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Shawna Woodward

Free Access: Real Talk Real Estate: The draw of living the slow life

It has been an upward trend in our communities to sell your home and move out to a piece of property with room and privacy. However, with the draw to move from city life to the slow life steadily increasing, the chances of finding good land to build on is decreasing. Which is why I want to point you into the direction of GreenHead Homes. They have three more lots available in their development located in Harlem. One desirable feature, among others, is that the properties have no HOA! These

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Braydon Woodward, Re/Max Reinvented Evans February 25, 2022 No Comments
Consumer Stories

New entertainment venue hopes to be #1 in U.S.

Vibes & Vines Jazz Lounge in Beech Island may just be the place to Take Five if you are In a Sentimental Mood. Vibes & Vines is relatively new to the Augusta-area dining and music scene, having opened in December, 2021 at 4659 Jefferson Highway. But it’s a great choice if you are looking to dress up for a night out, listen to cool jazz and enjoy some good food. Owners Tongi Bartlett and Darnell Holston met through family and friends because of similar interests. She worked in the medical

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Mitzi Oxford February 24, 2022 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Entrepreneur baker has found the recipe for success with cheesecakes

In March 2020, Arielle Page was baking pastries for the Four Seasons Hotel in midtown Atlanta. Now she controls the menu as the owner of Arie’s Confectionaries, a local cheesecake business. After being laid off due to the pandemic, Page returned to Augusta and was unemployed for about eight months before officially starting her business on Aug. 11, 2020. During that time, she thought about how she wanted to use her extensive baking experience. Page discovered Augusta had no bakeries strictly devoted to cheesecake, and businesses that sold the dessert

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Josh Heath February 24, 2022 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Business Lunch Review: Gary’s Hamburgers

Editor’s Note: Wes Hennings never met a meal he walked away from and is an opinionated eater! Each Thursday he shares the results of a business lunch he’s had with a colleague as a way to advise our business community on the good, bad, and tasty across the CSRA. He doesn’t let ABD or the restaurant know where he is going and his opinions are his own. He grades the restaurants he visits on a 1-5 scale with “5” being outstanding. We call this our “Real Business Lunch Review”. Food

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Wes Hennings February 24, 2022 No Comments
B2B Stories

Best-selling author and speaker highlights Chamber’s annual meeting

Best-selling author and inspirational speaker, Jon Acuff has helped such renowned companies as FedEx, Nissan, Microsoft, Lockheed Martin, Chick-fil-A, Nokia and Comedy Central. Now he’s coming to Augusta to offer his insights at the Augusta Chamber of Commerce’s annual meeting. Acuff, author of seven books, will be the keynote speaker at the Chamber’s 113th Annual Meeting on Thursday, March 3 in the Olmstead Exhibit Hall at the Augusta Marriott at the Convention Center. Doors open at 6 p.m., and the program begins at 6:30 p.m. His presentation is called “Turning

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Josh Heath February 24, 2022 No Comments
B2B Stories

Simon Says: Georgia labor market grows 2.2%, Augusta at 0.4%

The labor market in Georgia grew at a 2.2 percent annual rate in 2021 but the growth was not evenly spread around the state. Urban areas around Atlanta and coastal cities fared best. The fastest growing labor market, at 3.8 percent, was Savannah with nearby Brunswick also reporting 2.1 percent growth. Atlanta and Gainesville grew at 2.1 percent and 2.3 percent respectively. Augusta recorded growth of 0.4 percent. Two cities saw deteriorating labor markets: Albany and Columbus. Only two Metropolitan Statistical Areas beat the Georgia growth rate suggesting non-MSA areas

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Dr. Simon Medcalfe, AU Economics Professor February 23, 2022 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Delta flies high with new systems and old-time service

Jason Blackburn is a third-generation owner of the Delta Pest and Termite Company headquartered in Burke County, but he’s not set in doing things the way they’ve always been done. “For the first time in 40 years, we optimized all of our routes,” he said from his spacious office on Millen Highway in Waynesboro. (see photo above) That’s not only a tall order, but a big deal since his grandfather Jimmie and grandmother Frankie founded the company in December, 1963. Frankie is alive and ensures Delta is run with the

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Neil Gordon February 23, 2022 No Comments
B2B Podcasting

Taking Care of Business with Best Office Solutions, Part 2

In part 2, Neil Gordon talks to Best Office Solutions owners, Robin Baxley and Sandi Shields and their coach Darin about how they make their partnership work, and how the peer-to-peer The Alternative Board (TAB) helps keep them on track.  

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Neil Gordon February 23, 2022 No Comments
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