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Hilton Head Island Concours d’Elegance

Editor’s Note: By day, Kevin Jay (see photo above) puts marketing plans together for the remaining privately-owned newspapers across the U.S from his home office in Martinez. He often travels to different cities to work with salespeople to grow their customer base. When he does, he tries to enjoy his passions on the road like good BBQ and Car Shows! During the holiday months, Kevin hit the road and as always came home to the CSRA with a case of “Road Rash”, good sauce and a broken umbrella. This is

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Kevin Jay December 27, 2021 No Comments
B2B Stories

New hotel coming to Grovetown

Visitors to the Augusta area will soon have a new hotel option in Columbia County. A Maryland-based hotel development group has purchased a 2.7-acre lot and plans to build a new Fairfield by Marriott hotel (see photo above provided by Meybohm) near I-20 in Grovetown. Construction on the hotel, which will be located next to Home2 Suites near both Kroger and Walmart, is expected to begin by the end of the year. Meybohm Commercial Properties represented the development group in purchasing the land. Fairfield has nearly 1,000 locations worldwide, including

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Josh Heath December 27, 2021 No Comments
B2B Stories

2021 CSRA Company Awards

Tis’ the season for annual awards. The Augusta Metro Chamber of Commerce gave out a few awards to entrepreneurs and companies. Our Neil Gordon has the visual proof!

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Neil Gordon December 27, 2021 No Comments
Good Deeds

Another local company to help Kentucky tornado victims

David Byrd wants to provide prompt relief to those who need it the most. Byrd – President of Southern Beverage Packers Inc. in Appling, says the KAMO company will deliver at least 3,000 cases of Springtime bottled water to those affected by the tornadoes in Kentucky during the week of Dec. 27th. “It’s important for small businesses to help communities in need due to our quick reaction time to provide basic needs,” he states. Local businesses can meet those needs without “red tape, legislative approvals, or bureaucratic largess.” Southern Beverage

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Neil Gordon December 23, 2021 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Local credit union employees help community for the holiday season

Employees of SRP Federal Credit Union have been active in supporting local charities in various ways throughout the month of December. They filled 66 stockings for The Salvation Army’s Stuff a Stocking campaign and supported the charitable organization’s Angel Tree program by donating gifts for 39 children, while 16 employees volunteered as bell ringers for this year’s Red Kettle campaign. Workers also helped The Salvation Army of Aiken distribute stockings and gifts. In addition, they filled containers of toys for The Augusta Chronicle’s annual Empty Stocking Fund campaign. The credit

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Josh Heath December 23, 2021 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Restaurant Lunch Review: Goolsby’s

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 the 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”.

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Wes Hennings December 23, 2021 No Comments
Financial/Investing

Simon Says: Economic value of your holiday gifts

“Father Christmas, give us the money Don’t mess around with those silly toys” The Kinks, Father Christmas At this time of gift giving, it is worth considering whether the exchange of presents is efficient. Well at least to an economist it is! Famously, if only in economic circles, Joel Waldfogel in 1993 suggested gift giving was inefficient because it destroyed about 10 percent to a third of the value of the gift. Think of the aunt or uncle that gave you that wonderful (read terrible) sweater last year. They bought

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Dr. Simon Medcalfe, AU Economics Professor December 22, 2021 No Comments

“The Ghosts of Recruiting Past”

Those creative “kids” over at Peak Talent Solutions have done it again. They have managed to find some humor in our volatile employment situation in the CSRA, things are just not the way they always were.

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Neil Gordon December 22, 2021 No Comments
Employment

Inflation affecting CSRA workers

After Dr. Simon Medcalfe recently delivered his annual Economic Outlook Forecast, the numbers changed again, making it even more expensive for all of us to buy gifts this holiday season. Publisher Neil Gordon has more in this video minute.  

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Neil Gordon December 22, 2021 No Comments
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