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Trash can cleaning company increases business fivefold

Drayton Oswald has more than quintupled his client base by buying out his competition. Oswald launched Spic & Span Georgialina Cans in the spring of 2022. The company cleans outdoor trash cans and just bought Brighter Bins from Andrew Tyson and Chase Lord. Oswald said Tyson and Lord, owners of MEGAH SoftWash, a pressure washing business, wanted to get out of the trash can cleaning business and offered to sell Brighter Bins to him. He declined to disclose the price he paid for the business. “It wasn’t for them, I

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Josh Heath January 4, 2023 No Comments
Darin Myers

Free Access: Resolve to be better at time management

You are a hardworking business owner who is consistently stressed about time. You end each day reflecting on all those tasks and activities that you didn’t check off your tick list. Darn. You should have called that vendor to negotiate a better price. You forgot to review the marketing calendar that you promised to approve. You completely missed an important scheduled meeting with your distribution manager. And that was just today. Important tasks and activities are being dropped regularly. But who can blame you? You are just one business owner

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Darin Myers January 4, 2023 No Comments
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Augusta IT company builds out to expand the local facility

Premier Networx, at 116 Cooper Drive just off River Watch Parkway, is expanding by building out an additional 2,500 square feet of its existing facility. The extra space will be used to build a dedicated network operations and security operations center, according to the company’s President and CEO, Chad Harpley. “We were going to lease that out, but things have gone so great that we’re having to build that space out for us,” Harpley said. He said the new center will house an additional 14 employees. Construction is expected to

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Josh Heath January 4, 2023 No Comments
Mergers/Acquisitions

Local real estate phenom purchases agency

24-year-old Noah McBride is wise beyond his years. Perhaps, he learned it from his grandpa Tommy McBride, who is working in his 55th year in local real estate, or from his old boss, Larry Miller, the former broker of Century 21 Larry Miller Realty. On New Year’s Day, Noah assumed control of the brokerage Miller had owned for 36 years. “I’m excited for the legacy he is leaving behind and to continue what he’s built,” said the three-year real estate agent from his temporary offices at 4426 Washington Road in

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Neil Gordon January 4, 2023 No Comments
B2B Stories

Resolutions and predictions for 2023

As someone who has written a regular column for more than five years, I have learned that certain topics are expected at certain times of the year. At the start of the year, readers often expect to see columnists provide resolutions and predictions. I will not let you down. Let’s start with the resolutions, and more importantly, how to keep them. Like many of you, I have probably not succeeded with all my resolutions. So, why should you listen to me? As Thomas Edison once said, “I have not failed.

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Dr. Richard Franza January 3, 2023 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Columbia County to celebrate third annual Restaurant Week

Each year, the Columbia County Chamber of Commerce and the Convention & Visitors Bureau hold a week-long event to celebrate the county’s eclectic eateries that serve everything from Mexican to Mediterranean cuisine. The third annual Restaurant Week will be held Monday, Jan. 23 through Sunday, Jan. 29, and applications are now being accepted. The deadline to apply is Friday, Jan. 13. Renee Meyer Dean and her family have already signed up to participate again this year. Meyer Dean, along with her parents and sister, own Red Oak Manor, which also

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Josh Heath January 3, 2023 No Comments
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Female business professionals to discuss importance of interacting with other cultures

Retired U.S. Army Major Gen., Jennifer Napper had the privilege of learning about many other cultures in her 35 years of service. Napper, who now serves as one of the vice presidents for Peraton, a national IT and cybersecurity firm, will serve as one of five panelists for the Augusta Metro Chamber of Commerce’s January Women in Business Program, which will be held Tuesday, Jan. 17, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. The event’s title is “Womenomics Across Cultures,” and the other panelists will be Universal

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Josh Heath January 3, 2023 No Comments
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Simon Says: Final economic numbers for 2021 show growth in some CSRA counties

In the first week of 2023, we now know how the Augusta economy did in 2021. The Augusta Metropolitan Statistical Area’s real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 3.1 percent. Real GDP is the final value of all goods and services produced in the economy in a year, adjusted for inflation. Some sectors of the economy enjoyed strong growth, admittedly from a covid-depleted 2020. For example, durable goods manufacturing was up 20 percent, and educational services by 11.1 percent. Not surprisingly, arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services increased by

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Dr. Simon Medcalfe, AU Economics Professor January 3, 2023 No Comments
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