When Will Construction Begin On The Village At Riverwatch?
A wide open plot of land along Riverwatch Parkway and I-20, the future home of Augusta’s next shopping and entertainment venue, The Village at Riverwatch. That’s what we were told almost two years ago. Today it’s cleared and partially developed, now waiting for developers to go ahead with the second phase of construction. But that’s been put on hold. “Herring announced in March it was going to take about six to nine months to take a fresh look at the project before it wasted money on doing something that might not be what they ultimately wanted to do,” spokesman Andy Stern said. We stopped by a mobile office at the site, but the manager there told us he didn’t know when construction was slated to begin. We also went to Richmond County’s planning and zoning department and pulled the project’s folder. We found plans dating back to March of ’06, but no recent blueprints or plans on file. “The anchors, Belk, Dillard’s and Starplex Cinemas are all partners in this project and are committed
