August 11, 2025

B2B Stories

The Culture Garden: A Leader’s Guide to Growing a Thriving Workplace from the Ground Up

Why Workplace Culture Matters Why does workplace culture matter? The days of the “company man” are gone. The workplace culture in the United States used to foster an expectation that once you start with a company, you will stay with that company until you retire. Mugs, pens, and plaques were given every 5, 10, 15, and 20 years to celebrate an employee’s tenure with the company. However, those times have passed, and today’s employees are looking for respect, growth, collaboration, and opportunities to make their mark in the industry. If

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Consumer Stories

Buffalo Replaces Beef

Contractors were working over the weekend to get a restaurant open for the newest franchise in the Buffalo Luke’s chain. The former Cheeseburger Bobby’s location at the corner of the Bobby Jones Expressway and Rose Lane in Martinez is being re-imagined to suit the theme and colors of Luke’s brand. There are currently three other locations in Georgia, with the next two opening at the Martinez site and in Alabama. Cheeseburger Bobby’s opened nearly ten years ago when two CSRA business leaders, Randall and Reagan Williams, brought the concept to

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B2B Stories

Popular Restaurant Expands

A popular Columbia County neighborhood bar and grill is adding a second location outside of another Columbia County neighborhood. Ironwood Tavern’s first location is at 5117 Washington Road in a shopping center next to Subway and Publix, bordering the Riverwood Subdivision in Evans. ABD’s confirmed that Ironwood will lease Suites 1 and 2 (far right end units) outside of the West Lake Subdivision in Martinez, in a newish shopping center on Furys Ferry Road developed by Rafy Bassali, co-owner of several Swank retail stores and Escape Outdoors. Swank, Oxygen Fitness,

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