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Revitalizing the Downtown Augusta/Medical District area

A building on one of Augusta’s main thoroughfares has been re-purposed and was re-opened for business on Feb. 9, while work is underway at a well-known building on Broad Street. Goodwill Industries of Middle Georgia and the CSRA have converted the former Rite Aid/Eckerd Drug store on 15th Street at Walton Way into its newest Goodwill Retail Training Store and Donation Center. “We commend the Goodwill organization for their work and workforce development, job skills, training, and hospitality, all of which are represented in their retail stores and their donation

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Dana Lynn McIntyre February 11, 2024 No Comments
B2B Stories

Sweet smell of baking success

With her husband’s encouragement, Angela Dragano started her own business three years ago, La Vita Bella, which means ‘It’s a beautiful life.’ Indeed, it’s been beautiful for this entrepreneur who has mastered custom cakes, catering, and event coordination from setup, to decorating and food. Last week, she moved her commercial kitchen from her home to a new location, 908 Dougherty Road in Aiken. La Vita Bella’s hours will vary depending on their custom catering and cake orders. The days and times the new shop will open to the public will

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Mitzi Oxford February 11, 2024 No Comments
Faith

Faith Friday: A life transformed

Frank Currie is choosing to live his days with gratitude. He is at a place in his life where he’s choosing to be a hope dealer for those who are battling drug addiction. He’s walked that painful road and seen firsthand the devastation resulting from choices he’s made and the impact and consequences of those choices. Last month, Frank celebrated eight years of sobriety. Drugs have been part of his life for a long time, and he was desperate for help. In 2011, he was sentenced to the Augusta Daily

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Steve Swanson February 8, 2024 No Comments
B2B Stories

Transportation impact on CSRA economic growth

The future of public transit needs in light of growth in Aiken County was the focus of the Feb. 8 “Good Morning North Augusta” breakfast, sponsored by the North Augusta Chamber of Commerce. The Lower Savannah Council of Governments (COG) is working with a Minnesota-based company to study transportation and economic growth in the Aiken-Augusta area. Public transit in Aiken County had been operated by the City of Aiken but was turned over to COG in 2004. “Since then, we’ve modified a little bit of our transit system, our Best

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Dana Lynn McIntyre February 8, 2024 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Mental Health Matters: Love yourself, the helpers high

Next week marks the annual celebration of the national commercialized day of love, Valentine’s Day. A day to celebrate the ones we love through sharing cards, flowers, candy, gifts, and amazing dinners at our favorite restaurants. The cards, flowers, candy, gifts, and dinners will come and go within 24 hours. Will the impact of that day last and give us that ULTIMATE feel good to get us through another 365 days until the next Valentine’s Day? Probably not. Valentine’s Day is a day of giving, sharing, and love. The fact

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Monica Bitrick, Serenity Behavioral Health Systems February 8, 2024 No Comments
Consumer Stories

CSRA businesses gear up to celebrate Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras celebrations kick off today, but tomorrow through Fat Tuesday, there are plenty of opportunities to Let the Good Times Roll right here at home! The party starts at NOLA Coffee tomorrow from 9:00 am till 5:00 pm. ABD has been following their progress from the beginning when they opened a popup cart in May of 2022. Owners, Mallory Adkison from New Orleans, and her husband, Jake serve up a cold brewed coffee that is rare in these parts, but a throwback to her New Orleans heritage. It caught

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Mitzi Oxford February 8, 2024 No Comments
Consumer Stories

American Fiction: What’s in a Name?

One of the freshest stories to come from Hollywood last year (that didn’t involve a labor strike) was Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction, starring Jeffrey Wright, Sterling K. Brown, Leslie Uggams, Tracee Ellis Ross, and Issa Rae. The film, released in December and nominated for five Oscars, is an old-fashioned intelligent comedy with a mix of social satire, telling of a frustrated writer reckoning with a shifting, ever-trivial industry, and family responsibilities. Wright plays Thelonious “Monk” Ellison, an aging author and college professor in L.A. who can’t sell a new book.

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Dylan James February 7, 2024 No Comments
B2B Stories

The 411 on doing business with Georgia

Getting a government contract with the Peach State could be lucrative, but may seem like a daunting task. The Augusta Chamber and Rhodes Porter Business Development Management are providing a Special Edition Business Builder to help cut through some of the red tape. The registration deadline is tomorrow, Friday, February 9. Advanced registration is required at augustametrochamber.com/events. The Special Edition Business Builder – “Procurement in the Peach State” will be presented by Crystal Langley and Julian Bailey from the Georgia Department of Administrative Services (DOAS). The discussion will focus on how

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Staff Report February 7, 2024 No Comments
Shawna Woodward

Real Talk Real Estate: Pickleball: A Phenomenon of Abundant Growth and Community Connection

In my short lifetime, few activities have surged in popularity like pickleball. This fast-paced, easy-to-learn game has taken communities by storm. It’s become so popular, that a few of our subdivisions have added their own courts directly supporting its abundant growth. Do you know the story of how pickleball began? In the summer of 1965 on Bainbridge Island, a picturesque location near Seattle, Washington, this sport was invented. Three fathers were searching for a way to entertain their families. They improvised, playing a game combining elements of badminton, tennis, and

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Shawna Woodward, Re/Max Reinvented Evans February 7, 2024 No Comments
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