Augusta is planning a major redevelopment of the city’s historic inner city neighborhoods. Along with the new trade center, the revitalization project will use money from a dollar a night hotel room fee as a source of funding. The trade center will be a tourist draw, but will the inner city be? WJBF News Channel 6’s George Eskola has the story.

There were no answered prayers Tuesday for an Augusta church. Augusta Commissioners did not vote on a rezoning to allow for a church on Hopkins Street.

Stalled for months, Augusta Commissioners voted to take some steps to get the TEE Center and neighborhood revitalization projects moving. The city will bring in some expert help for financing, and will take a detailed look at one of the biggest concerns with the trade center proposal. WJBF News Channel 6’s George Eskola has the story.

The TEE Center is going back before Augusta city leaders, on Tuesday, as Commissioners look at new recommendations to get the stalled trade center moving again. One potential problem has been the City Administrator’s recommendation for a $17 million parking deck for the TEE Center project, but that deck is no longer considered the only solution for the center’s parking needs. WJBF News Channel 6’s George Eskola has the story.

Augusta Commissioner Betty Beard is taking a beating over the condition of a house she rents in the inner city. It’s been cited for code violations. Beard says she will be taking action to correct the situation, but even with this housing problem swirling, she is trying to take action on another housing issue that has city leaders deeply divided. WJBF News Channel 6’s George Eskola has the story.

It’s been stalled for a month and has bitterly divided Augusta Commissioners, but city leaders have ended some of their disagreements and directed City Administrator Fred Russell to get progress moving on a trade center. WJBF News Channel 6’s George Eskola has the story.

Five Augusta Commissioners skipped a called meeting to talk about the proposed Trade, Exhibit, and Events Center (TEE) Center. So what does that mean? Count on WJBF News Channel 6’s Fraendy Clervaud for the story.

It was a special called meeting to work out a compromised financial plan for completing the TEE Center, and revitalizing the city historic neighborhoods. But, no compromise and no action because half the Augusta Commission did not attend. News Channel 6’s George Eskola has the story.

After the financial plan for the TEE Center went down in flames, some city leaders say it’s time to take another look at the tax approved two years ago to pay for its operation and to kick start revitalization in Augusta’s Historic neighborhoods. WJBF Channel 6’s George Eskola has the story.

It was a bold plan to find the dollars to complete construction of the Trade Exhibit and Events (TEE) Center and jump start revitalization in Augusta’s historic Inner city neighborhoods. But, in a stunning vote, city leaders rejected the proposal. WJBF News Channel 6’s George Eskola has the story.

Voters approved $20 million for Augusta’s new TEE Center, in the 2005 sales tax, but that’s not enough to complete the project. But, city leaders are proposing a financing plan that will get the stalled center moving forward. WJBF News Channel 6’s George Eskola has the story.