"A Wonderful World?": C&S's Georgia Plan, Urban Renewal, and Historic Preservation in Savannah, Augusta, and Macon.
The article focuses on the Georgia Plan initiated by Citizens and Southern National Bank (C&S) under president Mills B. Lane Jr., which aimed to address urban blight and poverty through a series of community revitalization efforts in cities like Savannah, Augusta, and Macon during the late 1960s. Th...
| Published in: | Georgia Historical Quarterly Vol. 109; no. 1; pp. 38 - 73 |
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2025
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