B2B Stories

Local IT firm to relocate to green technology facility

A local information technology, cybersecurity, and telecommunications company will invest $2 million in the development of a green technology building in west Augusta. IntelliSystems – currently located at 1115 Greene St., and a downtown neighbor for 28 years, is relocating its operations to a state-of-the-art facility at 3687 Wheeler Road, which was formerly occupied by both John Deere and MEDAC. “The consensus was that now was the perfect time to reunify all of our staff under one big, beautiful, solar-powered roof,” says Kevin Wade, the company’s Founder, President, and Chief

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B2B Podcasting

Lessons Learned From Cyber Attacks

Nowadays, if you do not have an I.T. or Cyber protection plan, you could be putting your clients at great risk and your employees in a tenuous situation as well. In today’s Vodcast,” Cross Link Consulting founder Patrick Reynolds, invites you to “save the date” on a Cyber conference and provides some tips on how to prevent a Cyber attack.

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Consumer Stories

A pair of local companies helps to feed the hungry

In the last few months, a local bank and SRS contractor donated $40,000 to feed the hungry in the Augusta area. $30,000 from Savannah River Nuclear Solutions will provide 60,000 meals for children, seniors and families in need. Queensborough National Bank & Trust, which has multiple branches throughout the CSRA, presented a $10,000 check to Golden Harvest Food Bank. The bank has also partnered with the nonprofit for more than 10 years by distributing over 100,000 pounds of food to needy families. The bank hosts Golden Harvest Mobile Markets in

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Cyber Security

Lessons Learned From Cyber Attacks

Nowadays, if you do not have an I.T. or Cyber protection plan, you could be putting your clients at great risk and your employees in a tenuous situation as well. In today’s Vodcast,” Cross Link Consulting founder Patrick Reynolds, invites you to “save the date” on a Cyber conference and provides some tips on how to prevent a Cyber attack.

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Shawna Woodward

Real Talk Real Estate: 5 Things Buyers Want!

With spring rapidly approaching, our big season to move is creeping up. In an effort to help you appeal to as many buyers as possible, I wanted to give you 5 things that just about every buyer wants in a home. Anyone who is planning to sell in the future, should make sure they have added these to get the most money and appeal to multiple buyers. 1. CEILING FANS You should have ceiling fans in all the bedrooms, the great room or family room, and on any covered back

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Consumer Stories

Local economist shares 2022 outlook

Unlike many CSRA employers, Lane Keen’s business hasn’t experienced a labor shortage. Keen – owner of Keen Signs & Graphics, recently moved his business from Reynolds Street to a much larger location at 1467 Broad St. “We have low turnover,” he says. Keen was one of about 100 attendees at the 2021 Economic Outlook Breakfast, which was held on Thursday, Dec. 9 in Augusta University’s Jaguar Student Activities Center Ballroom. The presenter for this event was Dr. Simon Medcalfe – Professor of Economics with the university’s James M. Hull College

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B2B Podcasting

Real Talk Real Estate: Investing Part One

As part of our ongoing “Real Talk Real Estate” series on Fridays, ABD will be discussing Real Estate Investing with Paul Myers at Myers House Buyers. In Part One of a Three Part series, Paul explains how he got started and how you can too!

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Consumer Stories

Real Talk Real Estate: 5 Things Buyers Want!

With spring rapidly approaching, our big season to move is creeping up. In an effort to help you appeal to as many buyers as possible, I wanted to give you 5 things that just about every buyer wants in a home. Anyone who is planning to sell in the future, should make sure they have added these to get the most money and appeal to multiple buyers. 1. CEILING FANS You should have ceiling fans in all the bedrooms, the great room or family room, and on any covered back

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Consumer Stories

Picture-perfect persistence guides woman’s vision later in life

If the mandate in Habakkuk 2, “…Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it,” was illustrated with a picture, Yolanda Rouse’s face would be front and center. The Augusta wife and mother, still keeps a handwritten note to God from over a decade ago, when she took a leap of faith to become a professional photographer. “To become skilled and knowledgeable in this field, I ask that God guide me in the right direction, for this vision I have before me,” it

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B2B Stories

Best in Business awards presented to SRS contractor and staffing company

On Wednesday, Dec. 8, the Augusta’s Entrepreneur Award was presented to Charlie Wall and Jason Kennedy – Co-founders of Loop Recruiting, during the Augusta Metro Chambers’ Member Economic Luncheon at the Augusta Marriott at the Convention Center. The Corporation of the Year award went to Savannah River Nuclear Solutions. Founded in 2015, Loop Recruiting – located at 972 Broad St. in Augusta, provides staffing services for many large technology companies, such as TaxSlayer, Unisys, and Electrolux. The business recruits employees for a variety of jobs, including direct-hire positions, temporary employment

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