April 14, 2022

Debbie McCord

WIB Spotlight: Debbie McCord has long history of serving local and state voters

Name: Debbie McCord Company/Title: Columbia County GOP Chairman Years Served: 34 years in various roles with GOP Contact info: 706-833-4731 No phrase better describes Debbie McCord’s rise in Columbia County and the state of Georgia’s GOP better than the ‘apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.’ “My father worked on the presidential campaign for Barry Goldwater when he ran against incumbent President Lyndon Johnson in 1964,” she explained. Even as a child she was paying attention. Civics was her favorite subject in school and politics would become a passion. McCord

Mitzi Oxford April 14, 2022 No Comments

Consumer Stories

Business Lunch Review: The Pot Smoker

Editor’s Note: Wes Hennings never met a meal he walked away from and is an opinionated eater! Each Thursday he shares the results of a business lunch he’s had with a colleague as a way to advise our business community on the good, bad, and tasty across the CSRA. He doesn’t let ABD or the restaurant know where he is going and his opinions are his own. He grades the restaurants he visits on a 1-5 scale with “5” being outstanding. We call this our “Real Business Lunch Review”. Food

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Office Support

Free Access: Adding more customers can be as easy as sending emails

At Richardson Professional Solutions (RPS), we help you make more time in your business by providing back-office solutions such as bookkeeping, marketing, or project management. This, in turn, provides small business owners the flexibility to do the things that matter most to them, like building their business, continuing their education, traveling, or spending time with family. One of the many services we provide is Marketing Management. At RPS we can handle your social media marketing, content creation, content management, brand management, and/or email marketing. I know what you might be

Amy Richardson April 14, 2022 No Comments

B2B Stories

Local CVB director discusses paddling, glamping and attracting visitors

Kayaking to an island of goats and donkeys and camping in an air-conditioned tent with a coffeemaker sound like exotic destination spots. But both can be found within Columbia County. Shelly Blackburn, executive director of the Columbia County Convention and Visitors Bureau, the county’s destination marketing agency, spoke to a group of local real estate agents and home services professionals at a CSRA Home Connections meeting on Wednesday about those and other attractions that draw visitors to the county. It’s an important economic venture – in 2019, Columbia County tourism

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Top Story

Local Chambers of Commerce to host major networking event

If you’ve been looking for professional networking opportunities, six local Chambers of Commerce have just the event you need. The Augusta Metro, Columbia County, Burke County, Aiken, North Augusta and Thomson-McDuffie chambers have partnered to host a Mega Mixer event on 4-7 p.m., April 20 at the Columbia County Performing Arts Center located at 1000 Market St., Evans. More than 5,000 people have been invited to attend the event. Many local businesses, such as C&C Automotive, Augusta Gift Baskets, Sol Himalayan Salt Cave and Honda Cars of Aiken, will have

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WIB Spotlight: Debbie McCord has long history of serving local and state voters

Business Lunch Review: The Pot Smoker

Free Access: Adding more customers can be as easy as sending emails

Local CVB director discusses paddling, glamping and attracting visitors

Local Chambers of Commerce to host major networking event

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