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March 30, 2025
B2B Stories

Elberton, Georgia native gives tips on getting your book published

After writing my first book, Notes from My Father’s Bible, and having it published, I would like to share with you my experience and my advice. Some writers contact a publisher during the writing process. I recommend completing your book first and then prepare to submit the manuscript to a publisher. For your first contact with a prospective publisher- and you should contact more than one – it should be over the phone, or better yet, in person, not in writing. A phone call worked for me. You want to

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Al Brown March 30, 2025 No Comments
Awards/Celebrations

Honoring Columbia County’s Businesswoman of the Year

The Columbia County Chamber of Commerce dedicated its March Executive Luncheon series to “Women of Influence.” The event marked the 15th time the Chamber selected its Businesswoman of the Year, presented annually to “recognize a woman in the workplace for her hard work, dedication, and passion both professionally and personally.” Kathleen Ferguson, Senior Vice President and Senior Relationship Manager with Bank of America, announced Wendy Perry, co-founder of Katalis, a company to foster leadership in any organization, as the honoree for 2025. “She is someone who has shown exceptional leadership,

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Dana Lynn McIntyre March 30, 2025 No Comments
B2B Stories

2 Questions for the Dean: Women’s Leadership Academy

If you are a parent of a high school girl interested in business or if you are a female at a local company, consider a long-running program from Augusta University’s Hull College of Business. Click below to read our 2 Questions (and answers) about the Women’s Leadership Academy. ABD: You have a program in the College called the Women’s Leadership Academy. When did the Women’s Leadership Academy roughly start, and how is that gone? HULL: The Women’s Leadership Academy is a program that has been funded and sponsored by the

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Neil Gordon March 30, 2025 No Comments
B2B Stories

Several businesses expand in busy Wheeler Rd. corridor

Two more restaurants are making plans to open along Wheeler Road and close to Walton Way Extension, where ABD reported 7 Brews Coffee is building on the old Smith’s Chevron property. On Friday, Jordan Trotter Commercial Real Estate shared details in its monthly newsletter to subscribers. The realtor has leased out three bays in one strip center next to South State Bank and in front of the YMCA running track. They are also actively offering a ground lease or build-to-suit opportunity on 1.15 acres in a location next to where

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Neil Gordon March 30, 2025 No Comments