This garden, seen Thursday, is one of the features included in the Hodgkins School Apartments in Augusta. The former middle school was redeveloped by the Augusta Housing Authority.

This stage and common area, seen Thursday, are part of the newly opened Hodgkins School Apartments in Augusta. The former middle school was redeveloped by the Augusta Housing Authority.

A bench and photographs, seen Thursday, line the hallway of the newly opened Hodgkins School Apartments in Augusta. The former middle school was redeveloped by the Augusta Housing Authority.

Augusta Housing Authority Director Amanda Bartlett stands in the kitchen Thursday of an apartment at the newly opened Hodgkins School Apartments in Augusta. The building was redeveloped by the housing authority.

The lobby of the former Hodgkins Middle Schools in Augusta, shown Thursday, has been redeveloped by the Augusta Housing Authority as apartments.

Augusta Housing Authority Director Amanda Bartlett shows an apartment for rent Thursday at the former Hodgkins Middle Schools in Augusta. The housing authority redeveloped the building as apartments for the elderly.

Lisa Lewis, standing on Sunday in her new home at Hodgkins School Apartments in Augusta, said the renovated former middle school's quiet and relatively rural setting was one of the reasons she decided to live there.