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Mondays with Rick: Vaccine Mandate

Editor’s Note: Litigation is pending all over the country to stop the mandates to force Americans to get vaccinated. Proving health or religious reasons to be excluded has not proved to be an easy bar to reach. In the CSRA, many companies like Cardinal Health and Beasley Broadcasting have vax mandates in place from their home offices and they have both lost key employees, who’ve refused. At University System of Georgia academic/educational institutions, the only schools impacted by the mandate are those that have contracts with the federal government.  In

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Neil Gordon November 29, 2021 1 Comment
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New franchisee to take over “cool” local business

Maranda Carruth has always wanted to be a business owner, but she wasn’t sure what type of business it would be. Carruth will officially take over the Kona Ice of Western Augusta franchise on Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022, but she has been preparing for this new role for the last three years by learning the business from the current franchise owners, Dean and Denise Dozier. Dean is retiring, and Denise plans to continue working with the business for now. “It will be nice to have her around while I’m learning,”

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Josh Heath November 29, 2021 No Comments
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The Cookie Crumbles in the CSRA

A local family is excited to take a leap of faith in the sweets space. As Neil Gordon reports in this video, they’ll be moving into a busy shopping center in Evans.  

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Neil Gordon November 29, 2021 No Comments
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Augusta BizBitz

Happy belated Thanksgiving! Yours truly got to spend the front part of the holiday as a guest of my son, who treated for a cabin and entertainment in Pigeon Forge, which natives say is mostly owned by Country music legend, Dolly Parton. She’s known for her sass, service and superior entertainment. “Dolly” hit a home run business-wise as all of her dinner-theater showings in town were pretty much sold-out. It was the first time I had been to a dinner and a show since the Fort Gordon Dinner Theater about

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Neil Gordon November 29, 2021 No Comments
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Coke, Baymont Inn and Spanx!

      Coke’s kicking its ad campaign into high gear for the holidays. A hotel with ties to the CSRA responds to a negative review and a young CEO follows in the footsteps of the Spanx founder.

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Mike Petchenik November 29, 2021 No Comments
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“Nutty” retailer ready for big move to Washington Road

Brian and Kam Kyzer plan to relocate their gourmet nut business to a much larger space early next year. Watanut, currently located at 3604 Verandah Drive, Suite A in Augusta, is moving to 3311 Washington Road near Infiniti of Augusta. “It’s 10,000 square feet, so at least four times larger” than their current location, says Brian. “We’ve outgrown our current space.” He states they look forward to having more retail and storage space, as well as a larger kitchen. The business sells a variety of items, such as nuts, cookies,

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Josh Heath November 24, 2021 No Comments
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SIMON SAYS: Augusta not stacking up well on job front

Last week I described the weak labor market in Augusta over the last year. The Labor Market Index, a composite index of five labor market indicators (employment, unemployment rate, average weekly earnings, labor force, and hours worked), increased just 1.4% over the last year. Compared to other Metropolitan Statistical Areas in Georgia only Columbus and Hinesville have performed worse. The most robust labor market can be found in Savannah, increasing 5.6% over the last year (see photo above). Strong growth was also seen in Atlanta, Brunswick, Dalton, and Gainesville, all

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Dr. Simon Medcalfe, AU Economics Professor November 24, 2021 No Comments
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Nearly $2 million price tag for Augusta landmark

After 25 years in business, a local liquor store has been listed for sale for $1.9 million. According to a newsletter from the Beman Group with Blanchard & Calhoun Real Estate Company, the owners of Harvard’s Wine & Beverage, located at 110 Old Evans Road near the intersection of Bobby Jones Expressway and Washington Road, are ready to retire. The more than 9,000-square-foot store, which opened in 1996, carries a wide selection of alcoholic beverages, including wine, beer, and liquor. There’s also a second location at 145 Kings Grant Drive

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Josh Heath November 24, 2021 No Comments
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How to improve the value of your business to a buyer

In working with business owners on the sale of their businesses, we always start the process with a business valuation to determine what we feel the company would sell for in the market place. And it probably comes as no surprise that many business owners are hoping for a price greater than what the market probably will pay. Why this occurs is there is no public database of what businesses sell for that a seller or buyer can research to arrive at a value, especially if there is no real

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Tim Dalton, President Integra Business Brokers November 24, 2021 No Comments
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Good Deeds Holiday Style

ABD is big on good deeds in our area by CSRA companies! Apparently, “Tis the Season” to share the joy and blessings area companies have received in 2021. ABD Publisher Neil Gordon has more in his “VLOG”.

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Neil Gordon November 24, 2021 No Comments
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