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“Leadership: The Right Person for the Right Time”

During the past few years, I have written often about leadership. In most of those columns, I typically highlighted characteristics that were found in strong leaders. While I still ascribe to the belief that all good leaders have most of those characteristics, such as accountability, empathy, integrity, authenticity, and many others, sometimes, a leader is at his or her best when a leadership situation brings out his or her best traits. Fortunately, there are times when the right person arrives at the right time, and such was the case when

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Dr. Rick Franza September 12, 2023 No Comments
B2B Podcasting

Getting in the groove

This news might make you move. Dance companies in the area are growing the local economy. Mike Petchenik explains in today’s edition of Biz Bits.

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Mike Petchenik September 12, 2023 No Comments
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UGA’s SBDC of Augusta to host Strategic Growth Academy in October, registration details available

The University of Georgia’s Small Business Development Center invites local business owners to participate in its Strategic Growth Academy this upcoming October. The program is targeted towards business owners to help them learn about strategic planning as a way to grow their business. According to the course description, attendants must be able to attend each of the classes and will work in groups, using case studies to develop strategies. The class will meet on Tuesdays, from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. for the following dates on each of the listed

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Rakiyah Lenon September 12, 2023 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Retailers/Restaurants moving into “Final Cut” building

Big boxes are turning into small boxes. ABD confirmed that a hardware store, a Greek American restaurant, and another retailer will subdivide the former Final Cut store at 500 Furys Ferry Road in Martinez and be ready to open in the next several months. 2 Boys Pizza and Grill has been in the former Denny’s restaurant building at 3026 Washington Road for almost three years. They will be taking a 3,415 square feet space out of approximately 50,000 square feet that was once a BI-LO supermarket. 2 Boys will join

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Neil Gordon September 12, 2023 No Comments
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Augusta Tech dean outlines future of student cybersecurity center

The woman who brought the first student-operated cybersecurity center to Augusta Technical College sees a long future for the facility. Augusta Tech is the first school in the Technical College System of Georgia to have a Security Operations Center (SOC). The students in the college’s School of Cyber and Design Media get hands-on experience, working with real-world applications. Tammy O’Brien, academic dean of the School of Cyber and Design Media, said the students operate the SOC in a classroom setting. “They learn how to operate and run the SOC looking

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Dana Lynn McIntyre September 11, 2023 No Comments
B2B Podcasting

The future of North Augusta

North Augusta is growing. Now, there is an opportunity for everyone to weigh in on shaping the development of the city. Mike Petchenik has the 411 in today’s Biz Bits.

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Mike Petchenik September 11, 2023 No Comments
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Simon Says: Show women the money

I watched a lot of U.S. Open tennis over the last two weeks and was pleasantly surprised to find out that the U.S. Open had been paying women equal prize money for 50 years, thanks to the efforts of Billie Jean King. The other majors only started equal prize money for men and women this century (Australian Open in 2001; French Open in 2006 for champions and all rounds in 2007; Wimbledon in 2007). Unfortunately, if you are not an elite female tennis player, you are unlikely to earn the

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Dr. Simon Medcalfe September 11, 2023 No Comments
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Area students and parents learn about higher education at the JBA

A long-time tradition that gives students and parents the opportunity to meet with representatives from more than 100 colleges and universities is coming up later this week. This is the 30th anniversary of CSRA College Night, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Savannah River Operations Office. The first one was held in 1993. Although COVID-19 forced its cancellation in 2020, it bounced back by staging a virtual event in 2021 and returned to in-person in 2022. It will be held at the James Brown Arena on Thursday, September 14,

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Dana Lynn McIntyre September 11, 2023 No Comments
Closings

Where have all the restaurants gone?

Editor’s note: This is the second part of stories about restaurant closings in the CSRA. Yesterday, we reported on the upcoming closing of Villa Europa which has served German and Italian cuisine to families for 50 years. Today, we delve into the “why” behind the closings. More than 25 restaurants in the CSRA have closed since this time last year. Some were popular local businesses which served the area for many years, including Betsy’s Round the Corner, DiVino Ristorante Italiano, and The Bee’s Knees. A few were franchises affiliated with

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Mitzi Oxford September 11, 2023 No Comments
Closings

50-year-old restaurant in the CSRA will close

Memories have been made between the walls of Villa Europa, from hosting business functions to families for weddings, birthdays, and anniversary celebrations. The stories could fill a book. Now, instead of building on those chapters after almost 50 years in business, it’s now day-by-day for the restaurant known for its German and Italian fare. The family-owned restaurant is in South Augusta at 3044 Deans Bridge Road. Despite all the happy memories, like most buildings of that era, it’s made well, but nothing lasts forever without some TLC. “It would have

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Mitzi Oxford September 10, 2023 No Comments
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