Groundbreaking ceremony to be held for Augusta tiny home village

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – On Wednesday, a groundbreaking ceremony for a local tiny home village in Augusta.

The event will be held at 1140 Merry Street at 10:30 a.m.

Augusta will get 25 tiny homes, bought to the city by Bridge Builder Communities, Bill Beazley Homes, Ivey Homes and R.W. Allen.

They will house foster youth who have aged out of the system and need a place to go.

Jackson Drumgoole, the founder and executive director of Bridge Builder Communities, says the houses “provide life skills training, safe, affordable housing, workforce initiatives, education initiatives and a family that these young adults never had before.”

“This is our future that’s coming in here,” said Francine Scott, District 9 commissioner. “Even though they were in foster care, they are coming into better themselves and this is a place that’s going to be a transition for people to come get themselves together, get some life experience, and then they’ll move on. It’s something that the community needs and I think this is going to be perfect for this area.”

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