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April 23, 2024
B2B Stories

How Parenting Helped Make Me Be a Better Leader/Manager

Last week, both my older daughter, who lives in Atlanta, and I had birthdays. She turned 26 and I turned a number significantly higher. Earlier this week, my younger daughter flew in from Seattle and my wife and I drove in from Augusta so that the four of us could celebrate the recent birthdays. Being with my two daughters (the younger turns 24 next month) caused me to reflect on over a quarter century of being a parent. In an interesting parallel, I became an academic department chair of approximately

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Dr. Rick Franza April 23, 2024 No Comments
Consumer Stories

New laws boost good-paying jobs and healthcare

Gov. Brian Kemp (R), pen in hand, is working his way through the hundreds of bills passed in the Georgia General Assembly’s 2024 legislative session. On Friday, April 19, Kemp signed half a dozen pieces of legislation focused on healthcare in Georgia. “When I first ran for Governor, I made a promise that my administration would work to develop the entirety of our state, and that includes ensuring that Georgians in rural parts not only have access to good paying jobs, but also quality and affordable health care,” said Kemp

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Dana Lynn McIntyre April 23, 2024 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Smoothie, healthy snack franchise opens

Franchise owners, Antwon Wade and Damion McCray held the grand opening of a new Smoothie King last week at 814 Cabela Drive in Augusta. The prime spot is within The Shoppes at Riverwatch, right across from Dave and Busters and near the new Olive Garden. Smoothie King offers the original nutritional fresh-blended smoothie and other healthy retail products, including sports beverages, energy bars, healthy snacks, vitamin supplements, herbs, minerals, and other sports nutrition products. After more than a year of scouting the right location, the five-year lease was negotiated by Charlie

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Mitzi Oxford April 23, 2024 No Comments
Women in Business

Women to Know: Tiffany Faulk

Name: Tiffany Faulk Company/Title: Business Consultant, Best Office Solutions Start Date: March 2017 Phone: 706-437-9771 Web: www.bestofficesolutions.com For nearly 20 years, Tiffany Faulk was the face of Jefferson County High School as the front office administrative assistant. “I was the one who everything fell on,” Faulk told Augusta Business Daily.  “I was the ‘go to’ with the parents, the children, the staff. And I did love my job.” But in her heart, she knew she wanted more. “Sandi (Shields from Best Office Solutions) would come weekly to visit because we

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By Mike Petchenik, Photography by Melissa Gordon April 23, 2024 No Comments