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Medical Community to benefit from downtown expansion

Horizon Group Investments in Atlanta White's Building confirms tenants In early April, a restaurant, coffee shop and professional offices will throw open their doors on the ground floor. Residents will begin moving into the 17 condominium units on the third floor. The commercial floor will include the Downtown Development Authority, a sheriff's substation, a Meybohm Realtors sales office and a tax-preparation office. Developers are also negotiating with a tenant who would open a European-style market with fresh produce and some groceries in the adjacent Doris Building. All condominium units on the second and third floors should be completed by August. The building will have 51 condominiums. A connected building on Ellis Street also will be redeveloped. When finished, it will hold another 30 condos. Mr. Loudermilk said Horizon has its eyes on other downtown properties, including a boarded-up, two-story building on the southwest corner of Ellis and Ninth streets. Horizon will soon have a contract to purchase the building, which might become townhomes with garages, Mr. Loudermilk said. "There's nothing like that downtown," Mr. Loudermilk said. He said the townhomes might be built as "smart homes," with remote controls for all the appliances and features.

J.B. Whites building will be open for business at the beginning of April

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/020908/bus_186789.shtml Five banks coming to metro augusta. 2 in augusta, 2 in martinez, and 1 in evans The Columbia-based banking corporation First Citizens Bank and Trust Co. will have two of those locations open by Feb. 20. The other three will be ready in 2009. Mr. Mobley said more branch locations in the Augusta area are being considered.

Aiken's cool lifestyle attracts Californians

Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History plans for expansion "Our long term goal ... is to acquire a state of the art expansion. It is our vision to make the Lucy Craft Laney museum a museum that one can come to and really enjoy."

Hospital projects gear up with 300 million dollar investment DOCTORS HOSPITAL Includes: 90,000-square-foot front tower housing a 24-bed intensive care unit; powerhouse relocation; additional operating room; renovations for the Joseph M. Still Burn Center Investment: $55 million Scheduled completion: Mid-2010 MCG HEALTH Includes: 59,000-square-foot outpatient cancer center; renovations to women's health, neurology, cardiovascular, waiting rooms; equipment additions and upgrades Investment: $135 million Scheduled completion: Late 2009 UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL Includes: 199,000-square-foot cardiovascular center for all heart services; outpatient center; renovation and expansion of operating rooms Investment: $94 million Scheduled completion: Early 2009

Deal to clean up, patrol downtown Sidewalk cleaners, hospitality ambassadors and safety patrols will be roaming downtown Augusta streets later this month. Downtown will be on another level this year and 09. Martin Luther King Memorial planned for downtown http://www.wjbf.com/midatlantic/jbf/news_i...01-31-0001.html

Augusta commissioners tackle public transportation Progress in Hyde Park; still a ways to go

Mayor Copenhaver Comments On Dog Park Plans

Board of Regents supports MCG expansion MCG expansion plan moves forward 10th street project downtown growing pains socaguy try again. it should take you to the article. Its about downtown business owner's that want the project done by april in time for the master's. But here is another article that talks about the growth downtown Sluski Building, woolworth building, whites building, the old remodeled Gilbert Furniture Building, Green Building, and even the home of the departed Blue Horse Music Hall are undergoing significant improvements. ''These developments in Augusta's central business district point to our growing reputation, both regionally and nationally, said Mayor Copenhaver in a phone interview, adding that there are several developers in Atlanta who are keeping a watchful eye on Augusta as a promising place to invest.'' http://www.metrospirit.com/index.php?cat=1...4&Year=2007

Richmond county bridges start construction a meeting between the Georgia Department of Transportation and Richmond County has been scheduled for the end of this month. The agenda will be to decide the future and fate of the Fifth Street Bridge. Plans for a new bridge on Willis Foreman Road are in their final stages. Work on the new bridge should begin in July and take eight months to complete.

families get new homes in inner city rebuilding effort Two families get new homes in inner city rebuilding effort The families moving in these homes are first time homeowners. It's an effort to rebuild historic inner-city Augusta and today is the start. Two families move into two new homes, the first two homes of up to 20 homes. And here's the plan: Antioch Ministries -- the developer -- plans to build some of those other homes between R.A. Dent and Wrightsboro Road. Those homes cost between $100,000 and $150,000.

Georgia Total Population July 1, 2007 9,544,750 July 1, 2006 9,342,080 July 1, 2005 9,107,719 Population Estimates July 1, 2007 (July 1, 2006) 9,544,750 (9,342,080) Change, 2006 to 2007 Number (Percent) 202,670 (2.2) Only california and texas gain more people than GA from 2006 to 2007.

Broad Street loft thrills Augustan When Emily Carder returned to Augusta from UGA after graduate school in 2003, she wanted to move downtown but couldn't find a place. She rented an apartment in Columbia County, but she wanted to be able to walk downtown to the market to get fresh vegetables, to meet friends for dinner or drinks, or to listen to music. Living in a downtown loft has enhanced her enjoyment of events such as First Fridays and parades. She and her friends, and her 4-year-old dog, Gable, take in the action from her small balcony that overlooks Broad Street. Ms. Carder, co-owner of a music business in Augusta, moved into her apartment in 2005. This is the living room of the loft apartment on Broad Street in Augusta. The master bath has a sunflower theme. The dining area is part of the great room in Ms. Carder's apartment. Ms. Carder said her favorite feature in the room is the exposed brick wall. Emily Carder makes full use of the spacious kitchen in her apartment on Broad Street. She frequently has friends over for dinner and has family specialties she likes to prepare. The apartment is in the old Cullum's Department Store building in the 700 block of Broad Street.

