NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. (WJBF)- Major growth taking place in North Augusta. Several large multi use neighborhoods are under construction. That construction is bringing new businesses.
A Hobby Lobby recently opened in the old Bilo location in Edgewood Square. Several additional new businesses are coming to this shopping center and others are being built around the city.
But people who live there have mixed feelings about all this growth. Many are upset because they prefer the small town feel and don’t like the businesses coming to the city. Others are excited for some of the new businesses headed to North Augusta. Others are resigned.
“The growth is inevitable,” said Arthur Northrop, a former North Augusta resident…