MACON, Ga. — Neighbors of the now-closed down Barrington Hall Golf Club have had several meetings about the course’s conditions — and now coyotes have allegedly moved in.
It’s been several months since the course has been maintained, according to district six Macon-Bibb commissioner Joe Allen.
Allen said the coyotes have moved in because no one is using the golf course anymore. He said he’ll pay for a trapper to catch the coyotes since it’s such a big concern for his community.
“I don’t want to take a chance that they attack children so what we’re going to do, I’ve talked to a trapper someone in Jones County. I’m going to try to put some traps out, out here with chickens, and hopefully we can catch them and catch as many was we can,” Allen said.
Allen said the coyotes are only part of the problem, adding that residents have had to resort to mowing the parts of the golf course that back up to their homes.
County leaders are doing what they can to track down the golf course’s owner and find a solution to the problem, Allen said.
Charles Cohen is a resident who’s seen the coyotes and said his neighbors are worried about their children or their small pets. Cohen said the run-down golf course is attracting wildlife and added it’s frustrating to watch Barrington Hall just waste away.
“I think people move to a community like this because they want the opportunity to recreate behind their home or in their neighborhood a little more than the average community. And of course we pay a premium to live on a course, most people would, and we’re not getting the benefit of a nice, well-kept golf course obviously so that’s a problem,” Cohen said.
Cohen said he’s also been having to cut the grass behind his house that’s actually on the golf course to keep the property looking nice and to keep critters away from his yard.
Anyone with concerns about the golf course can go to a town hall from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. at Lizella Baptist Church on Thursday, March 28 to talk with commissioner Allen.
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