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Published by Permar Publications • P.O. Box 20539
July 27, 2009
St. Simons Island, Ga. 31522 • 912-265-9654 • www.theislanderonline.com • ssislander@bellsouth.net
Established 1972 Vol 37 Issue 30
IPC kills island
corridor plan
By Matthew J. Permar
It started some months ago
as a plan, an idea to control
the look of development on St.
Simons Island.
But, it came to a likely halt
last week when the Island
Planning Commission (IPC)
voted against recommending
it the Glynn Comity Commis
sion.
‘It’ was an amendment to
Section 709 of the County
Zoning Ordinance called the
‘Island Protection Overlay.’
The Island Protection Over
lay was an expansion of the
existing Pier Village Preserva
tion district that was enacted
by Glynn County back in the
late 1990's to regulate develop
ment along Mallery St. on St.
Simons Island and the imme
diate surrounding area.
The Island Protection Over
lay, if approved, would expand
the 'pier village' regulations
and apply them to major island
roadways including Demere
Rd., Ocean Blvd., Frederica
Rd., Sea Island Rd., Lawrence
Rd. and Beachview Dr.
Along with creating the
Island Protection Overlay,
which is also called the Island
Corridor District, the proposed
amendment to Section 709
included a new version of the
regulations.
The current system of regu
lating the appearance of build
ings in the Pier Village Pres
ervation area is based on the
height and footprint of adja
cent buildings.
In what proved to be a com
plicated procedure, if an owner
wants to add on to or modify
his building or build a new
structure, the height and foot
print average of the adjacent
buildings are use to determine
restrictions on his building.
Along with creating the
Island Corridor District, the
amendment established new
design guidelines for both the
Pier Preservation District and
the Island Corridor District.
The difference between the
Island Corridor regulations
and those regulating the Pier
Village is the island corridor
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Corridor no more
July... watermelons... What else?
Two things any kid south of the Mason-Dixon loves is eating watermelon and being
allowed to make a mess. Last week Glynn County 4-H'ers got the chance to do both
at the same time in a watermelon eating contest that was one of several 'watermelon
events' put on by Glynn's 4-H program and co-sponsored by the Georgia Farm Bureau.
More on page 2. Islander Staff Photo
Mann honored
at reception
Howard Mann, recently
named Glynn County Super
intendent of Schools, was
honored last Wednesday at a
reception held at the Bruns
wick/Golden Isles Chamber of
Commerce.
Mann, a Brunswick native
and 1970 graduate of Glynn
Academy, was greeted and con
gratulated by friends as well
as members of the business
community, many of whom he
grew up with and attended
Glynn's public schools with.
Mann has more than 31
years of experience in educa
tion. He began his career as
an industrial arts instructor in
the Glynn County School Sys
tem in 1975. He was promoted
to transportation director in
1981 and served in that capac
ity for 16 years.
From 1997 to 2001, he
served as an assistant princi
pal at Risley and Needwood
middle schools. He returned
to the Transportation Depart
ment for two years to oversee
a computer system conversion
New Glynn County School Superintendent Howard Mann
(second from right) was honored at a reception at the
Chamber of Commerce last week. Among those attend
ing were: (left to right) School board member Venus
Holmes, businessman Walter McNeely, Mann and School
board member Ruby Robinson. Islander Staff Photo
before retiring in December in 2007 before being named
2003. He returned to the Glynn
County School System in Jan
uary 2006 as an assistant to
the superintendent. He served
briefly as interim principal
at Needwood Middle School
assistant superintendent for
operations in July 2007. He
was appointed interim super
intendent in February 2009
and named superintendent in
late June. □
New Frederica
Academy road
approved by IPC
By Ben Friedmon
On Tuesday July 21 the
Glynn County Island Planning
Commission unanimously
voted to follow the staff recom
mendation and approve a site
plan for Frederica Academy to
build an access road connect
ing Demere Rd. to Hamilton
Road with an additional egress
only from the upper school.
The new access road at
Frederica will be a loop to facil
itate school traffic and will be
built in the Hamilton Triangle,
the area between the private
school and St. Simons Health
and Fitness, which is bordered
by Hamilton Road, Demere
Road, and Sea Island Road.
The new road will connect
with Demere directly across
from the Health and Fitness
Center forming a four way
intersection.
There will also be egress
out of the high school parking
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Frederica Academy
Sea Island Co.
restructures
long-term debt
Sea Island Co.
Press Release
On Thursday, July 23
the Sea Island Company
announced it has finalized its
April 22 announced agreement
with its banking group to con
solidate its existing indebted
ness to the group into a new
three-year credit facility with a
final maturity of July 2012.
The banking group is led by
Columbus Bank and Trust.
“Like many companies
affected by the economic down
turn, Sea Island Company is
working with lenders to reduce
its debt and to reposition the
company to compete success
fully in the future,” said Bill
Jones III, Sea Island Company
Chairman and CEO.
“Working with our banking
partners, we are confident we
have finalized an agreement
that allows Sea Island Com
pany to continue to offer our
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Sea Island
