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Name: Myrna Doman on Mar 7, 2013Comments: North Augusta cannot handle the traffic.Flag
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Name: Craig Bannecke on Mar 7, 2013Comments: I would prefer the city focus it's effort toward a better high school. I can't see North Augusta committing to a 30 year bond when our high school doesn't have 30 years left in it. Additionally if the Green Jacket baseball team did not generate this kind of economic development in Augusta why will it generate this kind of economic development in North Augusta. The people who come to the games are not going to stay in the new Hotel.Flag
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Name: Eugen on Mar 8, 2013Comments: Don't destroy our town.Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Mar 8, 2013Comments: Why should a new baseball stadium be built in North Augusta or anywhere else in the CSRA? The area residents don't fill the existing one! It would be another White Elephant like the Georgia Golf & Gardens. Aiken County & North Augusta tax payers will be paying for it for years. When someone needs "smoke & mirrors" to explain how Project Jackson benefits the tax payers then there is probably something fishy going on! Thank-you to the Aiken County Council members that voted against locking the county into funding this throught the year 2046!Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Mar 8, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Carol Doman on Mar 8, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Chris Cable on Mar 9, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Blair Baker on Mar 9, 2013Comments: Another area would be best. Please not along the riverfront.Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Mar 9, 2013Comments: Development along a beautiful natural resource is never an easy undertaking. What often looks good on paper turns out to be the ugliest thing ever...i.e.: the "luxury condos" along the 13th Street bridge that look like tenement housing in Detroit. I think we have a mayor so bent on leaving a legacy that his judgement has become clouded. There are LOTS of undeveloped areas in and around North Augusta that would be better suited for the sheer volume of traffic this project would require, starting immediately in the construction phase. Having personally been through all levels of minor league professional baseball, I can tell you the hotel would not be used for clamoring fans of low-A ball players. Besides locals, the only people that travel to see these 17-21 year old kids play are their parents. The odds of seeing a kid destined for the Big Leagues are astronomically small. Do we want another hotel in the CSRA that is full one week a year? Why pave over one of the prettiest, most accessible areas along the river? I encourage everyone reading comments to pay attention to Lark Jones's comments for the last month or two. Volunteering church parking lots, stating our schools will not have much growth in the next 30 years, the sheer magnitude of development will not affect Hammond's Ferry or the Brick Ponds, the citizens of NA have no voice because that's what the elected officials are for.. the list goes on.Flag
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Name: Sarah Pawlowski on Mar 9, 2013Comments: What a waste of one of the prettiest places in North Augusta.Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Mar 9, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Brenda Bell on Mar 9, 2013Comments: My concerns include: 1. Increased traffic for an area not conducive to the increase (small residental area with limited outlet; potential for back-up along 15th Street Bridge and Ga Avenue during time fans would arrive (5 PM traffic) and leave the proposed ball field. 2. Increased noise factor from ball field during events added to noise factor already from Lions Field and Riverview Park during their activities. 3. Loss of habitat for wildlife. Habitat already altered with Hammonds Ferry development causing wildllife to seek refuge/food further up the hill into town as well as further along the river bank. My neighborhood sees deer daily, along with more possum, raccoon, and hawks. Unfortunately, one deer charged my car causing much damage to the car and causing his death. 4. Increased potential for illegal activities (break-ins, muggings, drug traffic). 5. Lack of benefit TO THE COMMUNITY. Those who are pushing for the ball field may see personal benefit, but who else? 6. I do not want any money earmarked for the school system to be involved in this development. Our school system in SC is already deplorable. How can you even THINK about diverting money away from it? 7. Using TIF grant money for the ballfield is an abuse of the grant. This land is not impoverished, poor, in need of development, or in need of any funds that come through or from the tax payer in any way. 8. If the Green Jackets are going to bring in so much profit to the area, why isn't Augusta fighting to keep them? 9. What money do you see flowing into NA from the ballfield? No one is going to stay in a hotel before or after a game. People who come to the games are more interested in hot dogs and fries than in a local restuarant. Where's the profit for NA? I have no problem with the original proposal for development of the residential and shopping area along the river. The idea, as originally explained, would offer a complete residential area that could fill the needs of retirement era residents. That should be sufficient. Why not put baseball along the interstate?Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Mar 11, 2013Comments: Why don't we put this to a vote by the citizens of North Augusta.Flag
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Name: Ruth A. Johnson on Mar 11, 2013Comments: A baseball stadium in North Augusta woiuld be fine but not next to residential homes as are on the river. Where would people park that come to games? Choose another spot.Flag
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Name: Jennifer Bannece on Mar 12, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Patti Callan on Mar 16, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: George Batten on May 3, 2013Comments: As of 5/3/13 it appears the City still wants the stadium for additional tax revenues. If the stadium is not built the City says they will have to raise our taxes without the additional revenues!Flag
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Name: Michael Erskine on May 17, 2013Comments: Native resident of North AugustaFlag
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