Our Story

In 1975 the Westvaco Development Corporation began construction of homes on a tract of land just off Trolley Road. The construction of homes was completed in three phases over a period of time. The Westvaco Development Corporation established a set of covenants for the subdivision. All homeowners were required to comply with these covenants, and a committee of homeowners were charged with the enforcement of these covenants. In 1977 a group of concerned residents saw the need for a civic association to protect the interest, home values and privacy of all homeowners within the subdivision and to enforce the subdivision covenants. On July 6, 1977, an Eleemosynary Corporation named the Briarwood Civic Association was chartered by the Secretary of State.

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The purpose of the Briarwood Civic Association is as follows:
 

• Provide our members with the privacy and peaceful quality of life they expect from an HOA. 

• Enforcement of Covenants for the subdivision is contracted out to Dorchester Real Estate Serves (DRES). DRES is contracted to assess for violations every two weeks. If you wish to communicate regarding a neighbor in violation, please forward all those complaint requests to DRES.  

• All residents are encouraged to attend these meetings and lend their support, ideas, and opinions on the subjects discussed. Meeting notices are posted here on the website and at the front entrance to the subdivision.

• All of the officers and committee members of the association are volunteers.