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One Columbia County fitness center closes facility

While many gyms are gearing up for their busiest time of the year, one local fitness center is closing its doors permanently. ABD has learned Burn Boot Camp’s Grovetown location at 953 Branch Court closed on December 22nd after four years in operation. The owners of that franchise location also own and operate the Evans location at 4490 Washington Road, which has been operating for six years. Burn Boot Camp offers group workouts called Camps that combine strength training and high-intensity cardiovascular exercise. “It was a tough decision, but we

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Josh Heath and Neil Gordon December 27, 2022 No Comments
B2B Stories

Simon Says: The 12 Days of Christmas, adjusted for inflation

The major economic concern this year has been inflation. The latest data suggest that prices have risen by 7.1 percent over the last year. This has hit consumers’ pockets hard and at this time of the year made Christmas more expensive but by how much? A whimsical take on the cost of Christmas is provided by PNC bank which calculated the cost of the presents in the 12 days of Christmas. A partridge in a pear tree is 25.8 percent more expensive due to the higher cost of fertilizer. Higher

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Dr. Simon Medcalfe, AU Economics Professor December 27, 2022 No Comments
B2B Stories

Good things come to those who plan

Let’s just go ahead and preface with this: I fell into entrepreneurship and therefore leadership. And riding a bull is about the equivalent of being a business owner; perhaps you can relate. There are tremendous ups and downs, spins and ejections. So, keeping that in mind, I wanted to talk about questions that continually come up for me while I am out in the community: “How do you do all the things you do?” “I see you everywhere! Do you sleep?” “Do you have a clone?” “I didn’t expect you

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Amy Richardson December 27, 2022 No Comments
Consumer Stories

CSRA limo companies and the holidays

Late December is a very busy time for Harley Napier’s limousine drivers. Napier owns Celebrity Limos of GA, Inc. in Augusta. He said they transport their clients to many Christmas and New Year’s Eve events and celebrations. “People are going to see Christmas lights and attending dinners and formal events,” Napier said. Of course, Celebrity Limos also takes people to events throughout the year, including graduations, weddings, proms, and bachelor parties. Unlike Napier’s business, an employee with C&C Limousines located at 3701 Peach Orchard Road in Augusta said the company

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Josh Heath December 27, 2022 No Comments
Digital Marketing

Free Access: Free Wi-Fi offers marketing gateway for businesses

Wi-Fi Marketing We have all been to the local coffee shop, restaurant, or business office that has Wi-Fi available to its customers. “This is known as a hotspot,” states Captain Obvious. Technically, a hotspot is a physical location (read: business, retailer, hotel, etc.) with a Wi-Fi device that gives free wireless internet access to anyone who wants it. This is done by connecting a wireless router that the business owns to an internet service provider. In this case, the business is responsible for setting up the network, maintaining the Wi-Fi

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Richard Brashear December 26, 2022 No Comments
Education

Augusta Technical College reveals plan to build technology training center in Columbia County

Augusta Technical College plans to grow the future workforce by bringing a new advanced manufacturing and engineering technology training facility to Columbia County. This plan involves building a state-of-the-art manufacturing simulation center that will include classrooms and labs for engineering, robotics, chemical technology, and machining, according to an article from the college. The article said the college’s current facilities are insufficient to train its students for jobs in these STEM fields, and these industries employ more than one-third of the region’s workers. “The establishment of the facility in Columbia County

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Josh Heath December 26, 2022 No Comments
B2B Podcasting

Free Access: Job market cooling in Georgia

  The state recorded its second straight month with a slight increase in the jobless rate and companies are suing Georgia over backroom deals in granting medical marijuana licenses. More in this Georgia Business Daily Business Update by Mike Petchenik.

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Mike Petchenik December 26, 2022 No Comments
Consumer Stories

New York natives launch CSRA photo booth biz

When Katrena and her husband, Jason, moved to Augusta from New York City more than two years ago, she noticed there weren’t many businesses that offered 360-degree photo booth rentals, so she decided to start her own. The couple, who asked us not to use their last name, launched NYC to AGS 360 Rentals at the end of October and are currently working on marketing their new business. People can rent their photo booth for a variety of celebrations, including Christmas, birthday, and New Year’s Eve parties, as well as

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Josh Heath December 26, 2022 No Comments
Consumer Stories

LIV golfers receive invites to play at the Masters

The battle over the new LIV Golf Tour won’t keep some of the world’s top golfers away from Augusta National. The golf world had questioned whether golfers who had left the PGA for the Saudi-backed tour would be allowed to play in the Masters Tournament. But last week, Augusta National Golf Club chairman, Fred Ridley announced that 16 members of the tour will receive invitations to play in the 2023 Masters, April 6-9. Those 16 include six past Masters champions: Bubba Watson, Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Sergio Garcia, Patrick Reed,

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Gary Kauffman December 26, 2022 No Comments
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