Officials: Woodbine golf course not ready for public use, needs trees removed

BY MICHELLE MULLINS Special to the Tribune December 24, 2014 9:58AM

The village of Homer Glen which now owns Woodbine Golf Course plans to eventually create a 103-acre community park here. | Susan DeMar Lafferty/Sun-Times Media

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Updated: December 24, 2014 12:13PM

More than 100 dead trees need to be removed from the former Woodbine golf course and banquet hall property before the village allows residents to use the land, officials said Tuesday.

Village board members agreed Tuesday that, for safety reasons, residents should not use the village-owned Woodbine property until the trees are removed.

Village manager Cameron Davis said the village plans to hire a contractor remove the dead trees and hopes they will come down this winter. Meanwhile, the village has placed no ice skating, no fishing and no swimming signs on the former golf courses ponds and will install snow fences to block public access to the property.

The village bought the 103-acre Woodbine golf course and banquet hall out of foreclosure last December. Under an agreement with the Ludwig family, who owned the course, golf and banquets were allowed to continue this year, and the village would take over the property by years end.

Trustee Margaret Sabo said she had concerns that the public will want to use the land now that it belongs to the village, but stressed that it is not ready for public use yet.

Sabo said the village board needs to discuss rules and regulations regarding the use of the land and evaluate the property. She said she wants to ensure that residents in the nearby subdivision are protected and that the police will patrol the area.

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