(AUGUSTA, GA) Community-wide meeting slated for Tuesday, April 26, 6 pm at Beulah Grove Baptist Church. All are invited to hear an update on revitalization efforts for Laney Walker/Bethlehem, including an update on Heritage Pine, future development along Wrightsboro Road, and the upcoming BLOCKS ARE BEAUTIFUL celebration slated for Saturday, May 7
www.heritagepineaugusta.com
(AUGUSTA, GA) Paine College announces its “New and Emerging Writers-in-Residence Workshop” for rising junior and senior high scool students. Applications are due May 1 for the weekly residency program which will run June 20 – June 24.
www.paine.edu/events/writers/default.aspx
(AUGUSTA, GA) Heritage Pine development opens new block of housing construction along 11th Street. With sales on Pine Street happening as fast as builders can build and with three duplexes on Florence Street nearing completion, the Augusta Housing Department has given the go-ahead to three builders to construct 10 more houses in Heritage Pine, including an entirely new section along 11th Street.
www.heritagepineaugusta.com
(AUGUSTA, GA) The East Central Georgia Regional Library is celebrating National Poetry Month with readings from local poets (and wine sipping) on April 22 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm and a Young Adult Poetry Slam on April 29 from 5:30 to 7:30. Free and open to the public
www.ecgrl.public.lib.ga.us
(AUGUSTA, GA) The Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History has just kicked off an exhibition on African American Golfers, to run from April 1 through May 31.
www.lucycraftlaneymuseum.com
(AUGUSTA, GA) Summech, a seasoned regional residential developer based in Atlanta, will begin shortly on the first of five new single-family homes at Heritage Pine along Pine Street. Delivery is slated for this fall.
www.heritagepineaugusta.com
(AUGUSTA, GA) Saturday Market on the River cranks up again Saturday, April 16 and will run through October, 8 am to 2 pm. The hugely popular weekly event is the brainchild of Augusta’s Downtown Development Authority.
www.theaugustamarket.com
(AUGUSTA, GA) Augusta’s Salvation Army Kroc Center, a $100 million mega-community arts, education and exercise center, is 85 percent complete and on schedule for its August 6th opening.
www.krocaugusta.org
www.augustatomorrow.org
(AUGUSTA, GA) BLOCKS ARE BEAUTIFUL, The first annual Laney Walker/Bethlehem revitalization celebration will be held May 7 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Pine Street. The event will feature live entertainment, family fun, a Southern Soul Food Cook-Off, a raffle, and tours of the Heritage Pine development. www.heritagepineaugusta.com
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