March 4, 2024

Awards/Celebrations

CSRA real estate firm wins prestigious award

Blanchard and Calhoun has been honored with the Diamond Award by Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® (LeadingRE). The award, presented at the annual LeadingRE Conference in Las Vegas, recognized Blanchard and Calhoun Real Estate Co. as a top performer among the world’s premier real estate firms. The Diamond Award is the highest accolade bestowed by LeadingRE, awarded to member companies that demonstrate exceptional performance across a broad range of categories, including business generation and development, participation in global events, and a commitment to excellence in real estate services.

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B2B Podcasting

Major home construction in North Augusta

Business is booming in North Augusta and now, a new neighborhood has opened that should ensure there will be families to patronize those establishments. Mike Petchenik has the latest in today’s Biz Bits.

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Cyber Security

Businesses Beware: Phishing is a scamdemic

The financial effects of phishing attacks have soared as organizations shift to remote and hybrid work. Phishing attacks now cost large organizations almost $15 million annually, or more than $1,500 per employee. Patrick Reynolds has the 411 in today’s P.U.T.T. segment.

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B2B Stories

New video debuts vision of downtown business incubator

A new video by Dickinson Architect offers a step-by-step tour of the Augusta Technical College’s incubator project planned for Broad Street. Posted on LinkedIn, it features Nick Dickinson and Augusta Tech President, Dr. Jermaine Whirl outlining the process and what the end result will be. The microenterprise center is being built in the former Augusta Metro Chamber of Commerce building at 600 Broad Street. In the video. Dickinson and Whirl begin on the first floor, which they said will be called “The Den.” Click here to watch the video produced

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B2B Stories

Simon Says: Business earnings take a hit post-Covid

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) documents that Black and Hispanic persons are up to twice as likely to need hospitalization when contracting Covid-19 than white persons. The likelihood of death is over 1.5 times as high as white persons. Recent research by Robert Fairlee of the University of California Los Angeles has identified racial and ethnic disparities in business earnings. Pandemic-induced losses to businesses in 2020 were 16-19 percent for all business owners. However, Black business owners suffered a larger negative impact of 12-14 percent compared to

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CSRA real estate firm wins prestigious award

Major home construction in North Augusta

Businesses Beware: Phishing is a scamdemic

New video debuts vision of downtown business incubator

Simon Says: Business earnings take a hit post-Covid

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