Columbia County residents will soon have a new place to pick up a cup of Joe before heading to work. The owners of Rooted Coffeehouse, Alison Kocher and Heather Needles plan to open a second location at 380 West Milledgeville Road, near IGA, in Harlem this summer. The original coffee shop is located at 3116 William Few Parkway, Suite 1 in the Market at Riverwood shopping center in Evans. “We’re excited about having a new community to reach,” said Needles, Kocher’s mother. “It’s a small town, so we’re excited about

Business is booming at a local family-owned pediatric therapy business, which has prompted its owner to expand the company. Founded in 2018, Therapy Trails which has offices in Grovetown and Evans, offers a variety of services including speech, physical and occupational therapies. Business owner, Elizabeth Peavy plans to open a third location in a new development called Brighton Landing at the corner of Whiskey Road and John Huffman Way in Grovetown. “Building a new facility for Therapy Trails is definitely our goal,” Peavy said. “We’re still in the financing/planning/predicting phase.”