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March 17, 2025
B2B Stories

Simon Says: Paychecks beating inflation in several CSRA counties

Average weekly wages increased in four counties of the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) in the third quarter of 2024 and fell in the other three. Average weekly wages increased by $26 in McDuffie County, $19 in Richmond County, $4 in Aiken County, and $10 in Edgefield County. In percentage terms, only the Aiken County wage increase did not better inflation over the three-month period. Average weekly wages in Burke County fell $123 to $1275, the lowest level since 2006. (See why below) Columbia County wages fell $10 to $922, and

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Dr. Simon Medcalfe March 17, 2025 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Hiring High School Graduates Right Away

The second annual Hire Summit Aiken is set for April 22 at Aiken High School on Rutland Drive. It is a partnership between the Aiken County Public School District, the Career and Technology Center, and the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW). It also involves the Barnwell and Edgefield County school districts. Joni McDaniel, the Lower Savannah Regional Workforce Advisor with DEW, told ABD they are calling on area businesses and industries to participate. The event is for high school seniors preparing to graduate and join the workforce.

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Dana Lynn McIntyre March 17, 2025 No Comments
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CEO to Ride into Retirement from Club Car

Mark Wagner has announced he will retire from Club Car effective August 1, 2025. The lessons he has learned along the way are surely beneficial to any corporate leader. For perspective, the company started in 1958 in Texas and moved to Augusta four years later. Wagner grew up in the northeast, graduated from Penn State, and was hired out of college to work with Ingersoll Rand. The company would acquire Trane Technologies. “I put all those 21 years of learning from business leaders at both of those companies to good

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Mitzi Oxford March 17, 2025 No Comments