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April 15, 2022

Consumer Stories

New business coming to busy Martinez intersection

A new structure being built at the corner of Furys Ferry and Evans to Locks roads will be a liquor store. The building is being built by Peter Patel, who also owns several Dunkin Donuts franchises in the CSRA. The liquor store will be owned by Sam Patel. Duckworth Development is overseeing the construction of the building. There was no information available about the planned opening date of the liquor store.

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Consumer Stories

SRP FCU Brings Easter joy to elderly care residents

The staff of the SRP Federal Credit Union Branch in Barnwell, S.C., decided they wanted to do something special for the disabled and elderly in their rural community for Easter. To do so, their team visited the local Barnwell Pruitt Health Residential Facility with a small gift for each of the approximately 45 residents. The SRP team members visited the residents on Wednesday to deliver Bunny Boxes filled with plush chicks or bunnies, a toothbrush, hand sanitizer, facial tissues, hand cream, chocolate eggs, and a chocolate bunny. Some of the

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Emma Myers

Emma Myers transforms youthful enthusiasm into care for the elderly

Name: Emma Myers Company/Title: Savannah River ProHome Care/Director of Operations Years Served: 8 Contact info: 706-814-5906 or 815-351-1098 Emma Myers was fortunate enough to know from an early age that she loved working with the elderly. At 27 years old, she has an intensity for helping people that usually comes with age. Myers graduated from Lee University in Cleveland, Tenn., with a degree in Health Care Administration. She worked in assisted living facilities there and in Chattanooga before moving to Augusta to join her family in 2019. When Covid changed

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Shawna Woodward

Free Access: Real News Real Estate: Why rent prices have increased

It’s no secret that our real estate market has been steadily increasing in price and demand for the past few years. In that time, our rental market has also skyrocketed to what it is today. MHP Augusta has a substantial rental portfolio that we manage, so I have watched this change at a hands-on level. I’d like to give my input on the situation, and why I think there has been such a drastic change in the market. There are a few things that have happened to get us to

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B2B Stories

Military legal expert to speak at Women in Business Program

If you want to hear a presentation from a top military attorney at this month’s Augusta Metro Chamber of Commerce Women in Business Program, you’d better act fast. The deadline to register is today at 3 p.m. Col. Danyele Jordan, a military attorney and legal advisor to the Commanding General of Fort Gordon and the U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence, will speak at the event, which lasts from 11:30 a.m. to 1 pm. on Tuesday, April 19 at the Enterprise Mill Events Center, located at 1450 Greene St., Suite

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