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Shawna Woodward

Real Talk Real Estate: Zillow can drive you Zany!

Zillow is a big deal in Real Estate. They have a great platform that keeps up with all the active and pending listings from all the real estate boards nationwide. They keep the public informed with historical data and pictures of homes. For the most part, I feel like they add value to a very overwhelming space in the market. I have recommended their searching platform to countless buyers over the years and have adapted my business, knowing that to be successful, I need to see the value it brings

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SHAWNA WOODWARD, RE/MAX REINVENTED EVANS November 12, 2021 No Comments
Closings

Long-time car audio business closes its doors

After 33 years in business, a local car audio installation company has closed its doors permanently. Founded in 1988, Anything Audio was located at 3906 Washington Road in Augusta. The business’s owner, Richard Hurt, says he decided to close for a combination of reasons. At 63, Hurt figured it was time to retire and enjoy spending time with his first grandchild. “I wanted to retire at 60 and then thought I could hold on until 66,” he states. “I made it halfway.” Hurt say he faced significant supply-chain issues. “Right

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Josh Heath November 12, 2021 No Comments
B2B Stories

Bank with local branches merges with another bank

A bank with multiple branches throughout the CSRA is merging with another bank. Cadence Bank, which has locations on Wrightsboro Road, Wheeler Road, and Walton Way, as well as East Hill Street in Thomson, merged with BancorpSouth on Friday, Oct. 29. The new bank will carry the Cadence name. Founded in Mississippi in 1876, Bancorp has 420 branches throughout the U.S., including Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Tennessee, as well as Texas and Illinois. Atlanta-based Cadence Bank was founded in 2009 and has branches throughout much of the Southeast, such as

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Josh Heath November 12, 2021 No Comments
Consumer Stories

CSRA mom uses faith to meet the need to be kneaded

You can’t help but feel like a new person once you arise from Angela Odom’s massage table. Ask any of her dozens of clients. They say it’s like an out-of-body, spiritual experience when her hands touch parts of you didn’t realize needed to be decompressed and de-stressed. She’s been a licensed massage therapist for over a decade. “Hands & Stones, LLC, is a gift and a ministry,” she says. “People need me, so I knead them.” However, an encounter with a client in her in-home studio in April 2021 threatened

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Monique Williams November 12, 2021 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Real Talk Real Estate: Zillow can drive you Zany!

Zillow is a big deal in Real Estate. They have a great platform that keeps up with all the active and pending listings from all the real estate boards nationwide. They keep the public informed with historical data and pictures of homes. For the most part, I feel like they add value to a very overwhelming space in the market. I have recommended their searching platform to countless buyers over the years and have adapted my business, knowing that to be successful, I need to see the value it brings

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SHAWNA WOODWARD, RE/MAX REINVENTED EVANS November 12, 2021 No Comments
B2B Stories

Financial wellness in the workplace

The last few years have been difficult in area companies in balancing fiscal responsibility with helping its employees succeed at home and in the office. Apollon Wealth Management CFP Kurt Mueller explains there are different paths being taken.

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Neil Gordon November 12, 2021 No Comments
B2B Stories

German company hiring 125 in Augusta to make dent in CSRA job loss

A German metal recycling company is coming to the CSRA and bringing with it 125 skilled manufacturing jobs. Yesterday, Gov. Brian Kemp announced Aurubis AG has authorized the construction of a $340 million recycling and secondary-smelting plant – the only one of its kind in the U.S. – located at 4760 Mike Padgett Highway in Augusta Corporate Park. The plant is expected to open by early 2024. Jobs Aurubis is scheduled to begin hiring for various positions at the new plant in summer 2022. Cal Wray – President of the

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Josh Heath November 11, 2021 No Comments
B2B Stories

New business to replace closed Evans automotive shop

After eight years in Evans and 20 in Martinez under the watch of “Buffalo Vince” Tedhams, the Buffalo Brakes brand just came to a screeching halt. Owners Becky and Larry Griffith made the difficult decision to close recently. “We are under contract (to a non-automotive business) and should close by the end of the year,” said Becky, who served as office manager of Buffalo Brakes for eight years— the last couple full-time. For the former beauty shop owner—the closing is emotional. ” The people of Columbia County were great. I

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Neil Gordon November 11, 2021 No Comments
Consumer Stories

A Fox’s Tale – Rare Memories and a Secret Path back to your Youth

Imagine that you set out to write a story about an adorable independent bookstore in a quaint shop in downtown Aiken, S.C., and when you got there, you found several businesses, scores of seemingly unrelated merchandise, a glorious selection of many of the best books ever printed and then found there is another business off-premises where the owners deal in another world of publications. Co-owner Holly Segar, with husband Jeffrey Rovenpor, is a native of Aiken and after learning the rare book and retail sides of the business at prominent

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Stephen Delaney Hale November 11, 2021 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Business Lunch Review: Tbonz

Editor’s Note: Wes Hennings never met a meal he walked away from and is an opinionated eater! Each Monday 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 November 11, 2021 No Comments
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