Conway approves plan to explore goat grazing program

WMBF News reports that CONWAY, SC (WMBF) - The council approved a plan to explore hiring goats to manage city properties.

RELATED: Conway considers hiring goats to maintain some city-owned properties City leaders said the program will take some time to implement but is expected to be cost and time-efficient.

“We are hopefully going to find the goats instead of having crews that are just cutting the grass on a daily basis,” said June Wood, city of Conway spokesperson.

The city will begin building proposals for goat grazing programs in the next three or four weeks.

The programs will target select areas within the city.

“We have amassed several properties that have continually flooded, and we’re going to maintain those properties can’t be built on, but they grow grass, and they grow very tall grass, and to imagine there are animals just waiting to eat that grass, it just makes perfect sense to me,” said Mayor Barbara Blain.