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February 27, 2026
B2B Stories

Augusta Positioned to Become a Leader in Medical Device Entrepreneurship

AUGUSTA, Ga. —  The Georgia Institute of Technology and Augusta University have launched a collaborative effort to boost the city’s medical device innovation ecosystem. Leaders are going to talk about it today at the Innovate Conference at Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center. The advocacy nonprofit Georgia Life Sciences designated the region a BioReady Gold community. Augusta is known as a desired choice for biotech companies looking for suitable sites to expand. Leading the work at Georgia Tech are the Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership (GaMEP) and the Advanced Technology Development

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Staff Report February 27, 2026 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Retailer holds moving sale as it relocates to smaller store

HobbyTown is moving across town for the second time in three years. This major downsizing in the next few weeks will result in a move to one of the newest shopping centers in the CSRA. The leisure retailer is moving into the Davis Square Shopping Center, which will now be 75% occupied, according to Jordan Trotter Commercial Realty, which handles the leasing in the center. HobbyTown will be next to the Back Nine golf simulator experience and near Baldino’s Giant Jersey Subs.  What’s significant is that it is moving into

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Neil Gordon February 27, 2026 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Big changes at AU after Hurricane Helene

AU’s three campuses, Summerville, Health Science, and Forest Hills, lost thousands of trees in the hurricane-strength winds during Hurricane Helene in 2025.  The Community Foundation for the CSRA (CFCSRA) and Sand Hills Garden Club joined with Augusta University (AU) to repopulate its tree canopy following the damage wrought by Hurricane Helene. The most noticeable was the huge Deodar cedar tree at the main entrance to the Summerville campus. That is where the garden club and CFCSRA stepped in. Shell Berry, President and CEO of CFCSRA, told ABD the garden club

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Story by Dana Lynn McIntyre & Photos by Michael Holohan from AU February 27, 2026 No Comments