SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – The City of Savannah and partners P3 Joint Venture Group invite residents to join officials, staff, and special guests at a groundbreaking ceremony on Friday, Oct. 25 at 2 p.m. for The Legacy Savannah, a planned development of affordable housing, recreation, and local economic development on the former Coastal Empire Fairgrounds property.
P3 Joint Venture Group is scheduled to begin work on the first portion of a multi-phase project that will transform the city-owned property with up to 400 new income-based housing units that range from single family homes and townhomes to affordable senior living and apartments. The development will also feature public recreation amenities and economic development spaces focused on the growing local film industry.
“The groundbreaking ceremony for ‘The Legacy,’ which will begin the redevelopment of the old Coastal Empire Fairgrounds, is a momentous historic and herstoric event,” Mayor Pro Tem Dr. Estella Edwards Shabazz said. “I am so please that we have reached this point after many years of hard work and I look forward to what the redevelopment of this site will mean for the vitality and quality of life in surrounding neighborhoods and the City of Savannah.”