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Augusta chiropractor plans to bless local families this Christmas season

Dr. Chris Walker wants to make this Christmas season a little brighter for some less fortunate families in the CSRA. Walker – owner of Walker Chiropractic in Augusta, is participating in a promotion called Christmas Blessing with the Christian non-profit radio station 88.3 WAFJ to help at least four families overcome their greatest financial needs, such as buying presents or paying past-due bills. The promotion asks people to nominate local families in need by filling out a brief application on the WAFJ website. The application deadline is Sunday, Nov. 14

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Josh Heath November 9, 2021 No Comments
B2B Stories

Local entrepreneur is semi-finalist in National business competition

Dr. Stacy Roberts is on a mission to promote children’s literacy in Georgia and beyond, but she needs funding to fulfill that mission. Roberts – a local business owner, professor, and children’s author – has been selected as a semifinalist in the Sistahs in Business Expo national competition. The organization is based in Newark, New Jersey and promotes itself as the countries’ only multi-city business expo to celebrate and empower entrepreneurial women of color. If selected as a finalist, she and four other female entrepreneurs will have three minutes each

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Josh Heath November 9, 2021 No Comments
B2B Stories

Taking On Facebook

    Don MacNeil is the former Marketing Director of Windsor Jewelers and long-time on-air radio professional. Is it just me, or… Taking On Facebook It didn’t start out this way. Realizing I hadn’t yet led you into the weeds of Facebook advertising I decided to do that, intending to bypass the fluff and distill what I found down to an easy-to-understand, Facebook Marketing For Dummies. The dummy, it turned out, was right here. I could see trouble coming when, after searching YouTube tutorials on Facebook advertising, none of the

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Don MacNeil November 9, 2021 No Comments
Augusta Business Daily Podcast

2 Dekes discuss the Healthcare Business and serving others

In today’s Augusta Podcast, the two Deke’s get together to talk about the business of long-term healthcare. Deke Copenhaver is a business consultant who helps CEO Deke Cateau of A.G. Rhodes Health & Rehab lead approximately 600 employees who serve more than 1100 seniors each year.

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Neil Gordon November 9, 2021 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Augusta BizBitz

BAM IS BACK! My years covering CSRA business tells me that when businesses’ “temporarily close” and say they’ll re-open—they usually don’t. It’s happened with Sunshine Bakery in downtown Augusta, Moe’s on Washington Road in National Hills and in about 9 out of 10 situations. So, when Books-A-Million announced it was closing its Aiken Mall store in July so they could find a better option, I was understandably skeptical. ABD’S learned that the national chain will be retrofitting the old Aaron’s Rental store in the Kalmia Plaza next to Hibbet Sports

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Neil Gordon November 8, 2021 No Comments
B2B Stories

National grocery store chain remodels 87 stores, including three in CSRA

A national grocery store chain has made significant improvements to many of its locations, including three in the CSRA. Food Lion, which currently has 1,103 locations in 10 states, recently invested $127 million in remodeling 87 stores in Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee. The local stores are located at 2115 Windsor Spring Road, 3722 Mike Padgett Highway (South Augusta store pictured above), and 365 South Belair Road. “The remodels of the stores make them easier to shop,” says Meg Ham, Food Lion’s President. “We have the

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Josh Heath November 8, 2021 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Mondays with Rick: Preparing Project Managers for CSRA work

Editor’s Note: Last week, the Hull College of Business finished teaching its inaugural PMP (Project Management Professionals) Exam prep course to seven students. For Dr. Rick Franza, the Dean of AU’s Hull College of Business, this is full circle for him. Decades ago, while in the Air Force Rick was a project manager and worked on ballistic missile defense initiatives from his base in Massachusetts. He would often visit with contractors in Massachusetts to Florida, Colorado and California and coordinate their efforts. ABD: What are employer appetites like for Project

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Neil Gordon November 8, 2021 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Local staffing agency offering $3,500 in bonuses to new hires

For those interested in manufacturing jobs, MAU Workforce Solutions has an upcoming event you won’t want to miss. The staffing agency will hold a hiring event for positions with Milliken & Company in Johnston on Tuesday, Nov. 16 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the parking lot of its Aiken branch located at 1036 Pine Log Road. The event will include interviews and on-the-spot hiring for qualified candidates. Based on a candidate’s experience, starting pay will be between $14.00 and $20.30 per hour. New hires will be eligible for

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Josh Heath November 8, 2021 No Comments
Consumer Stories

The Braves and Coca-Cola hit a home-run!

    In this week’s recap of business happenings in Georgia, Mike Petchenik looks at how the Atlanta Braves and Coca-Cola’s sports division is dealing in big business.

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Mike Petchenik November 8, 2021 No Comments
Shawna Woodward

Real Talk Real Estate: Custom Homes Part 2

As promised from last week, I wanted to share with you what building a custom home entails. First off, you need to speak to a great lender and find out if you can qualify for construction to permanent financing. If you do not qualify, you need to know what mortgage you do qualify for. If you can do a construction to permanent mortgage then you will save money. If you can only qualify for a mortgage loan, it will cost more to build because you will be paying the expense

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SHAWNA WOODWARD, RE/MAX REINVENTED EVANS November 5, 2021 No Comments
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