Downtown replacement storefronts discussed

With the sound of an excavator from across the street, a group met Thursday afternoon in the Jesup Depot to talk about the look for the storefronts that will be built to replace those lost in the Aug. 4 downtown fire.

Cleanup has begun, and Van Williamson plans to start construction on the replacement building as soon as the cleanup is completed. He said the lot should be cleaned of the fire debris by the end of the week.

The Williamson family members were on hand to hear from community leaders and Julien de Rocher, a community design specialist from the Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA).

Williamson said he plans to build a steel structure to replace the lost building that was built nearly 100 years ago. He said he is willing to listen to ideas of how the fronts of the stores should look so that the downtown appearance might be enhanced.

We want the downtown to be vibrant and pretty. We will do whatever design we come up with, Williamson said.

Members of the Jesup City Council and the Jesup Downtown Development Authority attended the session as did mayoral candidate David Earl Keith and County Board of Commissioners candidate and former Jesup mayor Herb Shaw.

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Downtown replacement storefronts discussed