1736 Magazine - Vision for the Future

FINAL WORDS
Time to
experience
the changes
TONY BERNADOS, PRESIDENT
When we launched this
magazine two years ago,
we knew it would not be
published forever. If we
were able to accomplish
our original mission,
(simply put) the urgent need to assemble would no
longer exist. The mission of the magazine was to
chronicle the rebirth of Augusta’s downtown, to
facilitate a movement among community leaders
and business owners and to hold ourselves and
elected officials accountable to the promise and
evidence of progress.
Over the past 2 years, we have helped you wrap
your arms around the mind-boggling developments
shaping our skyline, introduced you to
countless local influencers that have passionately
and tirelessly navigated through red, white
and blue (and every other color) tape to bring
commerce, dining and entertainment to our
downtown, shared stories of conservationists
protecting our natural resources and history amid
all the change, provided multiple artist renderings
of what our city could, would or should look
like, covered the rise and the fall of pivotal real
estate transactions and in each edition graded
the progression of Public Safety, Government,
Housing, Parking, Development, Infrastructure,
Arts and Culture and finally, Commerce.
Through these pages we have demonstrated
how Augusta has grown from the Garden City to
the Cyber City virtually “busting at the seams”
with potential.
What you may not have known is how farreaching
the magazine became. In addition to
being part of The Augusta Chronicle Sunday
newspaper, the magazine was also mailed to
2,500 C- and V-level executives throughout the
Augusta region, delivered to every site selection
committee in the U.S. and sent to our elected
officials in Atlanta — all in the hopes of sharing
the limitless potential and progress of our
community.
As this final edition tells the story of what was
once old is new again, it is my hope that you not
settle for reading about the progress and development,
rather you experience the change yourself.
If you haven’t ventured downtown lately, what
are you waiting for? If you are waiting for an invitation,
consider yourself invited by all the local
shops, bars and restaurants.
See you there.
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