July 16, 2024

Awards/Celebrations

The scoop on hiring a real estate agent

If you’ve enjoyed a successful 40-year career as a realtor, you’ve learned what to ask when selling your home or business. Ann Marie McManus shares the Top 7 questions you need to know when making this important decision. Pt. 2 in Ann Marie’s discussion is coming tomorrow. Stay tuned.

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B2B Stories

Leading the way in workforce development and education

Editor’s note: As Dr. Rick Franza reported, Georgia is once again getting high marks as one of America’s Top States for Business. This story follows up on how Augusta is plugging into the Education and Workforce rankings. Two of Georgia’s highest rankings put the Augusta metro at the forefront of the Education and Workforce categories with rankings of #8 and #4 respectively. “Workforce, obviously from the Chamber’s perspective, it’s comforting to see that we ranked fourth overall in the workforce,” Russell Lahodny, President and CEO of the Columbia County Chamber

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Consumer Stories

Embracing AI in Real Estate: A Lesson in Productivity and Personal Connection

The infusion of artificial intelligence within the workspace evokes a mix of excitement and apprehension. AI has already revolutionized healthcare, finance, and manufacturing, but how can AI help people in an oriented workplace without removing the personal touch that clients want? In the dynamic real estate industry, which thrives on personal relationships, the introduction of AI presents unique challenges and opportunities. Let’s delve into how AI has been integrated into our real estate brokerage, not only to drive productivity, but also to enrich the personal touch we offer our agents,

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B2B Stories

#4 in 2024: Georgia’s ‘Top State for Business’ Streak Continues

Last week, CNBC released its 2024 list of “America’s Top States for Business,” which ranks all fifty states. CNBC has been publishing this annual list since 2007 and for the 17th consecutive year (there was no published list in 2020), Georgia has ranked in the Top Ten, including a ranking of fourth both this year and last. While CNBC regularly makes changes to both the metrics and their relative weights used to determine the rankings, it is a credit to our state that it consistently remains highly ranked. There is

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