June 16, 2026

Consumer Stories

Construction underway for unique cafe concept launching in Columbia County

Do you like biscuits and gravy? How about breakfast on a biscuit? Odds are, though, you have not had many lunches with biscuits served as your bread. Biscuit Belly is open at four locations in Georgia and South Carolina and is now getting set to open in Evans on 4274 Washington Road in the Publix Shopping Center. A key employee from Duckworth Construction tells ABD that Biscuit Belly will take over the former Orange Theory Fitness Center, and once complete, it will be 2400 square feet. BB joins a growing

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B2B Stories

Teaching small business managers tools to succeed

The Augusta office of the University of Georgia’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) wants to help managers build the bridge between generations in the workforce. The event is coming up next week. It has scheduled Supervisor Skills for the Modern Manager, a one-day workshop to learn new management and communication styles, along with discipline processes. Rebecca Mixson, area director for the Augusta office, will be one of the instructors. She told ABD that business owners have hired younger employees who have stayed with the company but have not had training

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