Design involves enhancing the physical vitality of the business district and the potential to attract and keep customers, tenants and investors.

Design Committee Workplan

  1. Recruit new members and chair 

  2. Design Guidelines
    Recommend to DDA by 6/07
    DDA to present guidelines to planning by 9/07. Work with Historic Preservation SCAD Professors


  3. Sign Ordinance  
    Abandoned signs
    List of signs in DDA area
    Research enforcement 


  4. Streetscape
    Genesis Plans
    Identify the principal on project
    Coordinate with Landmar
    Benches style, etc
    .

  5. Façade Program (Research or administer)
    Grants
    Loans 

  6. Beautification
    Trash receptacles
    Recycling
    Pocket park between Tourism and DDA

Design Committee Members
(Pending)
Committee Chair 
Dave Packard  
Jerry Lockhart
Teddie Lockhart
Hsu-Jen Huang Ph. D. 
Carole Pacheco
Fred Mercier 
Tom McClendon
Greg Lockhart
Tom Cyphers
Alyce Thornhill, Director  
alyce.thornhill@tds.net
Renée Coakley, Admin. Assistant  
renee.coakley@tds.net
St. Marys Downtown Development Authority 400 Osborne Street St. Marys, GA 31558 Phone: 912-882-8111
Email: info@stmarysdda.com