Anticipation seems to be building for a possible Lowes Foods supermarket in Columbia County despite the company’s insistence that there’s no formal agreement in place.
The Augusta Chronicle reported in November 2024 that a survey plat and plans, provided to subcontractors to bid on construction projects, showed a proposed Lowes Foods occupying a 20-plus-acre parcel at 2207 William Few Pkwy., next to Patriots Park and catty-cornering the Columbia County Fairgrounds.
Since then, plan-holders seemed to begin offering details online about plumbing and coating requirements for subcontractors interested in a project labeled “New Construction – Lowes Grocery Store Augusta.”…