Lifelong residents of a tiny Georgia island who are descended from slaves are pushing to give voters a chance to override local zoning changes that they say threaten one of the last Gullah-Geechee communities in the U.S.
this week that allows McIntosh County voters to download and sign copies of their petition. They’re getting assistance from the Georgia conservation group One Hundred Miles, which also helped coordinate the petition drive against the spaceport.
Hogg Hummock, also known as Hog Hammock, sits on less than a square mile of Sapelo Island, which is about 60 miles south of Savannah and owned mostly by the state of Georgia. Despite vocal opposition from Black landowners who packed each meeting, commissioners raised the maximum size of a home in Hogg Hummock to 3,000 square feet of total enclosed space. The previous limit was 1,400 square feet of heated and air-conditioned space.
“I think that Sapelo is unique, yes. And I think having the Gullah-Geechee descendants on the island is unique,” Karwacki said. “But at the same time, being a commissioner, that’s not my district. And I have to rule on things that are going to be fair for all residents throughout the county.”
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