The City of North Augusta is moving forward with plans to create a new city website. It will move the city from the current NorthAugusta.net domain to the dot-gov domain used by most governments.
IT Manager Ricky Jones told council members during the March 14 study session that the current website was created in 1998. He said they’ve been wanting to migrate to a dot-gov domain and have been trying to find a good time to make the change.
“It just so happens that we were operating on an aging email infrastructure that need to be replaced. And that seemed to be the perfect time to, to jump in there and start the migration,” he said. “When citizens of North Augusta are conducting business on the North Augusta website, or just conversing with a staff member via email, we want to make sure that they have confidence that they are, in fact, conversing with the city in North Augusta. The vetting process to get a dot-gov is much more strict than getting a dot-com or dot-net. Any Joe Blow can go out and get a dot-com.”
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The plan is to complete the change by May 1. The new website will be northaugustasc.gov.
The city recently approved a contact with an Arizona company to build and host a new website to highlight tourism in North Augusta. After the site is built, the city will manage the site which expected to be up and running in the summer of 2022. The site will highlight attractions in the city, current events and places for visitors to stay.
Parks, Recreation and Tourism Director Rick Meyer told council members the city is scheduled to get a visit from the South Carolina Film Commission next month.
“Dan Rogers of the South Carolina Film Commission will be coming to North Augusta on April the 18th to updated photos for the South Carolina film location database,” he said. “So, Randy’s (DuTeau) is going to be working on a list to accommodate projects for maybe potential film and video projects for North Augusta. “
Film producers and directors use the online database https://www.filmsc.com/locations/default.aspx to look for locations appropriate to their project. Currently, there are slide shows with photographs of nine North Augusta locations posted, including Lookaway Inn, Rosemary Hall and the Living History Park.
Mayor Briton Williams also announced a new initiative to clean up the city. The inaugural Community Trash Bash will be held at 9 a.m. April 23.
“This is going to be an opportunity for us to get a lot of volunteers and pick an area North Augusta and we’re going to pick an area each quarter. We’re working with First Providence Foundation and the Hamburg-Carrsville African American Heritage District. I think we’re also going to tie in a little part of Earth Day,” he said.
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North Augusta is also partnering with the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs for a free shredding event. It will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, March 25, at the Lions Memorial Field at 619 W. Buena Vista Ave.
Attendees are encouraged to stay in their vehicles and are limited to three boxes (copy paper box or smaller) or three bags (kitchen trash bag or smaller) per vehicle. There is no need to remove binder clips, paper clips, staples, rubber bands or CDs/DVDs prior to shredding.
Dana Lynn McIntyre is a general assignment reporter for The Augusta Press. Reach her at dana@theaugustapress.com
