It will be another two weeks before Augusta Commissioners take on the Trade, Exhibit, and Events (TEE) Center. Commissioners were scheduled to take up the trade center at their meeting Tuesday afternoon but decided to delay any action until their next meeting.

A new hotel for downtown has been on the drawing board for months. Plans call for a 130-room Hyatt Place Hotel, and business center. But now, a player in the hotel deal says the Commission troubles with the TEE Center could have the hotel checking out before ever breaking ground. WJBF News Channel 6’s George Eskola has the story.

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.

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.

It was supposed to be a chance to re-energize discussion about the proposed Trade, Exhibit and Events (or TEE) Center. The multi-million dollar venture has been taking hits from some Augusta, Georgia Commissioners, as of late. A special called meeting was planned for Thursday, but some Commissioners argued they couldn’t be there because of previous engagements or appointments.

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.

It’s a big box to provide space for conventions and trade shows, The ‘TEE’ Center, short for Trade Exhibit and Events Center.  It was a big priority when Augusta officials put in on the sales tax list in 2005 and voters approved $20 million for it. Now, Commissioners are looking at another sales tax and the ‘TEE’ Center is back in line, looking for $20 million more. WJBF News Channel 6’s George Eskola has more.