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September 9, 2024
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Vol 52 Issue 37
City tables
Torras' rezoning
request
By Pamela Permar-
Shierling
The Brunswick City Com
mission voted last week (Sept.
4) to table Michael Torras’ re
quest for a rezoning from Basic
Industrial to MUCCH (mixed
use commercial core histori
cal) for the property known
as Torras Landing owned by
Torras’s company, Atlantic
Southeast Enterprises.
The rezoning encompasses
90 plus acres of land, but the
area slated for development
is 25 acres that fronts on the
Torras-owned Brunswick
Landing Marina and cur
rently is mostly undeveloped
grassy area.
Prior to taking a vote John
Hunter, the city’s Director of
Planning, Development and
Codes, told the commission
that the city’s MUCCH zoning
district was a move to open
up new areas beyond New
castle and Gloucester and the
downtown core for this type of
mixed use development.
“Uses in the application
are those that are currently in
downtown or historically have
been in downtown such as
car dealerships. The uses are
not seen as out of bounds for
Brunswick’s downtown core,”
Hunter said.
The application asked for
height change from 45 ft to 65
ft for the dry stack boat stor
age, and to reduce on street
parking for residential from 2
spaces per unit to 1.5 spaces
per unit.
These types of requests
were considered in the
MUCCH zoning so applicant
would not have to come back
for a zoning variance request,
Hunter said.
Hunter also pointed out
that this type of waterfront
development is what the pub
lic wants to see in Brunswick.
“This is from the public input
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Torras property
Brunswick's first roundabout
The Brunswick City Commission is planning a roundabout that is scheduled to be built at the Bay
Street / Newcastle Street intersection as shown here. It is currently in the working stages with the
Georgia Dept, of Transportation, because it includes State Highway 27. A concept report has been
submitted to the state agency. Next will come a meeting with the DOT and members of several city
departments to discuss how the roundabout can be built without closing the road to traffic. This
decision is estimated to come by the end of October. Note that the roundabout starts between I
and H Streets and will eliminate the parallel parking along Newcastle in front of the County’s Pate
building. Graphic provided by City Engineer Garrow Alberson
Under One Roof aims to tackle homelessness
Recently the Communities
of Coastal Georgia Founda
tion (CCGF) announced its
Under One Roof Fund.
This fund will manage do
nations and allocate funds to
local non-profits which work
with those facing housing
insecurity.
CCGF defines housing in
security as “affecting those at
risk of losing their homes due
to an unexpected life change,
rising housing costs, or cata
strophic event, such as fire,
flood, or their home becomes
otherwise unsafe.”
CCGF says housing in
security is different from
By Pamela Permar-Shierling
homelessness.
According to CCGF, “Those
suffering with chronic home
lessness are defined as a per
son who has been continuous
ly homeless for over a year, or
has had at least four episodes
of homelessness in the previ
ous three years.”
“People experiencing chron
ic homelessness tend to also
be struggling with complex
health issues, disabilities,
mental illness, or addiction.
They typically live on the
street, in a car, park, or anoth
er location not suitable for hu
man habitation. It is difficult
for individuals facing chronic
homelessness to get back into
housing and they can face
long or repeated episodes of
homelessness.”
During the Aug. 20 pre
sentation made to the Glynn
County Board of Commission
ers at a called work session,
the Under One Roof initiative
was presented by Sea Island
Company president and CEO
Scott Steilen.
Keeva Kase, president /
CEO of CCGF spoke to the
commission as did Father
Alan Akridge senior pastor St.
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Under One Roof
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Page 3 - SGHS partners with PruittHealth Page 11 - CCGA economic impact
Page 4 - D.A. King Looking for a Better Life Page 12 - Back Talk
BOC defers for
no show
By Matthew J. Permar
The Glynn County Board
of Commissioners (BOC) de
ferred a rezoning application
last week (Thursday, Septem
ber 5) because neither the ap
plicant, nor his representative
attended the meeting.
Planning Manager Stefanie
Leif said even though no one
was there to represent for the
application, the BOC could
still hold the public hearing
and vote on the issue, so BOC
chairman Wayne Neal (Dist.
3) moved forward with Leifs
presentation, the discussion
and public hearing.
Leif also noted that the own
er’s agent, Peter Schoenauer
of Tidewater Engineering,
spoke at the Mainland Plan
ning Commission meeting on
August 27. That commission
voted 4 - 0 to recommend ap
proval of the rezoning.
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County Commission
BHS getting
new field house
By Pamela Permar-
Shierling
The contract with Sedg-
more, Inc. dba John A. Tuten
& Associates for the Bruns
wick High School field house
was presented to the Glynn
County Board of Education
last week (Thursday, Sept.
5) during their regular work
session.
The indoor practice facil
ity is approximately 14,000
square feet; heated and cooled.
The interior practice area
is about 10,000 square feet.
Half of the practice area will
be weight lifting stations and
half will be artificial turf floor.
The rest of the building will
include offices and storage.
It will be located between
the current football locker
room building and the park
ing lot.
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