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COMMUNITY 78 | THE NEWCOMERS GUIDE: GREATER AUGUSTA
BY REBECCA ROGERS Director of Marketing and Public Relations, Augusta Canal Discovery Center I WOULDN’T BLAME NEWCOMERS FOR THINKING AUGUSTA HAS A BIT OF AN IDENTITY CRISIS. Just what, exactly, do we call ourselves around here? Is it Augusta, Greater Augusta, Augusta-Richmond County, or, that mouthful of dissonant consonants and vowels, the CSRA? So here’s an explainer for both newbies and townies: The original colonial town founded in 1736 by Englishman James Oglethorpe. Named for a European princess who never set foot in Georgia. In 1995 Augusta and the county of Richmond consolidated as one government. There’s still some confusion about what to call it, though. We’re protected by the Richmond County Sheriff, our fires are doused by Augusta-Richmond Fire Rescue trucks, and we are governed by Augusta Commissioners. And, just to keep it interesting, there are two little towns - Blythe and Hephzbah- that didn’t join the party and consolidate with the rest of the county. An old nickname for Augusta, dating to the days when wellto-do Northerners vacationed in town and built homes with resplendent gardens, some of which can still be seen in the area called the Hill or Summerville. or Central Savannah River Area: Back in 1950 the city paper threw a contest to come up with a regional handle. And the winner was…drumroll, please… The Central Savannah River Area, which was almost immediately reduced to the sibilant set of syllables, the C.S.R.A. Catchy, ain’t it? Recently there’s been a push to start using “Augusta’s River Region” instead. This hasn’t caught on, but we can hope. Columbia is the second largest county in the CSRA (and gaining fast) Today it’s primarily a bedroom community where most of its residents earn their livings in nearby Augusta (or Augusta-Richmond County, if you please), Fort Gordon, or the Savannah River Site. COMMUNITY Not an official place, it’s an area generally referred to as south of Augusta’s Gordon Highway. Recent rebranding effort underway to label it as SOGO, as in South of Gordon. A real place. And not in Augusta, or even in Georgia. North Augusta, South Carolina is just across the Savannah River from downtown Augusta, located in Aiken County. It is it’s own town, with a mayor and all of that. But, whatever you choose to call our region, we’re glad you’ve decided to call it home. www.The<strong>NewcomersGuide</strong>.com | 79
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