Copyright Kim Bauldree, 2002

Since the National Guard marched in and martial rule was declared, the 1954 clean-up of Phenix City has proven that a town can be turned around. Improvements to the town's image include razzing the honky-tonks that once existed along the Dillingham Street Bridge, bringing in the Mead Corporation and building an amphitheater on the Chattahoochee River across from Columbus's River Walk. Improvements to Phenix City's River Walk are scheduled for this year.