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Restaurant demolition starts

Demolition began this week on the latest bit of property to be added to Augusta National Golf Course on Washington Road. Thompson Wrecking, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2021, typically demolishes buildings on behalf of Augusta National. They just started the demolition of Wendy’s restaurant in National Hills. The last day of business for this Wendy’s was Sunday, July 17. Local Wendy’s franchisee, Mike Iezzi leased the location at 2738 Washington Road next to Olive Garden from a company called Meadows Inc. from 2007 until a few years ago,

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Story and Photos by Neil Gordon July 26, 2022 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Popular restaurant to expand with new south Augusta location

South Augusta residents will soon have a new dining option that won’t require a trip to Columbia County or South Carolina. That Flippin’ Egg, which already has locations on Washington Road in Evans and Richland Avenue in Aiken, plans to open its third location at 3313 Mike Padgett Highway just off Interstate 520. A restaurant employee said they’re not sure when it will open, but it could be as early as this week. That Flippin’ Egg serves a variety of breakfast and lunch items, including pancakes, waffles, and omelets, as

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Story and Photos by Josh Heath July 26, 2022 No Comments
B2B Stories

Simon Says: Augusta’s hospitality industry reaches a milestone

A major Augusta milestone was achieved with May’s employment data published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics: Leisure and hospitality employment surpassed the pre-pandemic peak. There were 29,600 people employed in the leisure and hospitality sector in May. The previous peak was 28,000 in May 2019. The sector lost 11,000 jobs in the depths of the stay-at-home orders in spring 2020. Moreover, the leisure and hospitality industry now employs more workers than retail, a position it lost during the pandemic. The retail sector lost about 1,000 jobs in May. As

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Dr. Simon Medcalfe, AU Economics Professor July 26, 2022 No Comments
B2B Stories

Stress test: One website ranks Augusta as being full of stress

If you’re feeling relaxed and at ease, maybe you know something the folks at the personal finance website WalletHub don’t. They just ranked Augusta as the 11th-most stressed city in the country. Augusta just missed the top 10, coming in slightly lower than Toledo, Ohio, but well ahead of Atlanta, which ranked 42nd. This may be a little confusing for any local residents who’ve had to drive in the traffic melee in our capital city. How could we be more stressed than that? To figure out what’s going on, we

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Gary Kauffman July 26, 2022 No Comments
B2B Stories

SRP Federal Credit Union announces new CEO

Eric Jenkins will become the new Chief Executive Officer of SRP Federal Credit Union on Sept. 1. He will succeed interim President, Woody Shuler. Jenkins, a graduate of the University of South Carolina, had served as CEO at Education Credit Union in Amarillo, Texas. “The Board is pleased and excited that Mr. Jenkins will be joining the SRP team as CEO,” said SRP Board Chair, Sandra DeVoe Bland. “His energy, leadership, and vision, fit well with SRP. The Board feels that Mr. Jenkins is the perfect leader to continue and

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Gary Kauffman July 26, 2022 No Comments
Digital Marketing

Free Access: 7 common digital marketing mistakes (and how to avoid them)

If you’re serious about improving your marketing, you have to know what some of the common mistakes are as well – as if you are making some of those mistakes. Chances are, you might be. How do you know where to start? How do you know what you’re doing wrong? How do you know what you need to improve? How do you know when you’ve made a change? These are the questions that we hear from small business owners every day. In reality, marketing mistakes are a dime a dozen,

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Richard Brashear July 25, 2022 No Comments
Consumer Stories

New dog grooming business offers mobile manicures

If you’ve ever had the pleasure of lugging a pair of skittish 60-pound German Shepherds to a groomer to have their nails trimmed, you’ll appreciate Lytisha Salazar’s services. Salazar launched Clip and Grind, LLC, a mobile “pawdicure” business, earlier this month. She provides in-home nail clipping or grinding for dogs in Columbia and Richmond counties, as well as much of Aiken County, particularly North Augusta. “I started this business because my dog has anxiety; she can’t go out in public without having a complete breakdown,” Salazar said. “I come to

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Josh Heath July 25, 2022 No Comments
B2B Stories

Aiken Technical College celebrates its 50th anniversary

The average cost of tuition for four-year colleges in South Carolina is around $12,500, but Aiken Technical College’s tuition this fall may be free for eligible S.C. residents. It’s part of the SC WINS scholarship program designed to address workforce shortages in the state. It supplements Lottery Tuition Assistance (LTAP) to help cover tuition and other fees left after applying for other scholarships and grants.  Aiken Tech is in celebration mode for good reason. Offering free tuition, providing community service for United Way and other nonprofits, honoring former employees and

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Mitzi Oxford July 25, 2022 No Comments
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