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December 7, 2023

B2B Stories

Peering into the economic outlook crystal ball

Augusta University (AU) continued a longtime tradition of putting a spotlight on the area economy over the past year and predictions for the coming year. Dr. Simon Medcalfe led the university’s annual Economic Forecast breakfast on Thursday. Medcalfe, a professor of economics at AU and contributor for the Augusta Business Daily, began with an overview of changes in types of business, percentage of employment, and population growth. Between 2004 and 2023, Medcalfe said the mixture of industries, including hospitality, healthcare, education, and manufacturing, while looking different on the surface, remain

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B2B Stories

CSRA colleges offer options for hungry students

If you run a business, you offer a lunch break and probably take one yourself, even if it’s a working lunch with a client. Your future employees are in college and may not have the luxury of even eating lunch. Aiken Technical College is establishing a way to help with those needs through a new student-centered food pantry thanks to a grant from the Community Foundation of the CSRA. The ATC Foundation has received $13,500 to transform the College’s unused cafeteria space into the food pantry, add appropriate appliances and

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Shawna Woodward

Real Estate Rollercoaster: Navigating the impact of FED’s rate decision on Augusta’s market

Real estate news is big this week, as the FED’s have agreed that they are done raising the rate for the immediate future, and there may be some very small adjustments moving rates down in the first quarter of 2024. This should be good for our area. Hopes are high to see some major adjustments, but that is very unlikely. Stability is coming, and everyone is ready for it, it just will unlikely meet the hopes of consumers. I feel very strongly that if you can get a loan and

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B2B Podcasting

More coming from Meybohm

See how the local real estate firm is adding mortgages to their service offerings in today’s edition of BizBits with Mike Petchenik.

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Faith

Faith Friday: Give these gifts

I have a confession to make. I am not a shopper. If the retailers across the CSRA (or in cyberspace) depended on my dollars to prosper, their outlook would be bleak. Perhaps, it’s because there is nothing I really need and the fact that my wife is very comfortable using her credit card and navigating the aisles and miles in her various shopping endeavors. My contributions are driving her to the stores she chooses and carrying the bags of merchandise once we have returned home. It’s a balanced approach that

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