October 1, 2021

Shawna Woodward

Real Talk Real Estate: Keep your gra$$ green!

I hope that you are excited about the seasons changing and the cooler weather trying to creep in. I feel like we are all desperately longing for the normalcy we had pre-Covid. I for one, embrace the fact that Lowe’s has all the Christmas decor on display and I have been most proactive with all things fall. And while I love to talk about designing and decorating, I want to talk about your grass. Interesting transition, right? Many in the CSRA think that because the grass growing season is slowing

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Consumer Stories

Local businesses team up to raise funds for a worthy cause

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and a local restaurant is giving customers the chance to enjoy a delicious meal and help domestic violence victims at the same time. Manuel’s Bread Café – located in Hammond’s Ferry at 505 Railroad Avenue, #100 in North Augusta, and Kendrick Paint & Body have teamed up to raise funds for SafeHomes of Augusta. “Our owner, Steve Kendrick Jr., and Manuel (Verney-Carron) from Manuel’s Bread Café are close friends, and they wanted a way to give back to a local organization,” says Carson McLaughlin,

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B2B Stories

Lecture at Augusta University to address on-line ethics

Next week, a digital expert will discuss how web designers can incorporate ethics and empathy into creating a positive user experience. Denise Weiss – UX strategy and digital operations leader for Deloitte Insights, will deliver a lecture titled “The Ethical Case for Digital Empathy in User Experience” on Monday, Oct. 4 from 6-7 p.m. in Augusta University’s Jaguar Student Activities Ballroom. The presentation, part of the James M. Hull College of Business’s Russell A. Blanchard Distinguished Lecture Series in Ethics, is free and open to the public. “Ethics are a

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B2B Stories

Augusta BizBitz

Death of a technology leader in CSRA Today’s “buzz” begins with the death of a respected former journalist and successful CSRA technology business owner Jimmy Bennett. He spent 20 years writing and editing for community newspapers in Statesboro, Eastman, Jessup and Canton. He became the editor of True Citizen newspaper in Waynesboro, GA before going into the computer business. Bennett died last week due to complications from Covid-19. My last email exchange with him showed me how much he still cared about local journalism. “Chuck Smith has joined the growing

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Consumer Stories

Real Talk Real Estate: Keep your gra$$ green!

I hope that you are excited about the seasons changing and the cooler weather trying to creep in. I feel like we are all desperately longing for the normalcy we had pre-Covid. I for one, embrace the fact that Lowe’s has all the Christmas decor on display and I have been most proactive with all things fall. And while I love to talk about designing and decorating, I want to talk about your grass. Interesting transition, right? Many in the CSRA think that because the grass growing season is slowing

Read More »