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future mixed-use development with restaurant and co-working space. The property’s proximity to Center Street – the main gateway to Riverside Village – makes it a crucial linkage between the old downtown and the newer riverfront development. It also could give visitors another reason to venture from The Greeneway – named for Tom Greene, the former mayor of North Augusta and a founding member of North Augusta Forward – into the city center. “We see that as kind of a pivot point,” Spears-Mahoney said. “Connecting to Riverside Village isn’t as easy as it sounds, just because of the topography. It’s not as walkable as one would think.” Another major component of the plan is using trees and landscaping to make Georgia Avenue – the main link between downtown North Augusta and downtown Augusta – more inviting. Spears-Mahoney said streetscape improvements could have a traffic-calming effect. “We’re trying to slow traffic a little bit without narrowing the road,” she said. “We know that people are coming and going for a reason, but we just want them to take notice of the businesses and realize they’re in a place that is unique and different.” The strategic plan noted North Augusta’s downtown needs more restaurants and specialty businesses, which could easily be housed in the district’s 35,000-square-feet of vacant commercial space, especially if the larger buildings were redeveloped into multi-unit properties. North Augusta Forward’s plan says the city loses more than $11 million in full-service restaurant revenue alone. The plan said downtown North Augusta could support up to five additional restaurants, eight coffee shop/snack businesses and two to three specialty boutiques based on current population projections, which forecast 950 new households The view looking north on Georgia Avenue in downtown North Augusta. [SPECIAL] 40 | 1736magazine.com 0818_T_38_AM____.indd 40 7/29/2019 4:22:11 PM
An artist rendering depicts a re-landscaped Georgia Avenue in downtown North Augusta. [SPECIAL] 1736magazine.com | 41 0818_T_38_AM____.indd 41 7/29/2019 4:22:19 PM
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