Consumer Stories

Local husband-wife team launch unique Evans business

2020 was a hard year for most, but for Jon and Laura McCauley, it was especially difficult. Jon – a chemical engineer – lost his son in a car accident and decided it was time for a career change. He and his wife, Laura – a proposal writer for a large technology company – opened a PostalAnnex store (see photo above) at 5121 Washington Road, Suite 2 in the Riverwood Town Center on Monday, Nov. 15. Opening the store “was a long process,” says Laura. “We were very excited when

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Furniture chain brings new store to Aiken

A national furniture company has opened a new location in Aiken. American Freight Furniture (see photo above) is now open at 1680 Richland Ave. West near Food Lion in Kalmia Plaza. The 30,000-square-foot store sells a variety of items, such as indoor and outdoor furniture, as well as mattresses, appliances, and rugs. Founded in 1994, American Freight has more than 350 stores in 40 states, including one located at 1708 Wylds Road in Augusta. The Aiken store is open Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Friday from

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Consumer Stories

Food Bank hires local group to plan $5 million project

A local charitable organization has received a $3.7 million grant that will help to feed the hungry in the CSRA. Golden Harvest Food Bank is one of eight food banks throughout Georgia that has received a Department of Community Affairs Grant, which will be administered locally by the Augusta Economic Development Authority. The grant was funded by the CARES Act – a law that was passed in response to the pandemic. Golden Harvest will use the funds to cover 75% of the construction costs for a two-story, 30,000-square-foot building on

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B2B Stories

Simon Says: Economic Resolutions!

Are you contemplating a dry January or a Veganuary? Want to exercise more and eat less? Many of us make New Year resolutions about this time of the year, only for them to fall apart before the end of January. Not sure you can make the commitment last, economics is here to help with the anti-charity! The StickK website (https://www.stickk.com) was started by Yale professors, Ian Ayers and Dean Karlan. In graduate school, Karlan had found himself putting on weight as had a fellow grad student. They set up a

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Local development firm buys Aiken shopping center

An Aiken shopping center has been sold to a new owner for $1.25 million. Cornerstone Town Center – located at 126 Dominion Drive off Whiskey Road, was recently bought by DB Development Partners LLC. The 9,000-square-foot development, which is fully leased, has seven tenants including Hollow Creek Animal Hospital, a pediatric physical therapy clinic, and Aiken Christian Church. “The growth in the south Aiken area is continuous,” says one of the co-owners of DB Development, who asked us not to use his name. “It’s in a nice location.” The development

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B2B Stories

Defeating Non-Attention

  Don MacNeil is the former Marketing Director of Windsor Jewelers and long-time on-air radio professional.   Is it just me, or… Defeating Non-Attention Marketing lore has it that esteemed advertising smart guy Ron Marshall once ran a crazy experiment to find out how many ads he was exposed to during a typical day. He decided to spot as many commercials as possible and tabulate them in a 24-hour period. By lunch he was at 487 and, amazed, decided not to continue. Volumes have been written decrying the daily onslaught

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Consumer Stories

SRS Economic Impact

The numbers from SRS are pretty staggering; the average age of its employees is less than 45, and the average salary is almost $100,000 per year. In today’s video update, ABD Publisher Neil Gordon says those numbers are a drop in the bucket!

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CSRA golf course to reopen with new name and owner

An 18-hole public golf course that’s been closed since August will soon reopen in the small town of Bamberg. Bamberg Golf & Sports Club (see photo above), located at 128 Paw Paw Road, officially closed on Saturday, Aug. 14. Built in 1981, the 135-acre course was developed by renowned architect, Russell Breeden. Bamberg Golf, which was previously called the Paw Paw Country Club, has been sold to a new owner according to Meybohm Commercial Properties. The course will also have a new name: River Burch Golf Club.

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Local entrepreneur’s sauces place third in national ranking

Mark Alison has worked hard to create his own brand of sauces (see photo above), and his efforts haven’t been overlooked. Bill Moore – a product reviewer with his own YouTube channel called “Bill Moore’s Hot & Spicy Reviews” released a new video discussing his top 35 products of 2021 on Tuesday, Dec. 21. Moore’s channel has more than 11,000 subscribers. In the video, he selected two of Alison’s sauces: Help Me Jesus Hot Sauce and the ’64 Wing Sauce for third place among his top sauces of the year.

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