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June 17, 2022
Consumer Stories

Business partners transform the historic home into an antique shop, event space

Two local business partners have taken on the onerous task of turning a 150-year-old house into an antique shop. Daniel Edwards and Kevin DeLaigle (or de l’Aigle, the family name’s original French spelling) are breathing new life into the DeLaigle House located at 551 Greene St., across the street from the Augusta-Richmond County Municipal Building. The four-story, 7,300-square-foot home was built in 1873 by DeLaigle’s great-great-aunt, Mary Clark DeLaigle, the widow of a Confederate Civil War soldier. It has been transformed into Edwards Mercantile & Company, which sells a variety

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Josh Heath June 17, 2022 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Indoor cycling company to open Augusta location

If you’re feeling a bit stressed, you’re certainly not alone. But an international indoor cycling company wants to help you spin your cares away. CycleBar, which offers high-intensity spin classes for people of all ages and fitness levels, has announced it will open a new location in Augusta within the next year. The company offers various types of classes, including Empower, Xpress, and Connect, and on-demand workouts members can complete at home. There’s even a class called Cyclegives, which allows companies and groups to raise money for charitable causes. To

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Josh Heath June 17, 2022 No Comments
B2B Stories

Thoughts from the General: Helpful hints on how to plan

For two marvelous years, I had the pleasure of being the top planner in the Air Force. The learning experience was extraordinary. Helping the military as well as corporations, churches, and non-profits with long-range planning have been great fun. Here are a few techniques that can be used in any organization, for-profit or nonprofit, large or small. Never make any important decision without considering the long-term implications. Here are a few examples. When Saint Paul’s church decided to complete the upper rooms, it was decided to make them very attractive.

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Ret. Maj. General Perry Smith June 17, 2022 No Comments
B2B Stories

Aiken entrepreneur joins the crowded digital marketing field

It’s long been said there is a drugstore on every corner and there just might be a digital marketing company nearby. The two have little in common except for the sheer numbers of both types of businesses. That fact has not deterred Christa Turner from entering the crowded field of website development, PPC, SEO, and the full slate of digital acronym offerings. She is an Aiken native with a family history of entrepreneurial spirit; her grandmother started Supply Services Company in 1970. Turner is blazing her trail with Shining Sons

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Mitzi Oxford June 17, 2022 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Faith Friday: Cutting-edge faith transforms trash into treasure

Tim Fitzgerald II knows how to turn scraps into something special. As a former employee of a hardwood flooring company, he would salvage discarded pieces of quality, sometimes antique, wood. That’s when ‘one man’s trash is another man’s treasure’ became more than just a saying. “I started gluing them up and making cutting boards. With each one, the process and quality were improved until, after giving one to every one of our family members, my wife finally insisted that we should start a business,” he recalls. “In July 2013, we

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Monique Williams June 17, 2022 No Comments