COOSAW CREEK
place to play. “It doesn’t look like most develop-
raised $60,000 for the families of The par-71 course, which measures ments. There are hardly two houses
fallen firefighters and additional 6,593 yards from the championship that are alike. It’s just a really nice
funds to help people in need who tees, was designed by Arthur Hills place to be.”
live both inside and outside Coosaw and opened in 1993. It places a pre- “It’s a very attractive neighborhood,”
Creek. mium on accuracy, rewarding players Brinson adds. “It’s the gold standard of
Another attraction of Coosaw who manage to avoid its green-side suburban living. There isn’t much traf-
Creek is its diversity. According to bunkers, ubiquitous trees and beauti- fic and the schools are nearby.”

Brinson, the neighborhood is home
to people with young children and
teenagers, retirees, military families,
business leaders and even a former
New York City Fire Department
battalion chief. Many of them are
transplants from other parts of the
United States.
“We’re certainly not the only gated
community around, but Coosaw
Creek is a neighborhood that func-
tions as a neighborhood,” he says.
Brinson, who in 2008 started his
second year as president of the Own-
ers Association–known as the POA
by neighborhood residents–heads a
seven-member board that oversees
the maintenance of common areas,
security, the Architectural Review ful but dangerous wetlands.
In addition to golf, Coosaw Creek offers its
residents a 10,000-square-foot clubhouse,
Board, landscaping and even disaster Coosaw Creek residents outsource tennis courts, a pool and basketball courts.
preparedness. The board also serves the day-to-day operations of the club
as a liaison between Coosaw Creek, to Meadowbrook Golf, a company
which must maintain about 10 miles that manages 13 courses in Indiana,
of roads within the community and Florida, Virginia, South Carolina,
the neighborhood’s drainage system, New Jersey and Nevada and in the
and the city of North Charleston Bahamas. Meadowbrook answers to
and Dorchester County. Much of the a board elected by homeowners and
work is done by members of volun- headed by Hall, who says he will give
teer committees whose major motiva- up the position at the end of 2008.
tion is making Coosaw Creek a better “We could have hired our own golf
place to live. course manager, but it made more
The same can be said for the sense to leave that to a group that
Coosaw Creek residents who put up understands the golf business,” Hall
the money to buy the golf course. says. “We let the surgeons do the
According to Hall, the purchase surgery, so to speak. These people are
contract with Greenwood required professionals.”
the participation of more than half Hall and Brinson agree that resi-
the club’s members, and 55 percent dents’ ownership of the golf course is
to 56 percent, around 350 families, just one of many factors that enhance
responded by making a financial the quality of life in their North
commitment to their community. Charleston neighborhood.
He says the golf course is currently “We have big trees and wide
breaking even, adding that any prof- streets, and it’s just an aesthetically
its are used to make the club a better comfortable place to live,” Hall says.
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