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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B2B Stories

Nearly $5 Million renovation project set for 2022

Next year, construction will begin on renovating one of Augusta University’s libraries, according to Dr. Neil MacKinnon, the University’s Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs. Improvements on the Greenblatt Library – located on the Health Sciences campus, will include a new café/coffee shop and a new entrance on Laney Walker Boulevard, as well as expanded student services. According to Dr. MacKinnon, construction is expected to be completed by September 2022.

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Consumer Stories

Business Lunch Review: Sports Center

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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B2B Stories

Wild Wing’s Transition to Doc’s Porchside

Augusta Business Daily’s done many stories on the Scholer’s decision to end their Wild Wing’s franchise and develop their own concept. Doc’s enlisted the help of Alison South to help with the brand. One of the “Southie’s”, host Emily Ann Lively, sat down with three of the key leaders of the new restaurants.

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Darin Myers

No hire better than bad hire!

CSRA business coach Darin Myers is a stickler on making sure that you find the right person to fit your company vision, the right fit for your company. He tells ABD Publisher Neil Gordon, even if it means passing on all of the candidates you speak with.  

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Consumer Stories

$4 million expansion of iconic sporting event in CSRA

After more than 50 years, the Aiken Steeplechase has a new home that will open in time for the renewal of the races on March 26, 2022, after a two year hiatus due to Covid-19. The Steeplechase will move from it’s home at Bruce’s Field to a 140-acre facility on Aiken Steeplechase Track near the intersection of Richland Avenue and the eastern side of the Aiken Bypass in Aiken. The monetary goal of $4 million was reached with the help of hundreds of members of their association and through a

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Consumer Stories

Local pain management practice offers relief without surgery or pills

Shelley Washington (pictured in center of top photo) knows the physical and mental struggles of living with chronic pain. Washington suffered from debilitating pain for 20 years, which is one of the reasons she enjoys working as a patient advocate at QC Kinetix – a non-invasive pain management practice that opened at 3606 Wheeler Road behind Waffle House in Augusta on Tuesday, Nov. 30. The practice is unique in that it treats chronic joint pain by using a patient’s own stem cells and plasma, which allow the body to heal

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