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August 24, 2022
Darin Myers

Free Access: Clamoring for talent: 3 ways to improve employee retention

Darin Myers is the local facilitator of The Alternative Board (TAB), a peer-to-peer advisory board designed to help company leaders maximize their opportunities and work through challenges. Darin recently retired after a 30-year career in the nuclear industry as the leader of Plant Vogtle I and II. He has proven success in strategic planning and alignment, employee development, organizational performance improvement, accountability, and coaching. Recently, he has started a family business in Augusta, focused on home health care, providing him the knowledge and experience surrounding small- to medium-size business operators.

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Consumer Stories

Business Dinner Review: Fuse

Editor’s Note: Our regular lunch reviewer, Wes Hennings, is taking a few weeks of paternity leave. While we assume he is still eating something, somewhere, he won’t be writing about it while he’s off duty. Meanwhile, ABD editor, Gary Kauffman will pinch-hit with the reviews of his lunches with a colleague, as a way to advise our business community on the good, the bad, and the tasty across the CSRA. He doesn’t let the restaurant know where he is going; his opinions are his own. He grades the restaurants he

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Gary Kauffman August 24, 2022 No Comments
B2B Stories

Local graphic designer’s logo featured on the national TV show

It’s not every day a logo you design is shown on a national TV show, but that’s exactly what happened to Wes Roberts. Roberts, the owner of Skysong Creative, a local graphic and web design firm, designed a logo that appeared on a new competition show called “BBQ USA” on the Food Network. Kurt Mueller, his friend and pit master for Atomic City Smokers, a competition and catering barbecue team based in North Augusta, asked him to design the logo. The team appeared on the show’s second episode, which aired

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Josh Heath August 24, 2022 1 Comment
Office Support

Free Access: Offering a helping hand in making estate plans

Today, I want to tell you why estate planning is important. But why would someone need help with their estate? An estate plan is a vital component of any financial plan, regardless of the ages of your family members or your net worth. Whether you are single, married, or partnered, there are essential components of an estate plan that can help ensure your family’s financial security. According to The Balance magazine, there are three key reasons why estate planning is essential for any family. • Estate Planning Protects Beneficiaries. There

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Consumer Stories

Chick-fil-A tests CSRA patrons on their appetite for a new product

Chick-fil-A is seeing if the appetites of people in the CSRA will give them the go-ahead to try a new breakfast treat nationwide. Beginning this week, Chick-fil-A launched its new breakfast, Chorizo Cheddar Egg Bites in several test markets. The test markets include nine stores in the Augusta-Aiken areas. “We’ve sold more than we expected to,” said Adam Knight, operating partner of the Aiken Chick-fil-A in the Eastgate shopping center. Chick-fil-A’s goal is to sell about 60 of the four-bite orders per day. Bobby Mussucco, the managing partner of the

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Gary Kauffman August 24, 2022 No Comments
Consumer Stories

CSRA paint and body shop helps to provide car for local single mother

A local single mother is back on the road, thanks to help from a CSRA paint and body shop. Kendrick Paint & Body has partnered with the National Auto Body Council and GEICO to give Carla Paschal a 2019 Volkswagen Tiguan, an SUV with less than 25,000 miles, according to its Operations and Marketing Specialist, Carson McLaughlin. McLaughlin said the car was donated by GEICO as part of the NABC’s Recycled Rides program, which partners with body shops across the United States to repair cars and provide them to those

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Josh Heath August 24, 2022 No Comments