The City of Tybee Island seeks qualified proposals in unified design and improvement concepts for the City’s Memorial Park. Memorial Park is a critical element in maintaining Tybee Island as a residential community in the face of increasing populations and visitation from outside the community. The community seeks a master plan that unites these disparate uses and enhances the aesthetics and functionality of the park. The City plans to move the Fire Station out of the park, and is investigating the potential re-location of the Tybee Island Maritime Academy, a public K-8 charter school, into a new facility that would be built within the park boundaries. The City also wants to explore enhancement or replacement of recreation facilities and amenities currently managed by the YMCA. Tybee Island is experiencing buildout, more complex redevelopment projects, and a consistent visitor stream. With our aging population, the design needs to be multi-generational. The city needs to ensure any plans for Memorial Park are consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, the Land Development Code (LDC), and anticipate the community’s current and future needs. In Spring of 2025, the City hosted an Urban Land Institute Technical Assistance Panel (ULI-TAP) to create a vision for Memorial Park. The ULI-TAP report is included.
