1736 Magazine - Fall 2018
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Ironwood’s best selling point, however, is its<br />
riverfront location and direct access to the North<br />
Augusta Greeneway, the city’s<br />
seven-mile urban trail system.<br />
“It’s a built-in amenity for<br />
us, so we can offer something<br />
that nobody else has,” Jackson<br />
said. “We’re really the only<br />
development on the water.”<br />
LIV also is developing similar<br />
apartment communities in<br />
Nashville, Tenn.; Chattanooga,<br />
Tenn.; Charlotte, N.C.; Myrtle<br />
Beach, S.C.; and in its hometown<br />
of Birmingham.<br />
The GreenJackets inaugural<br />
season at the new ballpark<br />
was a success, club Vice<br />
President Tom Denlinger said,<br />
with attendance averaging<br />
around 4,000 people per game.<br />
The club is trying to market the facility in the<br />
off-season to provide year-round entertainment.<br />
“SRP Park is built as a community venue and<br />
It’s a lifestyle<br />
that really no one<br />
around here has<br />
ever seen before.<br />
Amber Hobbs<br />
our goal at the end of the day is to utilize it for<br />
things outside baseball,” he said. “We’re open<br />
365 days a year from our Wow<br />
club conference space to renting<br />
the stadium and those kinds of<br />
things. We have fun things in<br />
store.”<br />
Mayor Pettit said he believes<br />
the investment in Riverside<br />
Village will radiate back toward<br />
the city’s older neighborhoods<br />
and central business district.<br />
“I can’t help but believe that<br />
Georgia Avenue and nearby<br />
established residential areas<br />
will experience redevelopment<br />
and new and exciting growth,”<br />
he said. “People are excited<br />
about what’s happening along<br />
the river and throughout North<br />
Augusta. And I’m excited about<br />
the possibilities, and ready to see it happen.” •<br />
NOW IS THE TIME<br />
Vince Lombardi probably said it best: “Individual commitment to a group effort –<br />
that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization<br />
work.” Those words speak volumes when you apply them to Augusta’s downtown.<br />
TOGETHER, we can be part of something remarkable for our city. TOGETHER,<br />
we see the potential. TOGETHER, we know it is within our grasp.<br />
JOIN US TO BUILD A NETWORK TO CREATE MOMENTUM<br />
To learn more about how you can participate,<br />
Tony Bernados 706-821-6602 • tbernados@augustachronicle.com<br />
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