The Joseph Bartholomew Municipal Golf Course in New Orleans’ Pontchartrain Park is facing scrutiny over missing cash deposits and annual financial losses of more than $500,000, raising concerns from city officials.
Pontchartrain Park, a historic Black neighborhood built in the 1960s and rebuilt after Hurricane Katrina, is home to walking paths, a baseball stadium, play areas, and the golf course.
The course, named after Joe Bartholomew, the first African American inducted into the Greater New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame, originally opened in 1956 and underwent renovations in 1979 and after Katrina in 2005…