming of Putt-Putt's Blanding Boulevard location to Adventure Landing. In 1999 he expanded again to St Augustine, Florida.Over the years Adventure Landing continued to grow, eventurally operating 14 parks. However, by 2002 Adventure Entertainment Co revenue was declining and they started liquitating parks across the US. On December 18, 2002 Adventure Landing LLC, a group of investors made of the senior management from Adventure Entertainment Co, purchased four of the parks. These parks include those in Jaksonville Beach FL, Orange Park FL, Raligh NC, and Dallas TX. These parks accounted for 80 percent of the revenue of Adventure Entertainment Co. Renovations for the four parks totaling over $4 million were also announced.By 2012 Hank Woodburn controlled 17 parks and managed over 900 employees.On March 6 2013, Adventure landing LLC purchased The Beach Water Park in Mason Ohio. It was renamed to The Beach at Adventure Landing that same year.Today Adventure Landing, LLC ownes many locations across the US.