Columbus, Georgia -- What Progress Has Preserved

by Kimberly Fox DeMeza, Grace Hawthorne, Rena Distasio

Through the colorful pages of ColumbusWhat Progress Has Preserved, you will be taken on a tour of one of the Souths most livable and interesting regions. From the nearby rolling hills and lush landscape of Callaway Gardens and F. D. Roosevelt State Park to the curving paths of Riverwalk hugging the shores of the Chattahooche River, from the bucolic streets of the one of the largest residential historical neighborhoods in the South to the museums, shops, restaurants, and festivals, life in the Columbus, Georgia, region is never without surprises. ColumbusWhat Progress Has Preserved is, indeed, an eye-opening parade of what makes life special in a very special place.
In fact, there are few communities the size of Columbus, Georgia, that offer so much. Columbus is also home to Fort Benning, one of the largest and most sophisticated military bases in the world, an economic engine that continues to fuel a robust city. In addition to being a highy livable community, Columbus is also home to a superb educational system, a much-touted medical community, and a spirit of public/private partnering that contnually manifest themselves in projects for the entire region to enjoy.
For those readers who already live here, we hope you find surprises on every page, and for visitors, we hope you find enough photographic hooks to entice you to return, or better yet, to move here. The city and the region will welcome you with open arms.

192 pages, Hardcover