Jekyll Island revitalization is NOW UNDERWAY with the creation of Great Dunes Park.

Great Dunes Park will become a premier public beach active zone with modern amenities, plenty of green space and a renewed bicycle and pedestrian beach walk along the entire oceanfront. The site is the approximate location of the front nine holes of the famous links golf course designed by Walter Travis in 1926. The remaining back nine holes of Great Dunes Golf Course are still open for public play.

The first phase of the park is underway and consists of 8 acres with the north ern boundary at the intersection of Beachview Drive and Shell Road. When complete, the entire park will cover approximately 20 acres and connect the mini golf and playground area with the new beach village.

The first phase will create an entirely new accessible park experience featuring; new native landscaping, walks and parking (195 spaces), three family pavilions, one group pavilion, a 4,100 SF Beach Deck Pavilion, and a Restroom/ Changing building. The Beach Deck Pavilion connects to an accessible dune crossover for access to the beach. Bicycle parking, showers, and an environmental sculpture area will also complement the new park. The pavilion structures have a relaxed coastal style and are constructed of pressure treated wood with standing seam metal roofs. The restroom building includes individual changing areas for men and women and has low maintenance stained concrete floors and standing seam metal roofing. Construction is underway and is scheduled for completion by Summer 2010.

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Posted in Beachscape, March 2010 | No Comments »

Jekyll Island revitalization is NOW UNDERWAY and the initial phase is now being realized with the completion of the design for Great Dunes Park.

The first phase of the park consists of 8 acres with the northern boundary at the intersection of Beachview Drive and Shell Road. The entirely new accessible park experience includes; new landscaping, walks and parking (195 spaces), three family pavilions, one group pavilion, a 4,100 SF Beach Deck Pavilion, and a Restroom/Changing building. The Beach Deck Pavilion connects to an accessible dune crossover for access to the beach. Bicycle parking, showers, and an environmental sculpture area will also
complement the new park. The pavilion structures have a relaxed coastal style and are constructed of pressure treated wood with standing seam metal roofs. The Restroom building includes individual changing areas for men and women and has low maintenance stained concrete floors and standing seam metal roofing.

Construction will begin with the December 7th ground breaking. Phase I of Great Dunes park will take approximately 5 1/2 months and will be complete by summer 2010.

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Posted in Beachscape, December 2009, In the News | No Comments »