Since 1982, Augusta Tomorrow has envisioned the City of Augusta as a progressive urban area. The Urban Area Master Plans have resulted in the completion of many projects, such as: the Riverwalk on the Savannah levee, Lafayette Center Redevelopment of the entire north side of the 900 block of Broad Street, the Augusta Riverfront Project (Marriott Hotel, Convention Center, and Riverfront Center) and the Augusta Common – with much more to come.
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is recommending the removal of the training wall in the Savannah River. The wall, which runs down the center of the river for more than a mile through Augusta and North Augusta, was built in the early 20th Century to aid commercial navigation. According to a Army Corps release, commercial traffic on the Savannah......
07 April, 2020
Department of Defense travel restrictions will delay the mid-June arrival of Army Cyber Command to Fort Gordon, but the command says its move will still be completed on time. Deputy Secretary of Defense David L. Norquist on March 14 approved travel restrictions that halt all domestic travel – including permanent change of station and temporary duty – from March 16......
27 March, 2020
American Airlines expands Augusta service with second direct-to-Dallas flight. American Airlines on Thursday began its second nonstop daily flight from Augusta to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. The second flight into DFW – American Airlines’ largest hub – will give business travelers greater flexibility when traveling to meetings in the Midwest and West Coast, and provide leisure travelers a launchpad to......
06 March, 2020
Jonathan Aceves has seen a lot of changes in the 13 years he’s lived in Olde Town, and he welcomes the latest one. “There are a lot of young people who are moving into Olde Town. There is a lot of excitement from young professionals about living in Olde Town, and a lot of that is happening on the northern......
10 February, 2020
A new $15 million mixed-use multi-family/retail development is to be built along James Brown Boulevard in the historic Laney Walker/Bethlehem neighborhood. The project was announced Thursday at the Ellis St. office of Sherman & Hemstreet Real Estate Co., who is partnering with Augusta Housing and Community Development in creating this development. Sherman & Hemstreet president Joe Edge said the new......
06 February, 2020
Upscale apartments planned for downtown are part of multi-family boom. The southeast corner of 10th and Ellis was the epicenter of Jack Connell’s business empire. It’s where the legislator held court with everyone from judges to janitors at the Sandwich City diner. It’s where his Merchants Credit Bureau agency still operates. But by the middle of next year, the corner......
18 January, 2020
