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Augusta makes the “must-do” trip list for 2024

As 2023 winds down, the Georgia office that promotes economic development has released a list of the 12 best trips to plan for 2024. Explore Georgia, which is part of the state’s Department of Economic Development, released the list which is designed to give visitors a taste of all that Georgia has to offer. “We look forward to building on our momentum in tourism to welcome new and returning travelers across Georgia,” the news release stated. “With nine visitor information centers and a statewide team of partners and businesses working

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Staff Report December 28, 2023 No Comments
Shawna Woodward

Real Talk Real Estate: Millennial Wave: The driving force in today’s real estate buyer

Who is buying up all the homes today?  While the market is slowly normalizing, millennials have firmly positioned themselves as the dominant force. As the largest generation in the U.S. population, these individuals born between 1981 and 1996 or 27-42-year-olds, are not only influencing trends, but also facing unique challenges in their quest for homeownership. Challenges in the current market: According to a recent Redfin report, 2023 was labeled the least affordable year on record for homebuyers, with the median monthly housing payment hitting an all-time high of $2,715, representing

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Shawna Woodward, Re/Max Reinvented Evans December 28, 2023 No Comments
B2B Stories

Manufacturing growth provides big boost for CSRA County

The latest figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report a healthy jump in Edgefield County’s Gross Domestic Product. Dr. Simon Medcalfe, economics professor at Augusta University and contributor to Augusta Business Daily, reviewed the data and found that Edgefield County is leading the Augusta Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). Overall, Medcalfe said the GDP in the seven-county metro area grew by 0.5% in 2022. The economies of Burke, Columbia, and McDuffie counties shrank, while Richmond, Lincoln, Aiken, and Edgefield counties grew. “The fastest growth was seen in Edgefield

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Dana Lynn McIntyre December 27, 2023 No Comments
Darin Myers

Coach Darin: 5 tips for building a long-term sales strategy

Any hard-working salesperson can tell you closing a sale is their ultimate goal. Short-term sale strategies emphasize the value of a clean, efficient transaction with a customer, particularly those that come to a successful (and profitable) conclusion. But since virtually all organizations depend upon sales for their livelihood, it’s crucial to come up with a sales strategy that takes the “long view”—not just what happens in sales today and tomorrow, but one year, two years, even five years from now. Does your company have a viable long-term sales strategy? If

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Darin Myers December 27, 2023 No Comments
Consumer Stories

The O$car $ea$on

Editor’s note: Big movies have continued to roll out this month in an effort to catch some Academy Award-winning buzz. We felt it would be timely to repeat a story about Oscar history and what to look for as Hollywood’s biggest night approaches. As we near the end of the year, Hollywood studios are preparing to roll out their newest flock of contenders for the 2024 Awards Season. The period between October and January is, historically, the most bloated (and frantic) time for new movie releases, as companies cram to

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Dylan James December 27, 2023 No Comments
B2B Podcasting

Eggs and economics

Our very own, Dr. Simon Medcalfe led an annual economic discussion at Augusta University this month. Mike Petchenik explains what he spoke about what experts are saying about the area’s economy in today’s edition of BizBits.

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Mike Petchenik December 26, 2023 No Comments
B2B Stories

Simon Says: Examining the area’s GDP

The Augusta Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) grew by 0.5 percent in 2022 from 2021, according to a recent news release from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which is the market value of all final goods and services produced in the MSA in 2022 was $28.4 billion. The fastest growth was seen in arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services, growing at 12.9 percent. The arts, entertainment, and recreation sector, which makes up about 25 percent of the overall industry, grew at a stellar 30.8 percent.

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Dr. Simon Medcalfe December 26, 2023 No Comments
B2B Stories

New courses at Augusta Tech can help diversify local skillsets

Skills continue to grow in the area as Augusta Technical College plans to launch three diverse programs at the start of this Spring 2024 semester. The Cyber Crime Specialist, Junior Web Developer, and Specialty Printing classes are technical certificate credit (TCC) programs. “It meets more of a specific need,” explained Dr. Tammy O’Brien, Dean of the School of Cyber and Design Media. “This is a great way for students to begin at one point, and then advance further into the degrees that we offer, that these three TCCs are actually

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Dana Lynn McIntyre December 26, 2023 No Comments
B2B Stories

Learning how to navigate the landscape of government contracts

Businesses can often find it difficult to find and bid on lucrative government contracts, but there’s a nationwide network of experts ready to help. Augusta is home to an office of the Georgia Tech APEX Accelerator, one of 300 local offices for a program previously called the Procurement Technical Assistance Centers. Nationwide, there are more than 90 APEX Accelerators. “APEX Accelerator provides technical assistance and procurement advice to businesses,” explained Dave Hepner, the counselor in the Augusta office. “We have a great deal of clients that are just beginning, and

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Dana Lynn McIntyre December 26, 2023 No Comments
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