When the Palmetto Parkway extension opens in late 2009 or early 2010, its most important role will be to help vehicles travel around the metro Augusta area. But a secondary role, officials say, will be to help stimulate economic growth.
As rooftops continue to rise in Hammond's Ferry, developers say the expansion of public areas within the community will be a major goal this year.
A mixed-used development planned for a site along the Savannah River near U.S. Highway 1 cleared the North Augusta Planning Commission recently and will go before the city council for approval next month.
Booming growth and its management will again be the themes for North Augusta in 2008, officials say.
North Augusta will soon have a new city map that will highlight community features such as subdivisions, schools, parks and cemeteries.
North Augusta Planning Commission decided Thursday to recommend that only half the acreage of riverfront land near River Oak Drive get rezoned from open space preservation to planned development.
During a recent study session, the North Augusta City Council agreed to accept a $53,000 donation from the North Augusta Sertoma Club to expand the dining room of the city's Department of Public Safety hut.
The North Augusta Planning Commission tabled a vote concerning further development of the city's riverfront in a Thursday meeting.
The idea of Hammond's Ferry is to return to a former way of life, a simpler time when neighbors visited on front porches and children spent afternoons biking and skateboarding in the streets. It will be an old way of life, but mingled with the modern technologies and conveniences that today's families have become accustomed to.
Tenants and developers of Jackson Square will play host to a grand-opening celebration and ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday at the downtown North Augusta building.
