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DRAFT COPY for Discussion Purposes Only DRAFT COPY For Discussion Purposes Only 1 1 STUDY COMPONENTS 1) Primary Research Components 1) Site Analysis 2) Existing Special Event Inventory Analysis 3) Survey of Residents 4) Comparable Markets Analysis 2) Opportunity Areas 1) Music 2) Food 3) Arts and Culture 4) Sports 5) Water 6) Children/Family 7) History 2 8) Other 2 1. Site Analysis EVENTS PLAN FOR PARK AREAS Analyzed Sites Augusta Common Augusta Riverwalk Riverfront Marina The Boathouse Lake Olmstead Park Diamond Lakes Park Lock and Dam Park 4 4 EVENTS PLAN FOR PARK AREAS Augusta Common Size: 2.07 acres Overall Usage: High Strengths: • Beautiful park space • Administration building adjacent to park • Comfort station is ADA-compliant • Proximity to downtown businesses and Riverwalk • Historical and educational features Weaknesses: • No signs for restrooms • Security system and cameras needed • No secondary exit for administrative offices • Updates needed for groundcover areas and irrigation 5 system 5 EVENTS PLAN FOR PARK AREAS Augusta Riverwalk Size: 9.75 acres Overall Usage: High Strengths: • Proximity to waterfront and downtown • Beautiful picnic and playground setting • No parking issues • Partnership with local garden clubs Weaknesses: • Vacant adjacent property • Lack of enclosure, and somewhat disconnected at points from urban core • Picnic shelters needed • Improve landscaping and irrigation for aesthetics 6 6 EVENTS PLAN FOR PARK AREAS Riverfront Marina Size: 4.96 acres Overall Usage: Medium Strengths: • Well maintained • Ample shade from trees Weaknesses: • Dock deck needs repair • Nighttime vagrancy concerns at restrooms • Boat ramp needs repair • Concrete walks need repair 7 7 EVENTS PLAN FOR PARK AREAS The Boathouse Size: 10.51 acres Overall Usage: High Strengths: • Beautiful setting on river • Highly used facility • Open space often used for special events Weaknesses: • Front railing needs replacement • Building is not ADA compliant • Wood rot needs repair 8 8 EVENTS PLAN FOR PARK AREAS Lake Olmstead Park Size: 96.83 acres Overall Usage: High Strengths: • Beautiful setting • Heavily used facilities • Boat ramp and floating dock appear to be ADA compliant Weaknesses: • BBQ Pit Comfort Station and restrooms are not ADA compliant • Casino needs restroom renovation • Gazebo needs repair 9 9 EVENTS PLAN FOR PARK AREAS Diamond Lakes Park Size: 286.13 acres Overall Usage: High Strengths: • Large number and variety of facility offerings • Trees at ball field sites • Scenic – features attractive trees and lakes • Ample parking • 25 RV hookups Weaknesses: • Lack of connectivity between facilities • Security cameras needed • Some erosion on walking trails • Updates needed for groundcover areas and irrigation 10 system 10 EVENTS PLAN FOR PARK AREAS Lock and Dam Park Size: 38.64 acres Overall Usage: Medium/High Strengths: • Picnic areas by water with grills, nice setting • Beautiful tree-covered property • Boat ramp and small pier are ADA compliant Weaknesses: • Comfort stations are not ADA compliant and are outdated • Fishing pier and dock in need of repair • Picnic shelter roofs need repair • Slope at dam parking lot may need a barrier/handrail • Drinking fountains in poor condition 11 11 2. Existing Event Inventory Analysis EXISTING EVENT INVENTORY 2015 Events by Site Augusta Common Jessye Norman Amphitheatre Diamond Lakes Regional Park • Metro Market Spring Fling • Riverwalk Revival Concert • Tax Commissioner's Softball Tournament • The Major Rager • Ann N. Johnson Jazz Festival • Adult Softball Rental • Seer Sucker • Children's Week Kick Off • Tax Commissioner's Family Fun Day • Candlelight Jazz Series • Riverwalk Revival Concert • Adult Softball Rental • WRDW Family Fair • Live Pitch End of Season Tournament • March of Dimes Walk • GRPA Junior Boys State Baseball Tournament • Augusta Music Fest Boathouse/Riverfront Marina • GRPA Junior Girls State Fast-Pitch Softball • Garden City Gospel Fest • Southern National Drag Boat Races Tournament • First Friday • Ironman Triathlon • Dixie Youth Majors State Baseball Tournament • Mudbugabeaux Crawfish Festival • Head of the South Rowing Regatta • Youth Soccer Jamboree • Teen Palooza • Day In the Country • Cancer Awareness Walk • Proud Father Rally • Dasani Mayor's Cup • Cancer Awareness Walk • Southern States Top 32 • Augusta Pride Festival Lake Olmstead Park • Georgia State Adult League Championships • Independence Day Celebration • Georgia State Mixed Doubles Championships • Gem, Mineral & Fossil Show • Outdoor Concert Nation • Papa John's GeorgiaLina • Dragon Boat Races • Night of Fire • Joy Ryders Camaro Club Rental • US Southeast Regional Rowing Regatta • March for Jesus • Adult Softball Rental • Hope House Family Festival Day • ISA Softball Rental • Arts in the Heart Festival Lock and