Gullah Geechee residents of Sapelo Island are taking their zoning concerns to the Georgia Supreme Court.
Attorneys for Barbara Bailey, Christopher Bailey and Stanley Walker last week filed a notice of appeal of the Sept. 25, 2024, order that stopped the already in-progress special election about a controversial zoning decision on Sapelo Island. The stop-the-vote order came after more than 800 McIntosh County residents had cast ballots in early voting.
Sapelo’s Hogg Hummock area is inhabited by descendants of enslaved West Africans and is the last Gullah Geechee community on a Georgia barrier island. Zoning approved in September 2023 allows bigger, taller houses, which residents fear will force out Sapelo descendants in favor of wealthy developers.
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