With over 10,000 approved housing units and a new highway on the horizon, a new gated community and businesses are slated for rural Brunswick County backroads.
The Brunswick County Planning Board on Dec. 8 approved the Woodland Reserve planned development after previously denying the originally proposal, formerly named Farmstead Grove. Once built, the gated community will add hundreds of homes and a commercial area to a rocky road near Ash.
Concerns about traffic, environment and basic needs have been raised for southern Brunswick after multiple development projects have been approved surrounding generational agricultural areas. Ash and Longwood residents continue to publicly express worries about the area being unable to handle more development…