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Medical Business just outside of Augusta/Aiken

The Medical College of Georgia (MCG) is continuing its more than 200-year mission to train doctors, now targeting the need for physicians in rural Georgia. Some of Georgia’s 159 counties in rural areas have no physicians or lack specialties such as pediatricians and OB/GYNs. Of that, 143 counties are designated as Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs). Dr. David Hess, Dean of MCG, said those areas are known as health deserts or physician deserts. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) estimates 20 percent of Americans, that’s more than 50 million people,

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Dana Lynn McIntyre December 11, 2025 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Fat Man’s Wins Awards & Prepares for Expansion

Monday night in Atlanta, the Usry’s came home to Augusta with the Hero Award as they plan for another restaurant and event space in the CSRA. Brad Usry and his son Hav won the prestigious Hero Restaurant community service award at the Georgia Restaurant Association annual event at the Aquarium in Atlanta. The Fat Man’s Hospitality Group is made up of (2) current restaurants and an event center connected to Fat Man’s. The Usry’s competed against much larger food service operations in Georgia, like Parker’s Kitchen. Construction is underway at

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Neil Gordon December 10, 2025 No Comments
B2B Stories

Employers needed to grow tomorrow’s workforce

Businesses in Metro Augusta are invited to participate in a program designed to show high school students career possibilities right at home. The Augusta Metro Chamber of Commerce is calling on businesses to sign up for a job shadowing opportunity. The annual event, set for Groundhog Day on Feb. 2, is coordinated by the Richmond County School System (RCSS). “There are so many jobs and job opportunities right here in the CSRA where we can keep our talent right here with us,” Dr. Stacey Mabray, Director of High School Programming

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Dana Lynn McIntyre December 9, 2025 No Comments
B2B Stories

Simon Says: Tariffs and Effects on Jobs

Manufacturing employment in the United States has fallen by 58,000 since April, when President Trump announced his tariffs on “liberation day” to stand at 12.7 million in September. Five straight months of losses in an industry that tariffs were supposed to protect. A week ago, at the economic forecast breakfast, we analyzed the impact of tariffs on manufacturing, as well as the agriculture and service sectors. Using data from 2012-2023 on all metro areas of Georgia, we find that tariffs do have a positive impact on manufacturing employment, but it

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Dr. Simon Medcalfe and Brandon Day December 9, 2025 No Comments
B2B Stories

New leadership in place at Cyber Command

One of the units at Metro Augusta’s largest employers has a new Commanding General during a change of command ceremony. MG Christopher Eubank was elevated at Fort Gordon. He is the sixth commanding general for ARCYBER. He replaced LTG Maria Barrett. ARCYBER’s 16,500 soldiers, civilians, and contractors represent more than one-third of Fort Gordon’s total employment of military and civilians. Presiding over the ceremony was 41st Chief of Staff of the Army, GEN Randy George, the 41st Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army. He said command and control are

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Dana Lynn McIntyre December 8, 2025 No Comments
B2B Stories

8th and 9th location opens in Columbia County

Benchmark Physical Therapy is opening locations in two new Columbia County shopping centers. They are opening in The Commons at West Lake on Furys Ferry Road, and Greenpoint Commercial Retail in Appling. Here are the following services Benchmark offers: Physical Therapy Telehealth Physical Therapy Work & Industry Headaches Instrument-Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization (IASTM) Manual Therapy Orthopedics Geriatric Therapy Arthritis Management Pre/Post Surgical Back Pain Neck Pain Shoulder Pain Elbow Pain Hand & Wrist Pain Ankle Pain Knee Pain Chronic Pain Generalized Weakness   Benchmark accepts insurance and typically suggests 3x’s

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Neil Gordon December 8, 2025 No Comments
Awards

Local Credit Union Earns impressive Georgia recognition

The awards keep coming for a local credit union. If you are one of the 200,000-plus SRP members in the CSRA, you are part of the best of the best according to Forbes magazine. The Forbes List of America’s Best–In–State Credit Unions 2025 recognizes institutions that are most valued by residents in each state and have excelled in meeting the unique needs and expectations of their local communities. Accepting the award given prior to Thanksgiving were the following SRP executives: Back row, left to right – Kevin Toole, Chief Lending

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Neil Gordon December 5, 2025 No Comments
Awards

Award-winning companies utilize 100+ more employees to grow

The Augusta Metro Chamber of Commerce wrapped up its 2025 series of Member Executive Luncheons with the traditional flourish. Today, Vinea Capital and PC Techware have an extra award on the mantle. The chamber announced with winners of the 2025 Corporation of the Year as the 2025 Entrepreneur of the Year. Russell Wyatt, founder and CEO of PC Techware, was named entrepreneur of the year. The award pointed to Wyatt’s leadership in innovation, while more than doubling the company’s number of employees in three years. That workforce is 100% local,

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Dana Lynn McIntyre December 5, 2025 No Comments
Consumer Stories

On track for record-breaking holiday shopping

If you felt crowded over the five days of the holiday shopping this year, there is a good reason for that. A new report says a record 202.9 million consumers were out in force from Thanksgiving Day to Black Friday, Shop Small Saturday, through Sunday, and on into Cyber Monday. That number is based on a consumer survey released by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics. That broke the previous record of 200.4 million, set in 2023. NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay, during a virtual

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Dana Lynn McIntyre December 4, 2025 No Comments
B2B Stories

Simon Says: Students break down economic forecast in CSRA

Yesterday, I gave my economic forecast with the help of two undergraduate economics students, Kacey Axon and Brandon Day. Due to the 40 + day delay caused by the feds shutting down the government, we’ve had an absence of local economic data for several months. This week, Kacey and I concentrate on long-term growth and summarize her research. Next Tuesday, we will cover Brandon’s analysis. In economics, when we talk about growth, we talk about an increase in real GDP. GDP is gross domestic product and is the total market

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Dr. Simon Medcalfe with Kacey Axon December 3, 2025 No Comments
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