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Tybee Neighbors Mission Statement

Neighbors island-wide working together to promote
and preserve a high quality of life on Tybee Island

Primary Goals
- to value and protect Tybee residents
- to communicate with and educate neighbors & visitors
- to support the development of appropriate  
infrastructure on the Island

Tybee Neighbors will:
Provide information and enlightenment on issues that
impact the Tybee quality of life for those committed to
living on Tybee Island through:
•Special meetings
• Website resources
• Mini-surveys

Tybee Neighbors provides educational and
informational tools in order to encourage island
residents to:
• individually assist and support elected and appointed
officials in a positive and proactive fashion
• express their personal views through testimony at
public hearings and aid in the work of city committees
• support the codes, laws and ordinances that are in
place to preserve Tybee for the future
• support the property rights of those committed to
living on the island

The "Tybee Treasures" Video
can now be viewed on Cable Channel 7
at 9:30 am and 5:30pm.
Click here for more information on this
collaborative community support project.

Click Here to View the Tybee
Neighbors' Scrapbook

Includes links to:


Tybee's Master Plan

Articles about Election & City Council
(Includes Mark Streeter Political
Cartoons)

Articles about Tybee Neighbors

Articles about Tybee Island

Articles about Property Taxes

Articles about the Environment

Articles about Real Estate

Articles about the Skate Park

Our Community Support Activities

- Implementation of a Neighborhood
Watch Program

- Support for Second Harvest

- Volunteer Recognition Initiatives

- Support of  Creation of Tiffany 2 at
the Guard House

- Advocacy work to address property taxes

- Ongoing support for the Tybee Treasures video

-Ongoing support activities for special City events

Informational and Educational Activities

- Meetings on Tybee's Master Plan

- Special movie clips on the website

- Regular monthly mini-surveys

- E-mails to keep everyone informed on
important issues posted to the website.

- Regular Updates to our Tybee Neighbors'
Scrapbook.

The Scrapbook consists of a collection of articles
and editorials on issues relevant to Tybee Island.
We will be adding to the scrapbook on a regular
basis. Send us your published articles for
inclusion.
Make a Difference- Get Involved

Tybee Neighbors is a non-profit community
service organization dedicated to maintaining
a high quality of life on the Island.

Help us in this effort by joining one of our
community service teams. To learn more
about one of the following teams email your
questions and contact information to:
Tybee Neighbors Planning Team

" Making Sure Our Water Works"

This program provided  excellent information
and an opportunity to brainstorm solutions.
Click on the names of the presenters to see
their slide presentations.
Check out Channel 7 to review a 30 minute
video showing the highlights of the
presentations.  
Click here to check out ideas that came out of
the brainstorming sessions as well as
resources for water conservation.

Presentations by:

Deatre N. Denion, Program Coordinator
for WaterFirst

Sarah Barlow, Environmental Planner for
the City of Savannah

Paul Wolfe, City Council of Tybee Island

Click here to review the results of our
recent survey on water issues.
                
Tybee Neighbors is not a political
organization and does not endorse political
candidates or platforms. We do, however,
support initiatives to reduce property taxes.

Click here for Property Tax Update
Information.

On May 5th members of Tybee Neighbors had
the opportunity to thank the members of
Tybee's Fire Department by preparing a meal
for them after their meeting.
Volunteer Tybee!

On behalf of our Volunteer Tybee Planning
Committee, United Way's Hands on
Savannah and Tybee Neighbors, we want to
thank all of you who made our first Volunteer
Tybee Event so successful.

We sincerely appreciate the great work of all
of our volunteer organizations who
represented their organizations so effectively
during our recruitment fair. We hope this
event and our future p.r.efforts will bring
new volunteers and contributions for your
organizations.

We also appreciate all those who attended to
learn more about and recognize the
wonderful work of Tybee volunteers. Your
presence and support were vital in making
this a great event.

A special thanks to Douglas Jones who
contributed the banners and Mayor
Buelterman for the Proclamation and for
being supportive of the event.

We also want to thank all those who
contributed door prizes. The door prizes
helped make it a festive event.

Volunteer Tybee  involved hundreds of those
who recognize the importance of volunteers
on Tybee Island.

A total of 387 votes were cast for our
"Volunteer Tybee Organization of 2009".
We want to congratulate the Milton Project
for winning this honor.

Cyndi Kinkel of The Tybee Times took great
pictures of the event and WSAV had
coverage that really captured the spirit of
Volunteer Tybee on the news Wednesday
night. To view the pictures and/or the news
coverage video visit this link:
http://thetybeetimesonline.com/news.php?vie
wStory=202
Cyndi also put links on The Tybee Times
Online website to the websites of the
Volunteer Organizations who participated.

The Volunteer Tybee Video has now been
updated. It is too long for youtube but a
small version can be viewed by clicking below.
We also hope that the City will be playing
on Cable 7 soon.

Click here to download the
Volunteer Tybee Video
(12 mg Quicktime movie)

Click on the organizations below to link
to their websites.

Coastal Pet Rescue
Chamber Welcome Center
Dolphin Project
Fort Pulaski
Friends of Cockspur Island Lighthouse
Friends of the Tybee Theatre
Hands on Savannah
Historical Society
Marine Science Center
Milton Project
Rape Crisis Center
Royce Learning Center
Senior Citizens
Tie the Knot on Tybee
Tybee Arts Association & Tybee Arts
Performing Society
Tybee Beautification Association
Tybee Fest
Tybee Neighbors
Tybee Island's Better Hometown
YMCA

Be a “Tybee Treasures Video” Sponsor!

Tybee Treasures, the delightful video that
captures the specialness of Tybee Island, is now
being updated. While the video was originally
produced to help tourists understand all that
the Island offers, locals have also enjoyed it
over the past several years.  We made small
changes in 2009 but now are adding several
new segments that include references to the 2
movies made on Tybee last summer.

A committee consisting of members of non-
profit organizations who worked on the original
video is now planning new video and script
changes. Our plan is to complete filming by April
10th and have the new video available by June
1st. The new video will replace the one currently
playing two times a day on Channel 7. It will
also be distributed to Georgia welcome centers.
Copies will be available for sale at local gift
shops.

In order to fund the updates of the video we
are now seeking sponsorships of non-profits,
Tybee businesses and individuals.

The following are sponsorship details:

Non-profits are encouraged to contribute $25.
Their names and phone numbers will be listed
on the cover of the video and in the rolling
credits at the end of the video. They will also
receive a free copy of the video. Additional
copies will be available for non-profit sponsors
for $5.00 each.

Businesses are encouraged to contribute $50.
Their names and phone numbers will be listed
on the cover of the video and in the rolling
credits at the end of the video. They will also
receive a free copy of the video.  Additional
copies will be available for business sponsors
for $5.00 each.

Individuals are encouraged to contribute $25.
Their names will be listed in the rolling credits at
the end of the video or they may chose to
remain anonymous. They will receive a free copy
of the video.  Additional copies will be available
for individual sponsors for $5.00 each.

Please email if you'd like to be a sponsor or
need more information.

Thanks for your support of this important
community project.