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Local business leaders selected for state honor

William Easterlin III is one of several CSRA business leaders selected for a major honor by Georgia Trend Magazine. Easterlin, President, and CEO of Queensborough National Bank & Trust Co., a role he has held since 1994, has been profiled in the magazine’s premiere edition of Georgia 500: The State’s Most Influential Leaders, which was just published. The edition lists a variety of leaders from across the state, including CEOs, doctors, educators, and economic developers. The magazine placed them in various categories, such as Real Estate, Healthcare and Arts, and

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Josh Heath November 6, 2022 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Bell Auditorium to undergo major renovations starting in spring 2023

By May 2024, the Bell Auditorium will look significantly different than it does today, according to Project Executive Consultant, HB Brantley. Brantley said the nearly 2,700-seat venue will undergo major renovations that are currently scheduled to begin in April 2023. He said the plan is to close the Bell from July 2023 to May 2024 to complete the project, which will include adding a two-story, 5,000-square-foot grand hall/promenade; demolishing and rebuilding the venue’s dressing rooms; installing a fire sprinkler system; and updating the existing green room. Brantley said the Augusta-Richmond

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Josh Heath November 6, 2022 No Comments
B2B Stories

Mondays with Rick: Impact looms from Fed’s interest rate hikes

  Dr. Rick Franza, Dean of the Hull College of Business, discusses a different, timely business topic each Monday in this column. This week, he talks about the Federal Reserve’s most recent increase in the base interest rate and how that could impact businesses. The interview has been edited for clarity and impact. ABD: Last week the Federal Reserve raised the base interest rate by another 0.75 percent, the fourth time it’s done that in 2022, making the base rate now 3.75 percent. This is an effort to curb inflation.

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Gary Kauffman November 6, 2022 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Custom golf cart business to launch in Evans

If you’ve ever wanted to build your own custom golf cart, you’re in luck. Kart King, LLC located at 4158 Washington Road, Suite 11 next door to Just Beds in the Park Place 2 shopping center, is scheduled to open around Nov. 16, according to its owner, Barry Hall. Besides golf carts, the new store will offer a variety of accessories, such as LED lights, custom tires, and sound bars. But Hall said what makes Kart King unique is customers can choose their carts’ body styles, colors, and other features.

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Josh Heath November 3, 2022 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Faith Friday: Local pastor raises the roof through faithful business venture

What might convince a 51-year-old female pastor and divorced mother of two children with no roofing experience to purchase a roofing company? God said so. That’s Shirley Holston’s testimony as the new owner of Vertex Roofing, 4715 Augusta Road, in Beech Island, SC. Vertex provides roofing services for new and existing homes. The company also does small repairs and fencing. Holston purchased it from the previous owner who had operated it for decades and says in addition to the services provided, it’s the service to mankind that keeps it, and

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Monique Williams November 3, 2022 No Comments
B2B Stories

AU economist will look at the road to 2023 at the annual economic breakfast

After the way the economy has waffled and waned during 2022, it could be tough to predict how it will perform in 2023. But Dr. Simon Medcalfe will give it his best shot at his annual Economic Forecast Breakfast next month. Medcalfe, professor of economics at the Hull College of Business at Augusta University and a weekly contributor to Augusta Business Daily, will present a local and regional economic forecast at 7:30 a.m., Dec. 8, in the Dr. Roscoe Williams Ballroom, Jaguar Student Activities Center, Summerville Campus. An RSVP is

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Gary Kauffman November 3, 2022 No Comments
B2B Podcasting

Free Access: The importance of life skills and good manners

Southern cooking show host and entrepreneur, Vera Stewart talks with host, Deke Copenhaver on The Change Maker podcast about the beginnings of her business, food competition appearances, and how she continues to give back to young people teaching them life skills and good manners.  

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Deke Copenhaver November 3, 2022 No Comments
Shawna Woodward

Free Access: Real Talk Real Estate: More reasons to enjoy the holiday season

It’s official, we have entered the “Holiday Season!” I, for one, am thoroughly enjoying the Backstreet Boys’ new holiday album that dropped in October. I feel like I’m always trying to find new Christmas music that I like. Download “A Very Backstreet Christmas” and let me know if you like it. Speaking of something new, how about a new or new-to-you house!! I wanted to share three advantages of buying or selling during the holiday season. Let’s start with the one that I think is a huge advantage that no

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Shawna Woodward, Re/Max Reinvented Evans November 3, 2022 No Comments
B2B Stories

Augusta Chick-fil-A location celebrates grand re-opening

ABD wondered how many millions of dollars in acquisition or renovation costs Chick-Fil-A paid to expand its store to include the old Mi Rancho property. The operators didn’t want to discuss those numbers or how many millions in increased sales they believe is possible. Chick-fil-A, 3066 Washington Road, celebrated its grand re-opening yesterday morning. The new store has a larger parking lot, a fully updated kitchen, patio seating, two drive-thru lanes, and a drive-thru door instead of a window, according to franchise operator, John Powell. “Employees won’t be leaning out

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Story and photos by Josh Heath November 3, 2022 No Comments
B2B Stories

Young Aikenite builds successful boutique business

The timing may not have been ideal for Brooke Thomas to open a boutique in downtown Aiken. She signed the lease on her Laurens Street shop in March 2020, right before the pandemic shut everything down, but she used the downtime to complete renovations. A few months later, when shoppers began to venture out, Ginger Bee Boutique was ready. Ever since, there has been a hive of activity at her shop. Even at the age of 24, Thomas was ready for that as well. She has a passion for fashion

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Mitzi Oxford November 2, 2022 No Comments
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