Zoo Atlanta officials say they need to raise $500,000 to keep their popular giant pandas.

Zoo Atlanta officials say they need to raise $500,000 to keep their popular giant pandas.

Officials report progress on leasing 2,500 acres within Savannah River Site that could be marketed as an energy park or a possible site for a commercial nuclear power plant.

It was Augusta to the rescue when the state closed the Golf and Gardens, last year.. But, after a year of being open as a public park, the future of the downtown attraction is now in doubt. WJBF News Channel 6’s George Eskola has the story.

The city of Augusta came to the rescue of the Botanical Gardens this year after state funding ran out. But the city’s financial troubles could spell trouble for the city park.