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June 2, 2025
B2B Stories

Simon Says: New Housing BOOM in the CSRA!

The Augusta Leading Economic Index (LEI) increased 1.9 percent in March from April. This is the highest monthly increase since August 2020, when we were coming out of the covid lockdown. The LEI is 1.4 percent higher than a year ago. The big driver of this month’s data was residential building permits, which were 631 in March, the highest on record going back to 2000. 298 permits were for 1-unit structures, and 329 were for 5 units or more. Although there has been news of a cooling of the national

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Dr. Simon Medcalfe June 2, 2025 No Comments
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Major manufacturing company in CSRA gives 400 students a career opportunity

Textron Specialized Vehicles Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, and the Richmond County School System just reached a big milestone in helping at-risk students find a path into the local workforce. Recently, the 400th graduate completed the Reaching Potential Through Manufacturing (RPM) program, since it started in 2017. With 10 graduates earning their high-school diplomas this month, the RPM program has now graduated 400 students since celebrating its first graduates in 2017. Another 11 RPM students are on track to graduate this summer. “We are proud to celebrate this

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Final numbers for Masters Week impact at the airport

The initial numbers looked good, and the final numbers look even better for how Augusta Regional Airport fared during Master 2025. Ken Hinkle, Director of Aircraft Services, provided members of the Aviation Commission with the impact of aircraft traffic on jet fuel sales and broke down the fees versus expenses and operational costs. Hinkle said one difference this year was the decision to begin parking aircraft on the other side of the runways. That increased the number of aircraft they could accommodate. The report breaks down operations, which are every

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Dana Lynn McIntyre June 2, 2025 No Comments