LOCATION
Augusta, Georgia, located in the east central section of the state, is approximately 150 miles east of Atlanta on Interstate 20. The Savannah River serves as the boundary between Augusta and Aiken County, South Carolina.

The Augusta-Aiken Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), with a population of nearly half a million, includes Columbia, Richmond (Augusta) and McDuffie counties in Georgia and Aiken and Edgefield counties in South Carolina. Burke County to the southeast plays an integral part of the metro economy.

With a projected 9% population growth to 502,290 residents by 2005, the Augusta-Aiken MSA ranks at 109 of the top 150 U.S. metro areas in population and is Georgia's second largest in terms of population and jobs.

The dominant urban center of the area is the City of Augusta, located in Richmond County. The City of Augusta and Richmond County successfully consolidated governments in 1996.

CONVENIENTLY LOCATED

• On Interstate 20
• On the Historic Savannah River
• Two and a half hours from Atlanta and the International Airport
• Two and a half hours from the beach, and the mountains
• Close to the Charleston and Savannah Ports