AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – A major preservation project in downtown Augusta just got another boost.
The Augusta Canal National Heritage Area has secured a new $750,000 federal grant to help restore the historic Mother Trinity CME Church, bringing total grant funding for the effort to $2.25 million.
The money, administered by the National Park Service through the African American Civil Rights Grant program, will fund key early phases of restoration on the 132-year-old sanctuary…