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Azalea Development reduces convention-center SPLOST ask to $18 million; parking deck not included

5342801 · July 9, 2025
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Summary

Representatives for the Azalea Development and the Augusta Convention Center said their SPLOST request was reduced from over $30 million to $18 million to add meeting space; parking-deck costs would be a separate request estimated around $10 million.

A representative for Azalea Development updated the Augusta City Commission on the Augusta Convention Center expansion request and said the current SPLOST ask has been reduced to $18,000,000 from a previously stated figure above $30,000,000.

The change matters for SPLOST 9 planning because the reduced amount would fund an expansion to add meeting space while…

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