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Newspaper Page Texttheislanderonline.com Published by Permar Publications ssislander@bellsouth.net October 7, 2024 Established in 1972 Vol 52 Issue 41 Park parking for park users only • Barnhill hired for Juvenile Court By Matthew J. Permar Glynn County has some ordinance restrictions about using the parking areas at county parks. Chapter 2-11 - Parks and Recreation, Article I of the or dinance covers Park Use. Section 2-11-5 deals with parking and makes it illegal to leave a vehicle unattended in a park over night. It lists some 18 parks by name where over night park ing is not allowed. Section 2-11-9 limits the use of the Frederica Park parking lot on the north end of St. Si mons Island to people who are actively using the park. During last week’s Coun ty Board of Commission ers (BOC) meeting (Thurs day, Oct. 3) the commission Turn to Page 4 County parking County okays Rec fee increase By Matthew J. Permar During their regular meet ing last week (Thursday, Oct. 3) the Glynn County Board of Commissioners (BOC) unani mously approved a number of fee increases for the Recre ation and Parks Department that were recommended by Director Lisa Gurganus. Gurganus noted that many of the fees have not increased in the last 10 years. She added that she had presented the fee structure to the BOC during a recent work session and asked the commissioners if they had any follow up questions. Commissioner Sammy Tostensen (Dist. 1) made the only comment saying Gurga nus had done a good job on the fee increase. Fee increases require a public hearing, which was Turn to Page 3 Recreation fees College Park drainage update Above: A fairly large crowd of College Park residents turned out last week to learn about progress on the joint City / County drainage project in their neighborhood. Right: City Engineer Garrow Alberson details the project for area residents. Islander Staff Photos - Shierling College Park drainage project construction to start early 2025 By Pamela Permar-Shierling Last Thursday (October 3) the City of Brunswick and Glynn County engineers discussed the long awaited College Park drainage proj ect with the College Park residents. The College Park neighbor hood, in existence since the late 1960s or early 1970s, sits in a triangle bordered by Cy press Mill Road to the south, Spur 25 to the east, and Al- tama Ave. to the west. All of these main roads have been built up with commercial and retail establishments since 1967 when the (old) Bruns wick Mall opened. Note: Since parts of this proj ect are in both the City and the County, the two governments are working jointly on the remedy. The proj ect is sched uled to be done in four phases. Phase one is to widen the outfall ditch along Spur 25 (Golden Isles Parkway) to the marsh to discharge the stormwater. This portion of the project also includes a huge box cul vert at the Cypress Mill Rd. intersection and a smaller box culvert at the Altama Ave. / Spur intersection. Phase two will be to repair all the storm sewer pipe inside College Park and repave the streets. Phase three will be done west of Altama Avenue around Suburban Drive and Old Cypress Mill Road. New storm water pipes will be put in place. Phase four will be close to the apartments towards Home Depot and construction Turn to Page 9 College Park City begins storm cleanup By Pamela Permar- Shierling Last week (Wednesday, Oct. 2) the Brunswick City Commission approved a con tract, not to exceed $500,000, with Seres Engineering & Ser vices for debris pickup from Hurricane Helene. The commission also ap proved the pickup monitor ing contract with Goodwin Mills Cawood not to exceed $250,000. According to city Public Works Director Garrow Al berson, the typical reimburse ment from FEMA is 75% and from GEMA 12.5%. This leaves the city to bear 12.5% of the total cost. Pickup is scheduled to be gin Monday, Oct. 7. In addi tion to vegetation type debris pickup, the city will also pick up construction debris caused Turn to Page 6 City clean up Businesses receive Share the Future Grants • Children's Business Fair Oct. 13 By Pamela Permar- Shierling Last week (Tuesday, Oct. 1) during the Golden Isles De velopment Authority (GIDA) meeting, three local business es were awarded Share the Future Grants. Brown Butter Shoppe, 1304 Gloucester St., owner Tresena Bowe, was awarded a $10,000 grant to purchase additional signage for the shop, land scaping and to improve exte rior lighting. The Brown Butter Shoppe is an “incubator space for emerging artisans.” On the Fly Outfitters, 1501 Turn to Page 5 Grants Surfin’ the News County-Wide News - Read County-Wide Page 2 - Ritz Theatre 24-25 schedule Page 4 - MPC defers all items Page 5 - CCGA to host Walk a Mile in Her Shoes Page 6 - LiveOak Fiber CEO dies Page 8 - GVA presents "Little Things" Page 10 - Glynn residents eligible for FEMA disaster help Page 11 - Pink Out Friday / Fete for Haiti Page 12 - Back Talk