The Future of Jekyll Island State Park?
www.savejekyllisland.org
The Jekyll Island Authority has recently selected Linger Longer Communities as its private partner to help revitalize Jekyll Island State Park.
Stage I of the park’s redevelopment calls for the creation of a 64-acre town center. The proposed “Jekyll Village,” which calls for 277 condos, 160 time-share units, and three hotels totaling 725 rooms, would run along the most popular and accessible part of Jekyll’s beach.
As proposed, the town center would result in:
The elimination of four large oceanfront parking lots, drastically reducing direct public access to the park’s main beach
The elimination of four large oceanfront parking lots, drastically reducing direct public access to the park’s main beachA doubling of the number of hotel rooms and condominiums on the island
A doubling of the number of hotel rooms and condominiums on the islandA decrease in the percentage of affordable hotel rooms, making high-end rooms the norm within the park
A decrease in the percentage of affordable hotel rooms, making high-end rooms the norm within the parkCondominiums selling at an average price of $510,000 per unit
Condominiums selling at an average price of $510,000 per unit A public debt of $84,500,000 to cover the project’s infrastructure costs
A public debt of $84,500,000 to cover the project’s infrastructure costs The disruption of highly sensitive wildlife habitats
The disruption of highly sensitive wildlife habitatsIf you feel that the scale, type, and location of the development being proposed—while perhaps appropriate for a private beachside community—are not in the best interests of Jekyll Island State Park, please consider taking the following steps:
Visit www.savejekyllisland.org to take part in a survey dealing with Linger Longer’s proposal and to sign a petition calling for an affordable JI State Park, the results of which will be used to establish where statewide and national public opinion stands on the question of the park’s redevelopment.
Visit www.savejekyllisland.org to take part in a survey dealing with Linger Longer’s proposal and to sign a petition calling for an affordable JI State Park, the results of which will be used to establish where statewide and national public opinion stands on the question of the park’s redevelopment.Write to Linger Longer Communities (www.rediscoverjekyll.com); the “contact us” link on LLC’s website is being used to solicit public input on the proposal.
Write to Linger Longer Communities (www.rediscoverjekyll.com); the “contact us” link on LLC’s website is being used to solicit public input on the proposal.Contact the members of the Jekyll Island Authority Legislative Oversight Committee. Contact information can be found at www.savejekyllisland.org/oversight.html. Please note that a phone call or a postal letter is far more effective than an e-mail message.
Contact the members of the Jekyll Island Authority Legislative Oversight Committee. Contact information can be found at www.savejekyllisland.org/oversight.html. Please note that a phone call or a postal letter is far more effective than an e-mail message.Please provide the IPJI (degan@igc.org) with a copy of any letters you send
Please provide the IPJI (degan@igc.org) with a copy of any letters you send For further information, contact Mindy and David Egan,
912-635-2167; degan@igc.org
