NETWORKS FOCUS ON AUGUSTA FOR FILMING LOCATIONS

Networks focus on Augusta for filming locations (augustachronicle.com)

Filming is expected to start in Augusta next week for part of a network production that took nearly a year for local representatives to negotiate.

“We have every reason to believe through some very final contractual obligations, and negotiations that they’re doing with a local location, that they should begin production at any time,” said Jennifer Bowen, vice president of destination development for the Augusta Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Bowen serves as the liaison between the bureau’s film office and companies scouting locations for movies and TV shows.

Meeting with the CVB’s Board of Directors on Wednesday morning, she apologized for having to “sort of speak in code” because producers said they “require a certain confidentiality at this time, so I can’t really mention all of the details.”

By: Joe Hotchkiss

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