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July 20, 2009 Established 1972 Vol 37 Issue 29
Archway renewed for 2010
Signing their individual Memorandums of Understanding with the University System of
Georgia's Archway Partnership earlier this month were: (left to right) Joel Willis Chair
man of the Brunswick Glynn Economic Development Authority; Mark Spaulding, Bruns
wick City Commissioner; Gary Colberg, FACHE, Southeast Georgia Health System CEO;
Jerome Clark, Chairman of the Glynn County Commission and Millard Allen, Chairman
of the Glynn County Board of Education.
Local partners agree to support
Archway program for second year
By Matthew J. Permar
Latest Jekyll
revitalization
plan revealed
By Pamela Permar
Shierling
Instead of seeing a looming
convention center when you
first arrive at Beachview Drive
on Jekyll Island (JI), the latest
JI Beach Village revitalization
concept plan does not com
pletely block the beach view.
Planners have created an
80 ft. wide, 250 ft. long vista,
called the Village Green, that
leads to the beach.
Jekyll Island Authority
(JIA) board members and the
public heard the plan presen
tation by HHCP Architects
(Helman Hurley Charvat
Peacock/Architects, Inc., Mait
land, Fla.) at the JIA authority
meeting Monday, June 13 and
Tuesday, June 14 at the public
meeting.
According to Mike Cha
tham, team leader for the JI
revitalization plan redesign
work done by HHCP, "The vil
lage green is the heart and
soul of the project. It is truly a
public place."
"We took the revitaliza
tion plan which was approved
by the Jekyll Island Author
ity (JIA) in October 2008 and
improved it," Chatham said.
"We moved the hotels off the
road (Beachview Drive); we
enhanced the entry drive (Ben
Fortson Parkway); and created
what we believe is the key
component to Jekyll Island,
a village center with an open
vista - the village green."
"We wanted Jekyll to still
feel like Jekyll," Chatham
said. The HHCP redesign plan
shows Ben Fortson Parkway
no longer a four lane road but
as a two lane, two-way road
ending in a roundabout at
Beachview Drive featuring a
specimen oak tree.
Working with HHCP on
keeping Jekyll's atmosphere
intact is landscape architect
Greg Bryla of Glatting Jackson
Kercher Anglin, Inc. of Orlan
do, FI.
All of the oaks, both those
in the current median plus
those on the south side of the
road, will be saved and cre-
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Jekyll revitalization plan
Glynn Archway, The Uni
versity System of Georgia’s
Archway Partnership in Glynn
County, recently recieved
local funding for another year
according to local Archway
Professional Joy Bruch.
Glynn Archway, which
got its official start on July 1,
2008, received its new lease on
life when their Memorandum
of Understanding (MOU) was
renewed last July 1 first in a
brief signing ceremony in the
Glynn County Historic Court
house.
The MOU was signed by the
local funding partners which
inlcudes: Glynn County, the
City of Brunswick, the Glynn
County Board of Education,
the Brunswick Glynn Econom
ic Development Authority and
the Southeast Georgia Health
System.
Each of the local partners
put up $10,000 for a total of
$50,000, while the University
System funded a 3 to 1 match
of $150,000.
“The Archway Partnership
is an enhanced platform for
outreach to local communities
by the University of Georgia,”
said Burch, ‘hut with access to
the entire University System
of Georgia. It is a grassroots
approach to meet local commu
nity and economic needs.”
“Faculty and students from
Georgia’s higher learning
institutions provide technical
assistance, research and ser-
vice-learing,” Bruch continued,
“This is a politically neutral
program that can bring the
community together to discuss
its challenges and opportuni
ties. We focus on collaboration
and coordination, rather than
duplication.”
‘We’re not out to reinvent
the wheel,” said Burch, “so
we partner with folks who are
already providing the exper
tise in certain areas, such as
regional development authori
ties, the state Department of
Community Affairs and other
state agencies.”
The MOU is an agreement
stating the local partners will
match funding, on the 3 to 1
basis, and the University of
Georgia place a faculty mem
ber, the Archway Professional,
in our case Ms. Bruch, in the
community to navigate the
higher education system on
behalf of the community and
respond to the needs of the
community as they are identi
fied.
We’ve had a very busy first
year in Glynn,” said Bruch,
We have wonderful executive
and steering committees in
place to guide the work. The
committees identify and priori-
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Archway renewed
Energy program
saving BOE money
• Cap and Trade will
cost schools money
By Matthew J. Permar
If you ask the Glynn Coun
ty school system's Energy
Manager Dave Raczynski to
describe the energy manage
ment program he is in charge
of, he will tell you it is a "people
based conservation program,"
one that does not require the
use of special equipment or
fancy high tech gadgets.
"The program is about get
ting school staffers to use the
facilities in an energy conscious
way," explained Raczynski in
an interview last week.
"My biggest challenge has
been to get staff to overcome
habits that have been ingrained
for decades," said Raczynski,
"like leaving the lights and air
conditioning on thinking some
one else will turn it off. This
job is about motiving people.
Communicating, educating
and motivating are the three
main points of this program.
It's not rocket science."
"Take computers for exam-
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BOE energy program
JWSC nearing
end of
benchmarks
By Matthew J. Permar
The Brunswick Glynn Joint
Water and Sewer Commission
(JWSC) will likely be function
ing under its own power as an
independent agency by the end
of the year.
As part of the last minute
negotiations between Bruns
wick and Glynn County to form
the Joint Water and Sewer
Commission a few years ago,
the Brunswick City Commis
sion insisted that the JWSC
meet ten benchmarks before
they could become a self-suf
ficient entity.
Instead of turning the assets
of the city's and county's water
and sewer departments over to
the JWSC from the start, the
city and county agreed that the
new water and sewer commis
sion would operate under lease
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JWSC benchmarks
