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Page 2, November 25, 2024, The Islander
County buys lots for Court expansion
By Matthew J. Permar
After meeting in ‘closed session’ for
about 25 minutes at the end of their
Thursday, Nov. 21 regular meeting,
the Glynn County Board of Commis
sioners (BOC) reconvened and voted
unanimously to purchase two pieces
of property of approximately .37 acres
at 1901 Union Street and 1911 Union
Street.
The lots, one vacant and one with a
house, are within a block north of the
County Courthouse.
According to Commissioner Sammy
Tostensen (Dist. 1) the county bought
the property to accommodate the pro
posed expansion of the Courthouse
which is currently overcrowded.
Some of the offices currently in the
Courthouse will be relocated to the
new spot.
A Courthouse expansion has been
Annual Student Art
The wonderful and colorful work of
Glynn County K-12 students returns
to the Ritz Theatre Gallery when the
Annual Student Art Show opens dur
ing the First Tuesday Gallery Show
case on December 3 from 5 p.m to 7
p.m.
The exhibit features hundreds of
art pieces in every medium made by
creative K-12 students.
The First Tuesday Gallery Show
case is new this year and designed to
make the art front and center while
still encouraging people to come
in the works for several years ever
since Glynn County Superior Court
Senior Judge Stephen G. Scarlett
made a presentation regarding the is
sue about five or six years ago.
In addition, the BOC is in the pro
cess of building a new Juvenile Justice
facility on property adjacent to the
Courthouse. It will be relocated from
it’s current home on Gloucester St. in
the Office Park building.
Tostensen said of the purchase,
“The county is growing, so we’re try
ing to look ahead and plan for future
growth for the court system for the
next 10 to 20 years.”
The property purchase includes a
$375,000 purchase price and terms for
the lease of space at the Office Park
Building, with funding to be provided
from ARP A funds.
Show opens at Ritz
downtown, take in the cultural aesthet
ic of Brunswick, and grab some dinner
at one of the many local restaurants.
Participating galleries include Kenny
Nobles Photography/Creative Frame
works, Brown Butter Shoppe, and At
lanta North Art Gallery at Gloucester
Street and Albany Street (across from
SchroGlo Restaurant), and SoGlo Gal
lery at 1413 Newcastle Street, and
The Brunswick Library Gallery at 208
Gloucester Street.
The Ritz Theatre will be closed De
cember 23 - January 1 for the holidays.
City
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defer it to a later date.
Part of the problem was that store
owner Akash Patel had not spoken to
the Magnolia Park / College Park NPA
(neighborhood planning assembly),
and that is a requirement of the city’s
alcohol licensing ordinance.
However, John Hunter, Planning,
Development, and Codes, who was
making the presentation in place of
the deputy marshal who is out on
medical leave, said the NPA meeting
dates were changed and Patel was not
notified.
The Commission was unsure about
whether the failed 2 - 2 vote constitut
ed a denial which would mean Patel
would have to wait six months before
reapplying.
City Attorney Brian Corry said he
would review the ordinance to see if
the failed vote was a denial and let the
applicant know what the next steps
were.
Two citizens spoke against granting
the new license. One asked for a mora
torium on more establishments selling
alcohol in the city of Brunswick.
The commission approved 44 of 50
alcohol license renewals. Six were de
ferred to the Dec. 18 meeting because
all six had violations.
In other business:
• The commission heard an update
from Brunswick Tree Board members
on grants and projects.
Ashby Worley, a member of the
Tree Board and works for the Nature
Conservancy, made the report to the
board.
The city received a $100,000 grant
from the Wells Fargo Foundation that
is paying for Green Infrastructure
Center to provide the city with an
Urban Tree Resiliency Plan which is
about 50% finished.
Worley said a stakeholder steering
committee meets monthly to discuss
ways to protect the city’s tree canopy.
A public open house will be held
when the Plan is finished and ready
for adoption by the city.
The city also received a Georgia
Forestry Commission Trees Across
Georgia Grant of $120,000 over three
years for either tree inventory or a
part-time arborist.
• The commission approved
$24,1131.60 for a $100 gift award to
full time employees and a $50 gift
award for part-time employees.
Thank you Dr. Boylan
Thank you Dr. Shane Boylan,
DMV, Jekyll Island Authority’s
Sea Turtle Center, for your com
passionate care of a dying Red
Shouldered Hawk last Friday.
When you realized she was
still alive, you and your staffer
ran back to the hospital with her.
I appreciate your efforts to
save her.
I am grateful for your help and
compassion.
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