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A study found downtown Augusta has more parking lots than parks, making it less walkable.

Downtown areas are popular for scheduled events but lack spontaneous, everyday activity.

A lack of daily essentials like grocery stores limits the time visitors spend downtown.

Facts and figures can be revealing, but firsthand experience can be enlightening.

So when urban design consultancy Gehl was hired to study the successes, challenges and potential future of downtown Augusta and North Augusta, experts and volunteers took to the streets.

Fifty local volunteers surveyed 33 locations over two days in August 2024 to capture accurate observations about Augusta's public space and public life.

"In Augusta and North Augusta, this was the first time such a study had been conduct

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