(AUGUSTA, GA) Videos featuring the winners of this year’s National Planning Excellence Awards, including a video on Laney Walker/Bethlehem, can now be found on the American Planning Association website: www.planning.org/awards/2013/. Laney Walker/Bethlehem was also featured in the April issue of Planning Magazine: http://magazine.planning.org/publication/?i=154345&p=39.
(AUGUSTA, GA) The City of Augusta, the Augusta Regional Collaboration project, and ArtSpace have launched a community-wide survey to get broad input on needs to better promote arts and culture in the city. To take part in the survey, go the following link:
http://www.artspaceaugusta.org/
(AUGUSTA, GA) The Heritage Pine Home Owners’ Association will hold its monthly meeting on Monday, May 20th. This one is going to be a bit different. The informal meeting in the parking lot facing Laney Walker between Pine Street and Eleventh Street. Commissioner Bill Fennoy will provide an update on the Laney Walker streetscape improvements. Then homeowners will paint a wall in the neighborhood to spruce up the overall appearance.
www.heritagepineaugusta.com
(AUGUSTA, GA) The Greater Augusta Arts Council, which hosts the Annual Arts in the Heart Festival, just announced that this year’s 33rd annual festival, to take place September 20-22, will focus on the celebration of community in order to bring awareness to the abundant diversity of the City of Augusta.
http://www.augustaarts.com/
This week’s mayoral YouTube video features Molly McDowell speaking on the Artspace Launch, Westabou and the upcoming Color Run with Mayor Deke Copenhaver.
http://youtu.be/Sx99KnSKLTU?hd=1
(AUGUSTA, GA) Historic Augusta is highlighting its annual Cotton Ball, a tradition in Augusta since 1988. This casual affair will be held this year on Thursday, May 16 from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm. and will take place in the gardens surrounding the home of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond John Doumar, located at 2644 Henry Street.
www.historicaugusta.org
(AUGUSTA, GA) Sheridan Glaze, Executive Director of the New Bethlehem Community Center, announces open enrollment for Computer Literacy Classes (to begin May 7) and for Summer Camp (to begin June 3).
(AUGUSTA, GA) The Morris Museum of Art is holding is Music at the Morris, featuring Shannon Whitworth for a special mix of Southern blues and Americana music. Sunday, May 19, 2:00 pm. FREE.
www.themorris.org
(AUGUSTA, GA) The Downtown Development Authority announced the beginning of an aggressive retail recruitment initiative for the urban core. Chairman Cameron Nixon says, “This is the natural next step in our revitalization strategy."
http://www.myaugustadowntown.com/
(AUGUSTA, GA) Southpoint Media will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new Augusta location Thursday, June 6th at 11 a.m. at historic Enterprise Mill, 1450 Greene Street, Suite 80. This new office will be South Point Media’s second location, and is their first outside of the firm’s Savannah home on Broughton Street. Southpoint Media is a web design firm founded in 2004 by Brad Morrison, a technology entrepreneur with more than 15 years experience in the industry. For more information call 706.403.4473 or visit www.southpointmedia.com.
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