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Best of Real Talk Real Estate: Unlocking Real Estate Secrets: 3 Top Googled Questions Answered

We all do it, take all our questions about real estate to the infamous Google! Initially, they mostly revolve around the same topic everyone is curious about: “When is the housing market going to crash?” Frankly, I’m a bit tired of that one, so let’s talk about a few other commonly searched questions. Can You Sell a Property After Probate? This is a common question, but not one many people are familiar with. Probate is the legal process of settling a deceased person’s assets and debts. Depending on whether there’s

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Shawna Woodward, Re/Max Reinvented Evans January 16, 2025 No Comments
B2B Stories

AI Classes for Small Business Owners

As the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) expands, small business owners have the opportunity to gain experience in how they can use it to grow their business. Managed Nerds, an IT managed services company based in the Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center, is offering a class on Jan. 28 called EntrepreAI Tuesday. “We help small businesses manage their IT, from planning on what their technology purchases are to maintaining the computers, ensuring that they’re regularly updated, to providing remote or onsite support, and cyber security protection to make sure

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Dana Lynn McIntyre January 16, 2025 No Comments
B2B Stories

An Assist After Helene Results in $10k Donation

After Hurricane Helene, hundreds of Dominion Energy linemen across the country ended up in the CSRA to restore power. They got a helping hand from the University of South Carolina Aiken (USCA). Dominion Energy was grateful and presented a check to them this week for $10,000. In the wake of the hurricane, USCA played a crucial role by providing housing and assistance to hundreds of Dominion Energy frontline workers who had traveled from across the country—ranging from Texas to Illinois and Iowa. These workers were essential in restoring power to

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Staff Report January 16, 2025 No Comments
B2B Stories

Governor Kemp outlines priorities for the 2025 Legislative Session

The 2025 legislative session is underway in Georgia and Gov. Brian Kemp (R) has laid out his agenda for business and education. Speaking at the annual Eggs and Issues Breakfast, sponsored by the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, Kemp pointed to policies that have the state ranked number one for business, according to a news release from his office. Kemp referred to the more than 193,000 jobs created in the last five years, along with $90 billion in private investments, thanks to the partnership with the state Chamber, as well as

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Dana Lynn McIntyre January 15, 2025 No Comments
Closings

Award-winning downtown retailer set to close

After six years of bringing clean beauty to Augusta, FIELD Botanicals will permanently close its storefront on Saturday, February 15, 2025. This decision comes after careful consideration and reflects the challenges that small businesses face today. “Since our opening in 2018, the retail landscape has evolved dramatically, making it increasingly difficult for small, independent businesses to compete with industry giants and shifting consumer trends,” said Jennifer Tinsley, founder of FIELD Botanicals. “Despite our best efforts to adapt, we have made the difficult decision to close the store. This decision reflects

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Staff Report January 15, 2025 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Local Restaurateur Hosts Donation Drive

This month, not only can you eat at Fat Man’s Café, but you can also drop off donations. The Salvation Army of Augusta has partnered with the restaurant for its January Donation Drive, aimed at collecting cleaning products to support The Center of Hope. Throughout January, community members can drop off cleaning products such as laundry detergent, sanitizing sprays, wipes, dish detergent, and paper towels at Fat Man’s Cafe (1450 Greene Street) or any Salvation Army location, including The Center of Hope, The Kroc Center, and Family Stores in South

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Staff Report January 14, 2025 No Comments
Awards/Celebrations

Georgia scores a win from site selection leaders

Georgia’s business climate has received another accolade from a national publication. A news release from Gov. Brian Kemp (R) announced Georgia is the number one state for Best Business Climate. That came from Site Selection Magazine, which conducted a survey of site selection experts. “The Peach State racked up the most votes to dethrone last year’s winner, Texas, for Best Business Climate in the nation. North Carolina finished just behind Georgia in the runner-up spot, followed by South Carolina in third and then Tennessee and Texas in a tie for

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Dana Lynn McIntyre January 14, 2025 No Comments
B2B Stories

Driving Culture through Your Words and Actions

In last week’s column, I emphasized the importance of culture in your company. I tried to show you how I attempted to establish culture in my classroom during the first meeting of the semester and what you might learn from those efforts to apply to culture development in your organization. In this week’s column, I will continue my discussion of organizational culture through the lens of college football. Through an example near and dear to my heart, I will try to show you how a leader’s words and actions have

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Dr. Rick Franza January 14, 2025 No Comments
B2B Stories

Augusta firm hosting workshop to help companies scale and create vision

A team of experts based in the Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center is holding a workshop to help businesses develop a unified vision for their company. The organization, Purpose Fueled Leader, is sponsoring Unified Company Vision: Purpose Fueled Excellence on Jan. 23. “We are a business, coaching, and consulting organization, purpose, skilled leader,” Anna Bradsher, Director of Strategy, Trainer and Coach, told ABD. “We focus on how to marry strategy and people development. We will help you set your three-year and your one-year (goals), and your business objectives. You

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Dana Lynn McIntyre January 13, 2025 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Food Lion provides money for charity in need

The Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation just awarded a $10,000 disaster relief grant to an organization that stepped up in the wake of Hurricane Helene’s destruction of the CSRA. In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Helene, The Salvation Army of Augusta prepared and served over 5,000 hot meals to storm victims, offering critical support during one of our region’s most challenging times. The faith-based organization will use the funds specifically to support The Center of Hope Soup Kitchen, where The Salvation Army of Augusta is currently serving an average of 80 residents

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Staff Report January 13, 2025 No Comments
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