May 12, 2024

B2B Podcasting

Week in Review

In today’s Biz Bits week in review, Mike Petchenik looks at new uses for an old property.

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B2B Stories

Final words on 2024 Georgia legislative session

The 2024 session of the Georgia Legislature is in the history book. Gov. Brian Kemp has finished signing or vetoing legislation passed during the session and the postmortems are underway. The Columbia County Chamber of Commerce held its annual post-legislative breakfast on May 9. The keynote speaker was one of the leaders of the Georgia Legislature, House Speaker Jon Burns. Burns touched on some of what he sees as the most important bills passed during the session, most of which the governor has signed. He started with the legislature’s consistency

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B2B Podcasting

Inspiration at Inspire 24

Stephanie Stuckey’s visit to ABD’s Inspire 24 conference wasn’t just about pecan log rolls and her new book, “Unstuck.” She shared with ABD founder, Neil Gordon some ways that small businesses can thrive on social media.

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Consumer Stories

Former Mexican eatery becomes Japanese steakhouse

Cousins, Oscar and Frank Salsas have spent many years in the restaurant business. Oscar still owns one in New York, but Frank returned to Aiken a couple of years ago where he had lived for 20 years. Both have found success serving Mexican and Japanese cuisine. When Sombreros closed in the fall of last year, Frank said, “This is where we need to be.” A couple of weeks ago, the former Sombreros location at 1695 Richland Avenue East became Okinawa Japanese Steakhouse & Sushi Bowl, with Oscar as owner and

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