Luxe Beat Magazine OCTOBER 2014 | Page 16

An Urban Whitew Adventure In Columbus Geor By Debi Lander U rban whitewater drew me to Columbus; imagine a place where you can raft tough rapids on the Chattahoochee River and then walk back to your hotel. In fact, USA Today picked the Chattahoochee Whitewater Park as one of the “Top 12 man-made Adventures in the World.” Thirteen years ago the river and the city of Columbus , in western Georgia, were desperately in need of city-wide renewal. Somehow, the private and public sectors worked together to change the tide literally. Today, the city boasts the longest urban white water course in the world. I investigated a section of the 15mile Columbus RiverWalk in the morning- a place where folks stroll, exercise, bike, and fish. When I got down to the ar