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Local networking options grow and change during Covid 19 season

Tom D’Abruzzo, owner of BrandStorm Promotions, LLC, has sponsored Networking for Leads at the Columbia County Chamber of Commerce for the past four years. (Photo by Josh Heath) In today’s competitive business environment, it’s more important than ever for business leaders to be effective networkers. It’s not always about what you know; it’s about who you know that matters in business. Fortunately, there are many networking opportunities right here in the CSRA. Yesterday, I had the opportunity to meet about 10 local business leaders, including a few I already knew,

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Josh Heath May 12, 2021 No Comments
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Local charity receives an extra-large check from merchants association

Reynold Borseth, president of the Merchants Association of Columbia County, presented a $150,000 check to Betts Murdison with the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Augusta. They’re pictured here with other local business leaders (Photo courtesy of Steve Johnston). Last year, the Merchants Association of Columbia County presented a check for $50,000 to the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Augusta. Yesterday, they have tripled that donation. The local Ronald McDonald House – a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that aims to help families of children with serious illnesses – just received a check for

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Josh Heath May 12, 2021 No Comments
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Take me out to the ball game…a year later!

While hundreds of people went to the game, SRP Park is operating at 50% capacity, according to Tom Denlinger, vice president of the Greenjackets. (Photo by Josh Heath) The Greenjackets lost to the Columbia Fireflies on May 7 with a final score of 12-2. While the Augusta Greenjackets didn’t win, it was still a great night to take myself out to the ball game. On Friday, May 7, I did something that was impossible just one year ago. I went to SRP Park in North Augusta to watch the Greenjackets

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Josh Heath May 10, 2021 No Comments
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For collision repair director, success is no accident

Classic Collision on Washington Road has been open in Augusta for about three years, but the company has been around since 1983. (Photo by Josh Heath) Being busy is nothing new for Tracy Bryant, but he’s about to add even more to his plate. Bryant, regional director of Classic Collision – a collision repair company – currently oversees three shops in the CSRA: a 70,000 square foot facility on Washington Road, as well as locations in both Aiken and Grovetown. He says Classic Collision has recently bought another company called

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Neil Gordon May 7, 2021 No Comments
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Augusta Tourism and Sports Organizations re-brand to highlight national travel and tourism week

From left to right, executives proudly stand in front of the new brand. Brian Graham, CEO Augusta Sports Council, Hardie Davis, Jr, Augusta Mayor, Brandon Haddock, Board Chairman Augusta Convention and Visitors Bureau and Bennish Brown, CEO Augusta Convention and Visitors Bureau (Photo by Neil Gordon) The big reveal took place Thursday afternoon May 6th in downtown Augusta that further tied together the Augusta Convention and Visitors Bureau and The Augusta Sports Council together. Money raised through the ACVB’s efforts to increase the hotel\motel tax in the CSRA helps to partially

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Neil Gordon May 7, 2021 No Comments
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Iconic Broad Street building converting to lofts and retail spaces

The approximate 10,000 square foot, three-story Marketplace Antiques Building was sold to Adaire Pennington with the intent of revitalizing the property to feature loft apartments on the second and third floors and retail space on the first floor. (Photo by Neil Gordon) The historic Marketplace Antiques Building at 1208 Broad Street will soon follow the path of other developers in downtown Augusta— with mixed-use housing and retail. The new owner, Adaire Pennington, is excited about preserving this historic building. “Augusta’s downtown has so much potential, and I intend to play

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Neil Gordon May 7, 2021 No Comments
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Local retailer expects to break another Mother’s Day sales record

Martina’s Flowers and Gifts on Washington Road set a sales record last year, bringing in nearly $200,000 in a four-day period for Mother’s Day 2020. (Photo courtesy Martina’s Flowers and Gifts) At Martina’s Flowers and Gifts on Washington Road, COVID-19 was no match for Mother’s Day 2020. In just a four-day period from Sunday through Thursday, Martina’s brought in nearly $200,000 in sales, much to the surprise of the store’s owner, Brian McCarthy. “We were not allowing customers in the store, but it turned out to be Martina’s best Mother’s

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Josh Heath May 5, 2021 No Comments
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Georgia/Carolina hospitality experts optimistic about the future of the tourism industry

Business is starting to come back at the Augusta Marriott at the Convention Center (photo courtesy Marriott.com) Local hotels are seeing a rebound and steady increase in business over last year. That’s been the case for the Augusta Marriott at the Convention Center in downtown Augusta, according to Darryl Leech, the hotel’s vice president and general manager. “We have seen a nice uptick in transient business and conventions are starting to rebook,” says Leech. Leech doesn’t disclose occupancy rates for competitive reasons, but that transient business for Augusta area hotels

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Neil Gordon and Josh Heath May 3, 2021 No Comments
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Real estate developer breaks ground on new luxury townhome project in South Augusta

Several members of the community grabbed a shovel in the groundbreaking ceremony. (Photo by Josh Heath) Augusta native Oscar A. Jessie wants to bring greater economic growth to South Augusta. That’s why Jessie, a real estate developer and owner of GreenSpace Communities LLC, has made a nearly $5 million investment in the planned construction of a 7.8 acre, 44-unit townhome development called Orchard Landing at 3699 Peach Orchard Road. “We’re looking forward to moving forward from this point,” he says. Jessie plans to move quickly and hopes to have the

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Josh Heath April 29, 2021 No Comments
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Grocery store chain opens in Daniel Village and helps to relieve hunger in the CSRA

Food Lion made very few changes inside the store. Here’s the new store’s deli/bakery section, which looks about the same as it did when BI-LO was in business. (Photo by Josh Heath) Editor’s Note: We sent Josh Heath back to the Bi-Lo\Food Lion just a few weeks after he wrote the story of the Bi-Lo closing. Here is what we found. There’s a new Food Lion store open at 2803 Wrightsboro Road in the Daniel Village Shopping Center, but it doesn’t resemble other grocery stores in the chain. Instead, it

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Josh Heath April 28, 2021 No Comments
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