“When you look at what that means for the city of Augusta, you’re talking about, effectively, about, 350 employees,” he said. “A budget impact of about $2.8 million dollars. We want to have that conversation with the members of our Commission. We talk so much about affordable housing, workforce housing … we want to be the leaders in the state of Georgia, and certainly in our community when you talk about creating opportunities for employees. And this is a way for us to do it.”
