The Battle of the Beaches: The Jekyll Island Redevelopment Debate
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-2009
Publication Title
e-Review of Tourism Research (eRTR)
Abstract
Abstract: The Jekyll Island Redevelopment Project epitomizes the challenge and utility of citizen engagement in the management of public resources. As a state-owned “park” managed by the Jekyll Island Authority (JIA), legislation mandates that 65% of the island remain undeveloped; the remaining 35% may be developed to provide residential and recreational amenities. By 2000, the deteriorating condition of many amenities resulted in decreasing visitation which threatened the JIA’s ability to operate on a self-sustaining basis. The JIA accepted a proposal from a private sector partner outlining development that was perceived contrary to the Authority’s preservation mandate. In response, citizens created a grassroots movement to stop development. This paper examines how that process garnered input which resulted in a dramatic revision of a government body’s proposal for the redevelopment of a common resource.
Recommended Citation
Weddell, Melissa, James D. Bigley.
2009.
"The Battle of the Beaches: The Jekyll Island Redevelopment Debate."
e-Review of Tourism Research (eRTR), 7 (5): 97-113: Texas A&M University.
source: https://ertr.tamu.edu/
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/ecology-facpubs/42
