PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS

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Grant Applicants

The City of Augusta is the lead applicant for the Laney-Walker Harrisburg Choice Neighborhood Initiative. The Augusta Housing Authority is the co-applicant.

CITY of AUGUSTA

Lead Applicant

Augusta Housing Authority

Co-Applicant

Planning Coordinator

The Planning Coordinator for this project is WRT Planning+Design.

WRT Planning+Design

Planning Coordinator

People Co-Chairs

Community Foundation of the CSRA

For more than 25 years, the Foundation has faithfully connected the philanthropic spirit of the community members with nonprofits and community initiatives to enhance the quality of life for all residents of our region — for today and tomorrow.

Augusta Housing & Community Development Department

The mission of the department is to create positive change by promoting self-sufficiency through partnerships in economic development, quality housing, and neighborhood reinvestment.

ALLEN HOMES RESIDENTS

Allen Homes is one of 13 residential housing sites operated by the Augusta Housing Authority. Allen Homes Residents will play an active role in all phases of the planning process.

People Partners

AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY

Providing leadership and excellence in teaching, discovery, clinical care, and service as a student-centered comprehensive research university and academic health center with a wide range of programs from learning assistance through postdoctoral studies.

Augusta Locally Grown

Augusta Locally Grown is 501c3 non profit organization dedicated to growing the sustainable local food community throughout the Central Savannah River Area. We are committed to the idea that a community is healthiest when it feeds itself. We accomplish this through farmers markets and educational programming.

HARRISBURG FAMILY HEALTHCARE

Honoring individuals and families by providing holistic health care and promoting optimal wellness by connecting them to needed resources.

AUGUSTA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

Improving the economy of Augusta-Richmond County by coordinating an aggressive public/private program to promote redevelopment and growth in Downtown Augusta.

AUGUSTA TOMORROW

Serving the community at large by planning, promoting, and implementing the development of Augusta with particular emphasis on the city center.

GOODWILL INDUSTRIES

Serving our communities and putting people to work.

AUGUSTA TECH

A public postsecondary academic institution that builds a skilled workforce and economically stronger communities through high-quality, innovative, and affordable career-advancing credentials.

RISE AUGUSTA

By helping our most vulnerable students stay in school and succeed in life, we are building stronger, healthier, and more economically stable communities where every person is capable of reaching his or her greatest potential.

PAINE COLLEGE (HBCU)

Paine College emphasizes academic excellence, ethical and spiritual values, social responsibility, and personal development to prepare spiritually centered men and women for positions of leadership and service.

AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY LITERACY CENTER

Augusta University Literacy Center provides children, adolescents, and adults from the Augusta Area with high quality literacy-related educational experiences that promote the development of life-long readers and writers.

RICHMOND COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM

Building a globally competitive school system that educates the whole child through teaching, learning, collaboration, and innovation.

BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER AUGUSTA

Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Augusta inspires and enables all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.

E3 LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION

Educating, empowering, and enlightening our community through programs and initiatives that are aimed at leadership and community development for youth and emerging leaders in our community.

paceline

For the millions of Americans whose lives have been affected by cancer, we are Paceline. A community boldly facing cancer together, as riders, virtual riders, volunteers, and partners, committed to raising money to fund cancer research. Anyone can join the Paceline, and unlike other charitable events, 100% of the money raised goes directly to innovative cancer research at the  Georgia Cancer Center.

Christ community health

To proclaim Jesus as Lord and demonstrate His love by providing affordable, quality healthcare to the under-served.

AUGUSTA NATIONAL GOLF CLUB

Located in Augusta, Ga., Augusta National Golf Club is dedicated to being the finest private golf club for its members and hosting the world-renowned Masters Tournament. Inspired by the mission of its founders, Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts, the Club strives to promote the virtues of the game through the Masters, Augusta National Women’s Amateur, Drive, Chip and Putt, Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship and Latin America Amateur Championship. In addition to advancing the game’s development, the Club is committed to supporting its employees and contributing to the community while upholding the values of continuous improvement and unparalleled service in all endeavors.

Housing Co-Chairs

Augusta Housing Authority

The Augusta Housing Authority is the second largest Public Housing Authority in the State of Georgia and helps to provide housing for 1,870 Public Housing and 4,241 Section 8 families.

Antioch Ministries, Inc.

AMI’s vision is to be “the Leading Mobilizing Force for Affordable Housing in the Historic Laney Walker District of Augusta-Richmond County.” AMI has established and strengthened partnerships with area stakeholders and leveraged all resources to address the critical housing needs of the community.

ALLEN HOMES RESIDENTS

Allen Homes is one of 13 residential housing sites operated by the Augusta Housing Authority. Residents are actively re-establishing the Resident Council to play an active role in the planning process.

