North Augusta looks to buy land at Riverside Village, but it’s raising environmental concerns

NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. (WJBF) – North Augusta is looking to buy land at Riverside Village to build a cyber office hub using state settlement money.

The city is negotiating to buy one of the last open sites in Riverside Village for a new cyber facility, but the site’s proximity to Brick Pond Park is raising environmental concerns.

“If you look Brick Pond Park a couple of years ago had nice wetlands around it and lots of develop, now it’s all apartment complexes,” said Tonya Bonitatibus, executive director of Savannah Riverkeeper…

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