Augusta has the #1 affordable housing market in the nation. (www.bizjournal.com) Read the article Here

 

Augusta is home to the nation's only Active Duty Rehabilitation Unit located within a VA facility (The Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center).

 

GA, SC, FL, AL, MS, NC, TN and KY make up nearly 30% of all active duty personnel

 

Augusta's Eisenhower Army Medical Center is the number two recipient of medical evacuees from Iraq and Afghanistan, second only to Walter Reed in Washington (source: PCCWW report, July 2007, page 23). Eisenhower AMC consistently ranks in the top three military treatment facilities as a recipient of medical evacuees from the Global War on Terror.

 

Augusta's Eisenhower Army Medical Center located on Fort Gordon is also home to the Army's Southeast Regional Medical Command.

 

Augusta's Medical College of Georgia has residents who do rounds at Eisenhower Army Medical Center and the The Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center.