Housing Partners

BLOC GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GROUP

BLOC Global Group is a commercial real estate services firm whose body of work contributes to the economic development, innovation, and revitalization of American cities. The company also provides professional services to Electric Utility Companies that are deploying Smart Grid and Smart City Infrastructure projects.

AUGUSTA PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT

The mission of the Department is to ensure that Augusta’s growth is orderly and conforms with our Comprehensive Plan, planning principles and policies, and that implementing the plan and administering and enforcing building construction, property maintenance, and license codes is done in a professional and cost effective manner.

RICHMOND COUNTY TAX COMMISSioner’s OFFICE

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HUB COLLABORATIVE

The HUB represents a coalition led by the Community Foundation for the CSRA, the Boys & Girls Clubs of the CSRA, and the Medical College of Georgia. It is currently building two buidings designed to catalyze revitalization in the historic and underserved Harrisburg and Laney Walker neighborhoods in Augusta’s urban core.

Augusta housing and community development department

The mission of the Augusta-Richmond County Housing and Community Development is to create positive change by promoting self-sufficiency through partnership in economic development, quality housing, and neighborhood reinvestment.

SALVATION ARMY

The Salvation Army aims to be a premier resource partner working to lower barriers and create opportunities for everyone to live well. Among the services it provides are disaster relief, job skills training, social service assistance, soup line, access to Kroc Church, and a scholarship program for the Kroc Center.

SECURITY FEDERAL BANK

Security Federal offers local community based financial institution with a commitment to social responsibility. It is also a certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI).

CRANSTON ENGINEERING

Cranston Engineering Group, P.C. is a leading consulting firm of professionals who provide civil engineering, structural engineering, planning, and land surveying services throughout the southeast with an office in Augusta.

Neighborhood Co-Chairs

Augusta, GEORGIA Land Bank Authority

The Land Bank Authority collaborates with City of Augusta-Richmond County on housing and economic development projects by providing land for affordable housing to low- to moderate-income households.

Augusta Planning & Development

Planning & Development ensures that Augusta’s growth is orderly and conforms with the Comprehensive Plan. The department includes the building division, land use, permitting, and code enforcement.

ALLEN HOMES RESIDENTS

Allen Homes is one of 13 residential housing sites operated by the Augusta Housing Authority. Residents are actively re-establishing the Resident Council to play an active role in the planning process.

Neighborhood Partners

richmond county sheriff’s office

The mission of the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office is to work collaboratively with the community to prevent crime and disorder, solve related problems, reduce fear of crime and enforce the laws according to the U.S. Constitution in order to provide a safe and secure environment for all citizens of this great county.

Richmond county marshal’s office

To provide the citizens and visitors of Augusta-Richmond County with a clean community and safe facilities in which to live, work and play, and to ensure the efficient, impartial and professional service of Judicial Process with a commitment to improving the overall quality of life.

AUGUSTA CANAL NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA

The Augusta Canal is a National Heritage Area, a place designated by the U.S. Congress that best represents an important theme in American history. Augusta Canal tells the story of the Industrial Revolution in the American South. Augusta Canal received its National Heritage Area (NHA) designation in 1996.

ANTIOCH MINISTRY BAPTIST CHURCH

We are striving to reconcile persons to God through Jesus Christ and to restore their lives, through worship, ministries, and fellowship, to working order in harmony with God’s design and will, enabling them to become witnesses of Christ to the least, the less, and the lost.

TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH

A Local Church Making A Global Impact. Tabernacle Baptist Church was formally organized as the Beulah Baptist Church on Friday, August 21, 1885, in the Union Baptist Church.

BETHEL AME CHURCH

The Downtown Church with The Uptown Spirit.

GOOD NEIGHBOR MINISTRIES

To reach children, youth and adults living in poverty and to restore the foundation of a safe and caring community for the residents while assisting with housing, transportation and promote education and literacy.

RICHMOND COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM

The Richmond County School System will provide an equitable education for all students to prepare them for life beyond the classroom.

HISTORIC AUGUSTA INC.

The mission of Historic Augusta, Inc. is to preserve historically or architecturally significant sites in Augusta and Richmond County, Georgia.

DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

Our mission is to make the metro area’s economic, cultural and entertainment epicenter an even better place to dine, shop, work and live. Come tee how the historic heart of Georgia’s second-oldest city is transforming into a 21st century destination for people of all ages.

LUCY CRAFT LANEY MUSEUM

The Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History and Conference Center is dedicated to African American history and art in Augusta.

GREATER AUGUSTA ARTS COUNCIL

The mission of the Greater Augusta Arts Council is to enrich the quality of life for citizens and visitors by advancing vibrant cultural arts.

ST. LUKE CHURCH

In the Spirit of Christ, Serving Hearts, Open Minds, Loving Community.

TURN BACK THE BLOCK

To revitalize the Harrisburg neighborhood through housing rehabilitation, new construction, and the promotion of home ownership therein.