Frequently Asked Questions

New Home Owners

Welcome to your new Neighborhood!

Upon buying your new home, you should have received a disclosure packet containing copies of the covenants, bylaws and other important documents related to The Walnut Grove Forrest Hill Association.

Within that packet was a New Homeowner Information Form. The form allows the Walnut Grove Forrest Hill Homeowners Association. Inc., to maintain an up-to-date database of its members. If you have completed that form and returned it, thank you. If you have not, please contact us through the contact-us page.

You may submit the form prior to your move-in date if you wish.

We are pleased you have chosen The Walnut Grove Forrest Hill Community as your new home and look forward to the opportunity to get to know you.

In preparation for de-annexation from the City of Memphis the Board of Directors of the Walnut Grove Forest Hill Association recommended Home Town Disposal for waste management services.Click the link for information about the company here: Home Town Disposal

At the time of your purchase of a home within the one of the Association subdivisions, you as a lot owner/homeowner automatically become a member of the Association. In fact, it is the duty of your Closing Attorney to advise you at the time of the closing of your Membership in the Association and the dues requirement. Unfortunately and too often, this does not occur even though it is their responsibility to do so!

Membership in the Association is NOT voluntary. It is required by the Association Declarations. The Association is a duly registered Corporation with the State of Tennessee with duly recorded By-laws and restrictive Covenants.

The Association was formed by the developer, Boyle Development Inc. at its very beginning and the stated purpose of the Association in the Charter reads, “The provision of maintenance, management, preservation and architectural control of the improvements, landscaping, lots and properties within the Riveredge Development in a cost-efficient manner beneficial to the owners thereof; the promotion of health, safety and welfare of the occupants with the Riveredge Development; and the promotion of the collective business and other collective interests of the homeowners of the improvements, lots and properties within Riveredge Development”.

The Association is made up of 6 subdivisions: The Grove, The Gardens, The Village, The Bluffs, The Meadows and Plantation Oaks. Also a dues-paying member, though a non-voting member, is the ownership of the Walnut Hill Apartment Complex. There are 513 homes in the Walnut Grove Forest Hill Association.

The annual assessment pays for the care and maintenance of the common areas and entrances to each of the subdivisions (which includes the regular lawn maintenance, seasonal color, irrigation, fertilization, pruning, mulching, seeding, etc. It also includes maintenance of the lighting, signage, fencing and the permanent structures.), insurance needs of the Association and doing the business of the Association.

The annual assessment becomes due on January 1st of each year. The invoice will be mailed at the end of the prior month by our management company, Envolve Association Management. Payment of annual dues can be either mailed to Wright Property Management or payment made on-line using their website. See webpage 'Notices and Dues'.

Yes, we do have an Architectural Review Committee and the purpose of the committee is to assure the aesthetic continuity and level of structural and visual integrity of our communities.

YES…each improvement to your home MUST be submitted to the Architectural Review Committee for approval. Please see the Architectural Review Committee web page website for more information about compliance and the Contact Page to submit your request to your board representative. Unfortunately, many times homeowners will begin a project without contacting the board and when the improvement is identified, “a stop work order has to be is issued” until the project can be submitted and approved.

See the Contact Page to submit your request to your board representative.

Yes, the Association has an Annual Meeting each year and it is held on the first Monday of March. The time and location will be mailed to all homeowners not more than 2 weeks or less than 10 days of the meeting.

Yes, there are Officers.  They are elected by the board.  See Board of Directors webpage for current officers.

Yes, half the board members are elected at the annual meeting each year and serve 2 year terms. For the present board members, see the Board of Directors web page.

Yes and all you have to do is contact Envolve Association Management and/or our current President and advise of your desire to have your name placed on the ballot of the next Annual Meeting. For contact information, just check the website.

Questions can be addressed by phoning our management company, Wright Property Management or using the Contact web page.  All complaints should be submitted in writing by either using the Contact Page or sending a letter to Eric Cloud at Wright Property Management.  See Contact Page for address.