Aiken City Council to discuss downtown development plan
The Aiken City Council will review a nonbinding downtown redevelopment proposal Monday at 7 p.m. at the Municipal Building. The plan covers Richland Avenue streetscape work, a rebooted Hotel Aiken, new city hall and potential parking, plus affordable apartment builds near Owens Street and Whiskey Road. It also outlines plans for a 141 acre area near Old Wagoner Road and Rudy Mason Parkway, and seeks an incentives package to support private and public projects. The commission recommended approving the incentives deal which would offset some costs while allowing the city to pursue pedestrian safety and traffic relief. The agenda also includes a sewer funding request and service resolutions.
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Contact Information for Newsroom and Offices
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Remembering Jessica Carpenter’s life and community healing
Twenty years after the 2000 murder of 17 year old Jessica Lynne Carpenter in Crosland Park her mother Judy Carpenter keeps her memory alive with a yearly memorial in the Aiken Standard. Neighbors and local police pursued leads for over two years interviewing more than 300 people and submitting nearly 100 DNA samples.
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Sue Townsend
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Civil rights activist recalls Klan march and early activism
James Gallman, educator and civil rights activist from Aiken, recounts witnessing Klan cross burnings on Sumter Street and a 1960 Orangeburg march. He describes fights to end segregation in the 1980s and stresses open dialogue with youth to prevent repetition of racism.
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