Official groundbreaking ceremony held for the Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center (Brooks: appointed)

[Airforceguy]

James M. Hull and William D. McKnight’s names will now grace the building as “planters of the seed” for the idea of the center, Deal said. Even before a foundation has been laid, the center has now increased to $60 million, not including a $12 million parking deck, and expanded from 150,000 square feet to 168,000 square feet, Deal said. That is in response to just the demand for space in the building, not only from state and federal agencies who will work and train there but from private contractors who want to have a significant presence there, said Calvin Rhodes, executive director of the

But Augusta University President Brooks Keel, whose university will run the center and have a large presence within it, said the building itself could just be “phase one” of more buildings on the 17-acre AU Riverfront Campus of what he sees as an eventual “digital village.”

Even in its present state it is “way beyond” what the Augusta leaders were presenting and is a credit to Deal’s vision, said Hull, who represents Augusta and surrounding communities on the University System of Georgia Board of Regents.

Official groundbreaking ceremony held for the Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center | The Augusta Chronicle

[AUGnative]

This is definitely better than the weed infested empty lot that was the defunct Golf and Gardens, but I have to say I am very disappointed with the design of theis building. I was expecting something much more innovative. Let's hope there is more creativity in the designs for other building in the Riverfront and downtown campus

[Airforceguy]

I agree that the design leaves little to be desired, but this will be a major boost for Augusta. The fact that the center has expanded from 150,000 sf to 168,000 sf shows just how much demand there is for this facility. Augusta certainly has a bright future.