Getting Started

In order not to disrupt early dialog between some of the MacGregor Downs residents and golf club management, no effort will be made to publicize this blog until mid August. However, those involved in early discussion might benefit from looking closely at how such dialog has progressed elsewhere. The most detailed example available in our area seems to be that of the Porters Neck GC in Wilmington, NC. An online discussion board for residents of Porters Neck has been running since last September, and a complete reading of that discussion sheds considerable light on the challenge we face here in MacGregor Downs. You can access that discussion in two ways.

1. You can go to the Porters Neck portal http://portersneckwatch.editboard.com/ and from there look at the scrolling "Last Topics" at the upper left and click on the one that refers to fan noise. This will take you to the bottom of the archive for that topic, and the "bottom" posts will be the most recent ones.
2. You can go directly to the Porters Neck Golf Fan topic. Clicking this link will take you directly to the archive, so reading from top down will be to go through the archive in chronological order.

In any case, I encourage any MacGregor resident who is just starting to think about fan noise in our neighborhood to review the case at Porters Neck.

Why this blog?

I was slow to realize that the fan noise that now permeates my back yard (corner of Dundee and Annandale) is a new permanent feature of our neighborhood rather than part of the temporary reconstruction of the golf course greens. I found myself in conversation with golf course management about the noise problem, but at the same time I knew little about the impact of the fan noise on my neighbors. It occurred to me that we should be talking with each other in addition to whatever conversations we're having individually with golf course management. The purpose of this blog is to promote neighborhood discussion of issues surrounding the fan noise. All views are welcome. At a separate web site I am developing resources, including Flash videos, that illustrate the impact of the fans on different areas in MacGregor Downs. That web site is macgregornoise.webhop.net, and a link to that site is permanently located in the "Links" group at the far left. Please feel free to suggest other spots in our neighborhood where fan noise has become an issue. But most importantly, contribute to this discussion! No matter whether you want to complain about the noise or whether you think the fans are the greatest thing since sliced bread, we want to hear from you. Griping is fine, but it's also worthwhile for us to try to pin down the extent of the problem and to look for a mutually agreeable solution.

Lavon Page
101 Dundee