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Local developer asks Columbus City Council to study river-surfing feature on Chattahoochee
Summary
A private group led by John Turner presented a proposal for a world-class river-surfing feature on the Chattahoochee River and asked the council to consider funding engineering and permitting studies in the FY2026 budget to refine costs and enable fundraising.
John Turner, a local river-development advocate, told the Columbus City Council on May 13 that private fundraising and earlier river projects have already driven economic development along the Chattahoochee and that a new river-surfing feature could further boost tourism.
Turner described river surfing as “Think surfing on a surfboard only miles from any coastline,” and said experts told him Columbus’s proposed site between the 13th Street and 14th Street bridges could be “one of the best in the world.” He asked the city to consider providing funding in the FY2026 budget for additional engineering and permitting studies so the…
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