Augusta Tomorrow outlines '2035 Vision' with riverfront, trails and canopy goals to North Augusta council

Augusta Tomorrow executive director Lauren Dallas presented the finished '2035 Vision' master plan to the North Augusta City Council at a study session on Nov. 10, 2025, describing a 10-year strategy to knit downtowns on both sides of the Savannah River and to boost everyday amenities, tree cover and riverfront activity.

"The city of joyful exploration," Dallas said, summarizing the plan's guiding vision for the two downtowns to become places where people linger and explore rather than simply pass through (presentation beginning SEG 752). The study, begun in 2022 with funding and stakeholder participation from both cities and outside partners, identifies four high-level moves: a five-minute downtown (park once and walk), a Green Ribbon trail loop to connect trail systems, a 'rippled edge' strategy to activate the riverfront, and a Canopy Network to restore the urban tree canopy.

The plan…