Fund will push downtown improvements Public safety bike patrols and maintenance personnel on carts will hit downtown streets on the day after Valentine's Day. A downtown Business Improvement District is in effect, but the improvements won't begin until the middle of February. The BID covers 30 blocks of downtown Augusta. Improvements are sidewalk cleaning, security, graffiti removal, beautification and trash collection. The additional tax assessment would create a $337,000 fund to pay for the services above and beyond what the city provides.

Harrisburg residents excited about proposed downtown expansion. The kroc center must be about to start construction. There is alot of talk about redevelopment in harrisburg. Augusta is about to boom. If its not already. Because of significant attention to improve historic areas. Areas that were once depressed and run-down. Now will be major corridors and catalyst. To the future of downtown Laney walker, bethlehem, harrisburg, old towne, east boundary The Downtown Development Authority wants to add the harrisburg neighborhood to downtown. "Work on the abandoned houses, sidewalks, street lights. We're looking to get historic signs put up. "These areas are prime for housing, they're gateways that need to be cleaned up," said Executive Director Margaret Woodard. The new boundaries would expand downtown west to Milledge Road, East to Bobby Jones, and also include Harrisburg and the MCG and Paine College area. Woodard believes downtown will grow in the coming years, and so the neighborhoods need to be ready for people to move in. She says once people move in, so will new businesses. Now the board will go to the commission and try to get the plan approved. The existing downtown area The proposed downtown area The existing downtown area (red) and the proposed downtown area (yellow and red)

Downtown Augusta one step closer to expansion The Downtown Development Authority voted unanimously Thursday to expand the city boundaries. The plan is to expand downtown east to Bobby Jones, west to Milledgeville Road, and south to Wrightsboro Road to include the medical community and Paine College. The plan now has to go before the Augusta commission. Augusta's downtown could take on a new shape and size as early as February or March

Downtown Augusta goes upscale The original molding and stained glass dating back to the 1920s are parts of the skylight in the center of the Nicholas Dickinson & Associates architectural firm on Broad Street. Nicholas Dickinson's architectural firm bought the entire building on the corner of Eighth and Broad and restored it. The W.R. Toole Engineers, Inc. building at 1002 Broad St in Augusta The hallway on the second floor of the W.R. Toole building at 1005 Broad St. blueprints for what will be RW Allen's corporate headquarters, as job superintendent Chuck Wilson (right) makes measurements at the site of the construction in the old Augusta Gallery Office Furniture store on Broad Street. The three-story building housing the newly opened ESI offices features an atrium. A worker for the Metro Construction group loads old wood to throw out during demolition of the JB White's building in downtown Augusta. Construction on the Watermark along the Savannah River is seen from the top of the Wachovia Building in downtown Augusta.

Downtown Development In Aiken "There's just a vibrancy and new energy downtown," said Carla Cloud, Director of Aiken's Downtown Development Association. http://www.nbcaugusta.com/news/local/13146352.html

Columbia County Planning Commission voted Thursday night to recommend the rezoning of 10 acre for use as apartments. This Martinez neighborhood would gain hundreds of new people the land at the corner of Washington and Kroger roads abuts about 20 acres already zoned apartment-residential, according to county records. 312-unit proposed apartment complex an upscale apartment complex targeted to young professionals at an average cost of $900 per month per apartment.

City wants public's input on its plans Beginning Tuesday, the Augusta-Richmond County Planning Commission will play host to a series of open house-style meetings to elicit feedback on its new comprehensive plan, a plan that will guide the city's growth by looking at where the community is, where it wants to go and how it should get there. The plan provides a "general focus for the future development of the city," he said. The scope of the plan includes housing, economic development, transportation, community facilities and services, historic resources, natural resources and green space and land use. "It's good for any community to do it at least once every five years," Mr. DeCamp said. Once complete, the plan will have an "implementation strategy" to take Augusta where its citizens want to go. I hope this means more going up and not out. http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/010308/met_179004.shtml Other news: First big concert for 2008 R. Kelly brings double up tour to augusta. The concert is sold out. Tickets will be $62 dollars. We feel we have the facilities and we want to make sure we continue to bring in the acts that people want, said Gordon. Gordon said several other big acts this year include Alicia Keys rock band Blood, Sweat and Tears. Also, scheduled this month the Augusta Futurity and a play Broadway David Copperfield.

Downtown is hot spot for corporate offices in 2007. Hopefully in 2008 will be even better. 1017-1009 Broad St. will be the future headquarters for R.W. Allen & Associates, one of the region

New Commissioners Sworn In Wednesday Alvin Mason, Corey Johnson, Joe Jackson. One is 45, the other two in their mid thirties. Veteran Commissioner Betty Beard was re-elected as Mayor Pro-Tem. http://www.wjbf.com/midatlantic/jbf/news_i...01-02-0035.html

Graniteville opening 16 million dollar elementary school in fall. Good to see aiken county growing in diffrent parts. I hope we can get some big developments close to lexington county. It would help tying augusta and columbia. Amtrak who wanted to build rail already. Would look even closer http://www.nbcaugusta.com/news/local/12985067.html