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April 12, 2010 Established 1972 Vol 38 Issue 9
Red Carpet Tour returns
Returning to the Golden Isles for the first time in seven years, Georgia's Red Carpet
Tour stopped at the Retreat Club on St. Simons Island last Friday morning for a day
of business and recreation. The annual tour, sponsored by the Georgia Chamber of
Commerce and Georgia Allies, brings business and industry leaders to different areas
around the state to showcase Georgia and promote the state as a great place to
either relocate or expand their business. In 1992 Jered LLC, the former Jered Brown
Brothers, relocated to Brunswick as a result of the Red Carpet Tour.
Brunswick-Golden Isles Chamber of Commerce president Woody Woodside (left) took
a moment before Friday's business meeting to welcome Randy Cardoza (second
from left to right) Managing Director of Economic Development for Atlanta Gas Light;
George Isreal, president-CEO of Ga. Chamber of Commerce and Walt Farrell, Busi
ness Development Associate for Electric Cities of Georgia. According to their website,
Georgia Allies was formed in 1997 as a partnership between state government and pri
vate corporations to build on the individual initiatives of its members to create larger,
more targeted programs that aggressively promote the state's business development
efforts, . Islander Staff Photo - Permar
Blackwater Georgia, LLC announces agreement
to purchase Brunswick terminal location
County working
to solve drainage
problems
By Matthew J. Permar
Several weeks ago the Glynn
County Commission met in
a morning work session with
staff members and department
heads to get caught up on vari
ous major projects, particular
ly those funded with SPLOST
(Special Purpose Local Option
Sales Tax) money.
One of the those topics was
drainage. Public Works Direc
tor John Carter reported on
three drainage projects cur
rently in the works in the
northern and southwestern
parts of the county.
Project areas in the north
ern part of the county include
Fairway Oaks and Belle Point.
To the southwest, the proj
ect includes a roughly 700
acre tract of land bordered by
Hwy. 82, Buck Swamp Rd.,
Bumgartner Rd. and Myers
Hill Rd.
Belle Point has been broken
into two phases. One, Belle
Point West is connected to the
Fairway Oaks Outfall proj
ect, while phase 2, Belle Point
East, is a separate project.
Belle Point East drains pri
marily into the marsh. Part of
the problem is the infrastruc
ture is old and deteriorating
and needs to be replaced.
“Belle Point is an old subdi
vision,” said Carter, “the drain
age pipes are severely worn
out. The bad ones need to be
identified and terminated,
which means filled with some
thing like concrete, and then
new, larger pipes installed or
new drainage ditches dug or a
combination of the two.”
Since this area drains into
the marsh, Carter said the
county faces a whole other set
of drainage problems.
‘With the high tides, espe
cially spring tides, we have
additional drainage problems
because the tide just doesn’t let
the storm drainage out, until
the tide goes out,” explained
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Drainage
Blackwater Georgia, L.L.C.,
a wholly owned subsidiary of
Blackwater Midstream Corp.
(OTCBB:BWMS) announc
es that it has entered into a
definitive Asset Purchase
Agreement to acquire a liquid
terminal facility in Brunswick,
Georgia for $1.8 million. The
closing on the acquisition is
expected to occur by May 31,
2010.
The Brunswick site consists
of 160,000 barrels of storage
capacity on six acres of prop
erty leased from the Georgia
Port Authority. The site is
accessible for ocean vessels,
inland barges, railcars, and
tank trucks. There is space
available within the existing
facility to build an additional
150,000 barrels of capacity at
the site.
Mike Suder, Blackwa
ter Midstream Corp.’s Chief
Executive Officer stated, “The
Brunswick facility acquisition
is a key addition to our busi
ness. It further illustrates the
commitment that Blackwater
Midstream has to our share
holders to continually seek
opportunities to expand within
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Blackwater
Senior Care Center
receives deficiency-
free report
By Pamela Permar
Shierling
After being cited last N ovem-
ber by the Georgia Depart
ment of Community Health
(DCH) for multiple violations
of federal regulations, on Good
Friday the Southeast Georgia
Health System's Senior Care
Center underwent a return
visit by the state and received
a deficiency free report.
Maijorie A. Mathieu, RPh,
MBA, FACHE, Vice President,
said, "It is my understanding
that a deficiency-free report is
very unusual."
"We could not have done
this without all the hard work
of the Senior Care Center
staff. They pulled together.
It took everyone to come out
with a deficiency-free survey,"
Mathieu said. "We are so proud
of the staff because they made
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Senior Care Center
City concerned
about building
violations
By Matthew J. Permar
After approving a relatively
minor setback variance dur
ing their Wednesday, April 7
meeting, the Brunswick City
Commission had a lengthy dis
cussion about their concerns
with building violations within
the city limits.
Early in the meeting, the
commission approved a reduc
tion in the side and rear yard
setback requirements for The
resa Baker.
Ms. Baker had a small shed
at her Reynolds St. residence
that encroached into the set
backs by a matter of a couple of
feet on the back and side.
City Planner Arne Glaeser
recommended in favor of both
set back variances because no
one objected to the side yard
violation and the back yard
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Building violations
County-Wide News - Read County-Wide
CCGA Tennis
From the Ground Up
Clash of the Titans
Community News
Gardening Column
Movie Review
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Back Talk
Editorial Column
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