Nov 08 2008
The Tybee Island Historical Society completed the Light Station complex when it finished the Assistant Keeper’s Cottage this week. It took about $2 million dollars, four major construction projects and 14 years to finish the 10-year plan. Mr. Cullen Chambers, the Society’s executive director, was in charge of the restoration and has earned Continue Reading »
Nov 07 2008
Tybee’s first annual Shop and Stroll was a smash success. What bargains! What fun! Every shop outdid themselves in presenting the best and brightest. Santa greeted everyone and Tybee Vacation Rentals’ picture booth was a hoot! The annual event was a smash success and next year will be even better. Plan on next year to shop the shops, meet the neighbors, stop in the businesses for bargains and deals and eat and be merry. They’ll be santa, drawings for prizes and surprises.
Nov 07 2008
Do you love food? Like to try some of the out-of-the-way places in Savannah that have delectable fare? We have the tour for you! The Foody Tour takes you in an air-conditioned coach to no less than 7 different places for artesian baked goods and culinary traditions. Sample shrimp and grits, BBQ, fried green tomatoes, southern fried chicken, mac and cheese, chocolate truffles, cupcakes to name a few of the items offered AND get in to see Paula Deen’s restaurant and store (one of the samples is an item off of her buffet). Enjoy the narrated tour and fun guide has he tells you about Savannah’s rich culinary history, and tells you some of the city’s best kept secrets.
The tour is $45 per seat, lasts approximately 3 hours and departs from the Savannah Visitor’s Center at 301 MLK Blvd. THIS TOUR IS A MUST if you love food. Call 912-234-3440 for reservations. www.foodytours.com
Oct 22 2008
It’s official. According to Creative Loafing Atlanta readers, Tybee Island was voted “Best Beach Retreat” in the newspapers Raging Elections Best of Atlanta ’08 section. Tybee Island was also recently honored by the readers of Georgia Magazine as the “Best Beach”!
Only 4 hours from downtown Atlanta, Tybee is an ideal weekend getaway. Now that the season is slowing down and the island reverts back to the locals, it’s the perfect time to escape the city and come to the coast for some “Tybee Time.” Check out Tybee Vacation Rentals for that perfect vacation home, cottage or condo. Most properties have only a 2 night minimum in the off season months and they offer a 10% Last Minute Discount!
Oct 17 2008
Over the next four months or so the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will pump 1.2 million cubic yards of sand–enough to fill 750 football fields a foot deep–onto Tybee’s beaches. This high-quality sand will come from nearby, about a mile and a half offshore. So it will be a close match to our original sand, safe for native plants and animals. We perform this feat every 6-10 years as we need to “feed” the beaches with sand to combat the erosion from storms and the sea.
Approved by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, a 320-foot dredge with an 11,300-h.p. motor will suck sand up from the ocean floor, then pump it onto the beach. The sand comes onto the beach at great force through 30-inch wide pipes. You’ll see the huge pipes spewing sand noisily onto the beach, with the force of an avalanche. It will take about 50 people, working around the clock for up to 4 months to get all the sand in place.
THE EQUIPMENT AND ONRUSHING SAND CAN VE VERY DANGEROUS, SO BE SURE TO STAY OUT OF THE WORK AREAS, WHICH WILL BE CLEARLY MARKED, AT ALL TIMES.
The project has begun at 7th Street and will continue in phases until about February 2009. Parking lots on 14th and 16th/Tybrisa Streets will remain open, however some other streets, parking areas and beaches will be closed temporarily as the work progresses.
When the work is done, our beaches will offer more room for sunning, strolling and seabird and turtle nesting, plus people, plants and animals will be safer, AND there will likely be thousands of new shells, sharks’ teeth and other exciting finds.
Schedule
Phase 1 - Gulick St. to 7th St.
Phase 2 - 7th St. to 12 St.
Phase 3 - 12th St. to 16th/Tybrisa Sts.
Phase 4 - 16th/Tybrisa Sts. to 19th St.
