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Chronicle analysis shows southside has bulk of crimes reported at clubs

...million for the city this year, while an annual permit to sell liquor, beer and wine on premises, obtained with Augusta Commission approval from the city's planning and development office, costs around $4,500.About 232 establishments...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-05-18/chronicle-analysis-sho
Former commissioner to run for state Senate

Former Augusta Commission member Joe Bowles plans to run for the District 22 state Senate seat next year. He said Saturday he'll announce plans to run...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-18/former-commissioner-run-state
Augusta Convention Center | The Augusta Chronicle

...build a large convention space near the Mariott Hotel in downtown Augusta, were put into action by a vote of the Augusta Commission on December 7, 2009, and ground was broken on June 16, 2010. Completion and the grand opening were delayed...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/topics/urban-renewal/augusta-convention-center
City Ink | The Augusta Chronicle

...It's a city on the ... What was gained by the Augusta Commission's censure of Commissioners Wayne Guilfoyle, Joe...in Paris, wrote her impressions of last week's Augusta Commission meeting. Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012 During the...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/city-ink
Sylvia Cooper | The Augusta Chronicle

...It's a city on the ... What was gained by the Augusta Commission's censure of Commissioners Wayne Guilfoyle, Joe...in Paris, wrote her impressions of last week's Augusta Commission meeting. Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012 During the...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/authors/sylvia-cooper
Augusta Convention Center | The Augusta Chronicle

...build a large convention space near the Mariott Hotel in downtown Augusta, were put into action by a vote of the Augusta Commission on December 7, 2009, and ground was broken on June 16, 2010. Completion and the grand opening were delayed...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/topics/urban-renewal/tee-center
Savannah Riverkeeper asks commission for 50-year lease on riverfront property

...and office space.Tonya Bonitatibus, the director of the advocacy group, made the lease proposal at Monday's Augusta Commission finance committee meeting, at which some city leaders questioned whether the plan complements the Augusta Tomorrow...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-15/savannah-riverkeeper-asks-com
Smoking ordinance going back to Augusta Commission

...ordinance that would ban smoking in public places in Augusta.A nearly identical ordinance was defeated last year, but Augusta Commission members on either side of the issue say the new commission makeup leaves its fate up in the air.The Richmond County...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/health/2013-05-15/smoking-ordinance-going-back
Rants & Raves

Comments from readers: RANT TO AUGUSTA Commission and sheriff who do not realize that public safety is supposed to be one of their top priorities. Our downtown and Riverwalk areas...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-15/rants-raves
Develop river area further

...is going to flood higher than the base of the existing levee, if even that high.Please encourage the mayor and Augusta Commission to look into this idea. Let's turn this expensive mistake into a win-win for all concerned.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/letters/2013-05-14/develop-river-area-furth