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Integrity, Courage, and Service: Business Essentials

Publisher’s Note: Do churches run like businesses? That’s a debate for another day. Today, Dr. Rick Franza shows us how principles we learn at church carry over to the business world. Earlier this month, my Augusta church held a day-long Men’s Conference, entitled “Dare to Be Different: Men of Courage, Integrity, and Service.” More than 150 other men attended the spiritually fulfilling day. We enjoyed fellowshipping and listening to three young pastors who had grown up in our church. They discussed how integrity, courage, and service are important attributes of how

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Dr. Rick Franza, AU Hull College of Business January 29, 2026 No Comments
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Major speakers in town for Cyber Innovation Week

A one-of-a-kind signature event is all set for next week in the CSRA—involving an attorney general, lieutenant governor, state senator, and a Fort Gordon leader in the field of Cyber. USCA is devoting the week of Feb. 2nd to AI and Cyber Innovation Week 2026. It provides a broad list of cyber and cyber-related activities. Speakers will include South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette (R), state Senator Tom Young (R-District 24 Aiken County), South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, and BG Mark D. Miles, Deputy Commanding General, U.S. Army Cyber

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Dana Lynn McIntyre January 28, 2026 No Comments
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New Golf Car Unveiled at PGA Show

E-Z-GO staff members are just heading back from last week’s PGA show in Orlando. They introduced a new vehicle that will be available pretty soon in the CSRA. Buyers for golf facilities and courses, golf tournament directors, and golf course owners were at the show to visit E-Z-GO’s booth and about 1,000 other exhibitors. They unveiled the 2027 E-Z-GO Liberty that is big on new features and technology. On board is the following: 10-inch ECOXGEAR infotainment touchscreen 28-inch ECOXGEAR soundbar with LED lighting, wireless Apple CarPlay, and Android IntelliScreen™ speed,

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Neil Gordon January 27, 2026 No Comments
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Simon Says: National study involves Augusta

Diversity has become a bit of a dirty word recently, but economic and management research suggests there are benefits to diversity in team settings. True diversity, which goes beyond race or gender, and includes diversity of skills, experience, abilities, and thought, may increase team performance. However, diversity may result in lower group cohesion and increased conflict. These conflicting benefits and costs of diversity mean that the overall relationship of diversity on team performance may be positive or negative. In a recently published paper, I and Dinesh Hasija from the Hull

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Dr. Simon Medcalfe, AU Hull College of Business Economics Professor January 27, 2026 No Comments
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Windsor Jewelers, Doctors Hospital, and Gerald Jones Auto Group

Scouts honor a small business legend in the CSRA. Donnie Thompson will be the guest of honor next week at a special award ceremony put on by the Georgia-Carolina Council Scouting America chapter in Columbia County. Thompson will receive the distinguished citizens award at a luncheon next Tuesday, February 5th.  He’ll be introduced by a good friend and business colleague, Andy Jones from the Gerald Jones Auto Group. Each year, the two businessmen help pay for a free, patriotic fireworks show called “Thunder over Evans.”  The keynote speaker will be

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Neil Gordon January 27, 2026 No Comments
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This Thursday public meeting to chart Columbia County’s future

The public will have a chance later this week to weigh in on Columbia County’s vision for the future. A public hearing has been scheduled for Jan. 29 for the draft proposal of the Foundations for the Future Comprehensive Plan.  Georgia requires local governments to update their comprehensive plan every five years. The Columbia County Chamber is working on its five-year plan as well. Scott Sterling is working on the five-year plan for the Columbia County government.  He is the Planning Services Division Director and explained the process for ABD.

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Dana Lynn McIntyre January 26, 2026 No Comments
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FBI man becomes CSRA businessman to continue investigations

Chuck McKee spent 20 years working for the FBI. Now he leads the FBIS (Forensic Brothers Investigation Services) unit in the Augusta/Aiken area and TrustVault.  TrustVault is a “Good Housekeeping-like seal of approval” for people’s character and perhaps the companies they work for. McKee’s FBI career brought him to the Augusta region in 2005, and he worked in the following fraud divisions: Healthcare Mortgage—McKee investigated those who misrepresented their mortgage applications related to employment, bank account information, property repairs, and more. Counterintelligence—McKee looked into employees at Fort Gordon, NSA, Plant

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Neil Gordon January 26, 2026 No Comments
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Connecting CSRA medical needs with business good deeds

The founder of the nation’s largest human resource company for small and medium businesses has made a $50 million investment in the Wellstar Children’s Hospital of Georgia (WCHOG).  The investment by Tom Golisano, founder of Paychex, brings WCHOG into a national consortium of children’s hospitals.   “Children’s hospitals are essential to the health and future of our communities, and each one serves families with unique needs and challenges,” said Golisano in the news release announcing the investment. “The team at Wellstar Children’s Hospital of Georgia has a deep commitment to advancing

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Dana Lynn McIntyre January 23, 2026 No Comments
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Teaching veteran business owners how to thrive

A training program designed for Metro Augusta’s large veterans’ community is underway at the Accelerate Augusta microenterprise center on Broad Street.  ABD first wrote about Mission: Accelerate Lab in the Jan. 5 edition. It is a partnership with Accelerate Augusta, Mission United, and the United Way of the CSRA. It was created to help veteran-owned businesses succeed and develop a pipeline to hire veterans and military spouses.  “If you’re brand new, or if you’ve been in business for a few years, the goal of the program is to help vets

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Dana Lynn McIntyre January 23, 2026 No Comments
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Georgia joins new federal tax credit program; Augusta benefits

A new education tax credit will soon be available to Georgia families following a Tuesday announcement by Gov. Brian Kemp (R).  Kemp said the state is opting in to a program through the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The credit became available as a provision of the Trump Administration’s most recent tax package, approved last year. It is an individual, dollar-for-dollar tax credit.  During his press conference, Kemp said this latest step is in the same vein as the Georgia Promise Scholarship Act, through which families can use tax dollars to choose education

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Dana Lynn McIntyre January 22, 2026 No Comments
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