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Published by Permar Publications • P.O. Box 20539 • St. Simons Island, Ga. 31522 • 912-265-9654 • www.theislanderonline.com • ssislander@bellsouth.net
August 10, 2009 Established 1972 Vol 37 Issue 32
By Matthew J. Permar
Even with the economy in
the tank, growth is still occur
ring in Glynn County. Just ask
the MPC.
Last week Glynn County’s
Mainland Planning Commis
sion (MPC) took action on a
number of rezonings, prelimi
nary plats and site plans for
both commercial and residen
tial development around the
comity.
One of the major applica
tions was a request to rezone
44 acres on the south side of
Canal Rd. east of its intersec
tion with Golden Isles Park
way (SPUR 25).
The request was to rezone
from various zonings includ
ing Forest Agricultural, High
way Commercial and Planned
Development to Planned
Development.
The proposed project is a
shopping center called Canal
Crossing that will potentially
bring two major chain stores to
Glynn, Sam's Club and Kohl’s.
No deals have been finalized
and the developer, Callaway
Land Co. (CLC), was hesitant
to name the potential chains
that are interested in the site,
but CLC’s ‘Overall Concept
Plan’ map shows Sam’s Club
and Kohl’s as two of three
anchor stores.
The shopping center is bor
dered on the south by SPUR
25, on the west by Canal
Rd. and on the east by the
Altamaha Canal.
The MPC voted unani
mously to recommend
approval of the rezoning to
the Glynn County Commis
sion, based on the Communi
ty Development Department
staff recommendation.
Staff also recommended
eight conditions be placed on
the rezoning.
They are as follows:
Breaking ground last week for the College of Coastal Georgia's new Health and Sci
ence building were: (left to right) Glynn County Commission chairman Jerome Clark,
Brunswick Mayor Brian Thompson, Rep. Jerry Keen (Dist. 179), University System of
Georgia Regent James Bishop, University System of Georgia Chancellor Erroll Davis,
Jr., Rep. Roger Lane (Dist. 167), CCGA Foundation chairman William Torrey, Jr., South
east Georgia Health System (SGHS) President-CEO Gary Colberg, CCGA President Dr.
Valerie Hepburn, SGHS Distinguished Chair of Nursing Jean Mistretta and Perkins + Will
architect Mike Reid.
CCGA breaks
ground on the
Health & Science
building
College of Coastal Geor
gia’s (CCGA) President,
Dr. Valerie A. Hepburn,
was joined by Chancellor
Erroll B. Davis, Jr.; Regent
James A. Bishop; Founda
tion Chairman William F.
Torrey, Jr. and community
leaders to break ground on
the College’s Health and
Science Building last week.
Regent Bishop thanked
the community for being
fully and completely
Road improvements to CCGA President Dr. Valerie Hepburn welcomed a large early involved with the project and
Canal Rd. and the intersec- described the ground break -
tion of Canal Rd. and SPUR morning crowd of local educators and business people to the ing as a " le gacfmoment."
25 will be complete before a g rounc | breaking ceremony. Next to the podium is an architec- The building, the first
Certificate of Occupancy (CO )
of many projects stemming
New shopping
center and middle
school get nod
from MPC
Changes underway at CCGA
„ . _ _ tural rendering of the new building, which will be the college's „
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Mainland Planning first new building in 30 years. Islander staff photos CCGA ground breaking
Kingston listens
in Brunswick and
Waycross
by Pamela Permar
Shierling
It appears that someone out
there is listening to the Ameri
can people, at least the people
in Georgia's First Congressio
nal District, and that person
is U.S. Rep. GA Dist. 1 Jack
Kingston.
Last week Kingston held
town hall meetings in both
Waycross and Brunswick to
discuss HR 3200, the House
health care reform bill, and
was greeted by 400 concerned
citizens in Waycross and an
estimated 800 plus in Bruns
wick.
The Southeast Georgia
Conference Center at the Col
lege of Coastal Georgia holds
a maximum of 348 seated peo
ple. To accommodate all those
who wanted to attend the
Brunswick meeting Kingston
discussed healthcare reform
in two separate meetings plus
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Town hall meetings
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The coastal Georgia needs
assessment survey has arrived
in mailboxes throughout
Glynn, Camden and McIn
tosh comities. Any residents
receiving this survey are urged
to complete the survey and
return it by August 14.
The survey is a part of
the needs assessment being
undertaken by the Communi
ties of Coastal Georgia Foun
dation, United Way of Coastal
Georgia, United Way of Cam
den County, Family Connec
tion, and the Georgia Center
for Nonprofits and the Glynn
Archway Partnership. The
desired result is to identify the
area’s greatest needs.
As the survey cover letter
states, “During the current eco
nomic crisis, many of our ser
vice providers are being called
upon to do more with fewer
resources.. .to effectively use
those community resources on
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