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About Carrolltowne
Carrolltowne is a planned community of
259 homes in Eldersburg, Maryland. It is conveniently located behind
the largest mall in the
area, next to a branch of the Carroll County Library, and contains
common areas
for recreation. Carrolltowne Elementary School is
within walking distance.
Home ownership in Carrolltowne
automatically makes you a member of the Carrolltowne Association. This
is a
homeowners association set up specifically to maintain the common areas
that
help make Carrolltowne such an attractive place to live. These include
two
children's playgrounds, a set of tennis courts, and a storm drainage
management
area.
We're sure that you will enjoy living
here as much as we do.
Tennis Court Keys
Tennis court keys are available for any resident for a key copy charge
of $3.00. Please contact the board for keys to the
courts.
Copies of Covenants
The Carrolltowne Assocation Covenants and Bylaws are available in Adobe
Acrobat PDF format here: Covenants
& Bylaws. Alternately you can obtain a
printed and bound copy for $10 (our copy cost) from the Treasurer.
Our Carrolltowne
Neighborhood
The following map details our
Carrolltowne neighborhood which includes Macbeth Way from Bonnie Brae's
boundaries to the Brimfield neighborhood
sign. The neighborhood includes only that portion of Slacks Road from
Ridge Road to Macbeth Way. All the
streets in Carrolltowne are indicated on the map. The bold lined
streets are
not part of Carrolltowne.
Carrolltowne has two tennis courts
located on West Hemlock Drive across
from the movie theaters. The courts should be locked at all times.
Members of
the Executive Board have extra keys which may be purchased for $3.00.
It is the
responsibility of the key holders to see that the court gate is locked
when
they depart.
The Development also has two tot lots.
One is in the open space off Gemini Drive between Andylin Way and
Overlook Court. The
second lot, the Gemini-Andylin-Wexford tot lot, has been going through
a transformation.
In 2004, the old playground was taken down and the area was cleaned and
re-landscaped. A new playground was built.
The playgrounds at Carrolltowne Elementary School are also available
for our community to use. There is a
blacktop path off Macbeth Way leading
to the back of the school and a blacktop path off Slacks Road leading
to the side of the school building.
The History of
Carrolltowne
Before 1970 the 190 acres which is now known as
Carrolltowne was part of the rural countryside
in
southern Carroll County. Almost the entire property was crop land,
primarily
cornfields, and had not been actively farmed for many years.
Dr. Philips, a prominent local dentist
sold his land in the early 1970's to a joint venture consisting of
Commercial
Credit Development Corporation and a local shopping center developer.
The
purchase price was approximately $5, 000.00 per acre. The joint venture
successfully rezoned the property to a PUD (Planned Unit Development)
based on
the concept of a totally planned community with open space, retail, and
various
residential uses. The rezoning was not without opposition as the
neighboring communities
were suspicious about the type and quality of housing that Carrolltowne
would
bring.
A condition of the rezoning was the
dedication of the 20 acre elementary school site and the reservation of
the
police and fire station site at the corner of West Hemlock and Liberty
Road. Although there has been no fire station erected, the Carrolltowne
Elementary School was opened in 1976 and a joint library branch and
satellite
county office building were built in 1984. The original joint venture
split up
shortly after the rezoning. In settlement, Commercial Credit took all
the
residential land in Carrolltowne, and its partner took the 33 acres of
commercial land.
The first phase of the Carrolltowne
Mall was begun shortly after the building of the school. The second
phase,
which included K-Mart opened just before Christmas, 1978.
The first residential activity in
Carrolltowne was begun in August, 1977, in which 55 lots were recorded,
developed and sold to Washington Homes. A second group of 58 lots were
sold to
the Ryland Group, Inc. The third section of homes was started in the
spring of
1979. In 1980, as mortgage rates sky-rocketed and the housing market
collapsed, Ryland and Washington homes declined to exercise their
remaining options, and some of these options were picked up by local
resident Wynn Stevens. Several lots were then developed by Stevens
Homes, Perch Realty
and Masonry Contractors, among others. The remaining
Section II Parcel of 56 lots was developed by Security Development in
1988.
On
the other side of Ridge Road the 45
acres of land that is now the townhouses and Carrolltowne II community
was originally slated to be part of the Carrolltowne Association. As
plans changed for that land, the Association relinquished any claims to
annexation of those residences into Carrolltowne. The property was then
designated for a higher density residential community. A
40-unit townhouse
rental project was erected in 1986.
Our community stands as an example of
cooperation, dedication, and activism in Southern Carroll County. Our
residents
are active in concerns facing our county now and in the future.
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