2025–present · Community & course
Brierwood Estates Today and Tomorrow
An annexation petition for the clubhouse parcel, a special use permit that has since expired, a new community “farm” idea, and a community heading toward its 60th anniversary in 2027.
The permit approved in March 2025 was not the last item on the Town's agenda. On September 2, 2025, the Shallotte Board of Aldermen held a public hearing on a petition from Blum Investment Group Golf LLC to annex the clubhouse parcel at 27 Brierwood Road into the Town. The petition, dated July 21, 2025, covered about 3.10 acres described as a single-family lot, and the agenda carried a motion to adopt Annexation Ordinance 25-22.
The published reporting this website has reviewed does not record how that vote went. Residents who want the outcome should consult the Town's meeting minutes for September 2025 or contact the Town planning office. The rest of the course property, as of the March hearing, remained in the Town's extraterritorial jurisdiction rather than inside the town limits.
The special use permit set a clock: improvements were required to begin within twelve months of the March 4, 2025 approval, with an extension of up to six months possible. The permit has since expired. The plans presented at www.thegoldengatsby.com have been put aside for the time being, and attention has turned to a community “farm” concept alluded to at www.gatsbyfarm.com, a site that describes a proposed community park and preserve on the course property. This website will post news as it becomes available.
The community, meanwhile, keeps going. The Brierwood Association, formed in 2017, disbanded in 2024, but this website continues on its own. The Ladies Club turns 40 in 2026. This website was rebuilt in 2026 with a members' forum, a community calendar that accepts event suggestions from residents, and this series of articles.
October 10, 2027 will mark sixty years since Dr. Ward's deed. Whether or not golfers are back on the front nine by then, Brierwood Estates will be what it has been since the Queen's Grant lots sold in 1969: a neighborhood in the pines that its residents look after themselves. If you have photographs or memories of Brierwood Estates' early years, the website’s administrators would like to hear from you through the contact page.