Dam Park • Adult Softball Rental • Ironman • GRPA State Adult Co-ed Softball Tournament • Hispanic Festival • Red Neck Olympics • Youth Baseball Rental • Miracle Mile Breast Cancer • Oka'chaffa PowWow and Wild West festival 13 • Wacky Wig Walk • Walk to End Alzheimer's 13 • Race for the Fallen Glow Run • Christmas Light Up Spectacular EXISTING EVENT INVENTORY 2015 - Number of Special Events by Event Type (all sites) 25 62 Total Events 20 19 18 15 10 9 9 Number of Events of Number 5 4 2 1 14 0 14 Music Market Fair/Festival Fitness Water Sports Exhibition Source: Augusta Recreation and Parks Department, 2016 EXISTING EVENT INVENTORY 2015 – Special Events By Type By Site 35 30 27 Exhibition 25 7 22 Sports Water 20 Fitness Fair/Festival 15 Market 14 Music Number of Events 18 10 4 4 5 3 2 5 3 2 0 15 Amphitheatre Augusta Common Boathouse/Marina Diamond Lakes Lake Olmstead Lock and Dam 15 Source: Augusta Recreation and Parks Department, 2016 16 10,000 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 8,000 9,000 0 Source Note: Cancer Awareness Walk Attendance Attendance figures not available for : Augusta Recreation 2016 and Department, Parks Tax Commissioner's Family Fun Day Cancer Awareness Walk Seer Sucker Races Boat Drag National = Southern Event Largest Hope House Family Festival Day EVENT INVENTORY EXISTING Wacky Wig Walk Adult Softball Rental Joy Ryders Camaro Club Rental Adult Softball Rental March of Dimes Walk Events by Attendance Total with (events under 10,000 attendees) Tax Commissioner's Softball… chart)in notincluded (40,000 attendees, Proud Father Rally Mudbugabeaux Race for the Fallen Glow Run Adult Softball Rental GRPA State Adult Co-ed Softball… Garden City Gospel Fest Metro Market Spring Fling Crawfish Festival or the or Festival Crawfish WRDW Family Fair Dasani Mayor's Cup Papa John's GeorgiaLina ISA Softball Rental US Southeast Regional Rowing… Augusta Music Fest Adult Softball Rental Oka’chaffa Teen Palooza Walk to End Alzheimer's Southern States Top 32 PowWow Red Neck Olympics Riverwalk Revival Concert Ann N. Johnson Jazz Festival and Festival Westand Wild Youth Baseball Rental Riverwalk Revival Concert Outdoor Concert Nation Night of Fire Youth Soccer Jamboree Children's Week Kick Off Georgia State Adult League… Georgia State Mixed Doubles… GRPA Junior Girls State Fast-Pitch… Augusta Tech. Field Day Live Pitch End of Season Tournament GRPA Junior Boys State Baseball… Dragon Boat Races Head of the South Rowing Regatta Dixie Youth Majors State Baseball… First Friday The Major Rager Christmas Light Up Spectacular Ironman Triathlon Day In the Country Gem, Mineral & Fossil Show Candlelight Jazz Series March for Jesus Hispanic Festival 16 Augusta Pride Festival Ironman Arts in the Heart Festival EXISTING EVENT INVENTORY 2015 – Special Events By Month 18 15 14 14 12 12 10 9 9 8 6 5 5 Number of Events 3 3 2 1 0 0 17 17 Source: Augusta Recreation and Parks Department, 2016 3. Survey of Residents EXTENSIVE OUTREACH • Distributed online survey to over 25,000 local residents, with in- depth submissions provided by 930 respondents • Conducted interviews with more than 45 local stakeholder organizations regarding the Augusta market and the event and festival development potential within the community • Telephone interviews with parks and recreation and/or event management offices in Little Rock, Greenville, Columbia, and Savannah • Completed interviews with ten different local and non-local 19 outdoor sports organizations 19 AUGUSTA RESIDENTS SURVEY Zip Codes of Survey Respondents 0.43% 0.65% 1.41% 7.57% Other Zip 19.57% 24.32% Codes: 1.62% 4.22% 1.1% 0.11% 21.41% 17.19% 0.43% 20 20 Source: CSL Community Survey, 2016 AUGUSTA RESIDENTS SURVEY Age of Survey Respondents Years in Augusta 3.6% 2.2% 14.1% 31.2% 21.1% 23.8% 20.2% 83.8% 19 to 25 26 to 35 36 to 45 46 to 55 56 or older < 1 year 1 to 5 years > 5 Years 21 21 Source: CSL Community Survey, 2016 CONFIDENTIALCONFIDENTIAL DRAFT – Interim DRAFT Work – Interim Product Work – Subject Product to – ChangeSubject to Change EVENTS AND FESTIVALS AUGUSTA RESIDENTS SURVEY How often have you frequented each of these areas in the past year? Diamond Lake Olmstead Lock and Dam Augusta Riverwalk Riverwalk Riverwalk The Lakes Park Park Park Common Augusta Amphitheatre Marina Boathouse 11+ 10% 7% 4% 8% 14% 6% 2% 2% 4 to 10 13% 14% 10% 22% 26% 12% 6% 4% 1 to 3 25% 40% 33% 45% 42% 34% 25% 26% 0 Times 53% 38% 52% 25% 17% 48% 67% 68% 22 22 Source: CSL Community Survey, 2016 22 CONFIDENTIALCONFIDENTIAL DRAFT – Interim DRAFT Work – Interim Product Work – Subject Product to – ChangeSubject to Change EVENTS AND FESTIVALS AUGUSTA RESIDENTS SURVEY How interested would you be in attending events/festivals in the selected park areas? Diamond Lake Olmstead Lock and Dam Augusta Riverwalk Riverwalk Riverwalk
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