Developers for three proposed Columbia County restaurants and a bank at the corner of Washington and North Belair roads are requesting a couple of zoning tweaks to help move the project forward.
First Baptist Church of Evans stood at the busy intersection since 1930. But when the congregation voted in 2023 to merge its dwindling congregation with First Baptist Church of Augusta, the church property was auctioned.
The new owner, Phillips Edison and Co. Inc., also owns the adjacent Evans Towne Centre shopping center. The company specializes in owning and operating commercial developments anchored by supermarkets…