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Small Biz Tech Tips Save Big Bucks

Small business owners are targets for hackers. Most can’t afford an in-house cybersecurity expert, but there is an affordable alternative. On Thursday, January 9, Managed Nerds will become a regular contributor to Augusta Business Daily. In 2021 cybercrime against small businesses reached $2.4 billion targeting 40% of small businesses. Sharon Martin and her husband Matthew Chapman own a company that aims to provide cybersecurity solutions for small businesses without breaking the bank. “If a small business gets hacked, it’s brutally expensive because most will set a higher deductible for cyber

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Mitzi Oxford January 6, 2025 No Comments
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Aiken County steps into the future of technology

Data centers are growing in size, location, and scope across the country, and Aiken County is feeling the impact. In late August 2024, Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, announced it would build a center in Aiken County’s Sage Mill Industrial Park. Just three months later, Atlanta-based DC Blox said it would build a hyperscale edge node in North Augusta. Those centers are smaller and situated regionally to bring networking power closer to the end user. The North Augusta project is one of four announced by the

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Dana Lynn McIntyre January 6, 2025 No Comments
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Simon Says: Helene’s employment effect on the Augusta area

In a news release you may have missed on December 20th, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported employment numbers for the Augusta Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). It also revised the numbers for when Hurricane Helene hit October. The numbers for October were revised from a net gain of 100 to a net loss of 700. The good news is that employment recovered in November, increasing by 800. November was another record month of employment at 248,000. 2024 saw six months of new record employment with December data still to come.

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Dr. Simon Medcalfe January 6, 2025 No Comments
Consumer Stories

10th Anniversary of Fun Business

A CSRA company is jumping into the New Year with 10th Anniversary celebrations. All Star Jumpers Party Rental is one of the leading providers of inflatable jumpers and party entertainment. The company has grown into a major special events business for birthdays, school events, corporate picnics, community festivals, and more. ASJP provides bounce houses, slides, obstacle courses, and interactive games. “We started with a simple goal: to create fun and memorable experiences for children and families. Over the years, we’ve expanded our services, improved our offerings, and built strong relationships.

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Staff Report January 5, 2025 No Comments
Consumer Stories

No Retail Room at the “Riverwood Inn”

100% of the existing buildings are now full at the shopping centers outside of Riverwood Plantation in Evans. Publix has more than half of the more than 100,000 square feet occupied between retail stores and out parcel properties at the intersection of Washington Road and William Few Parkway. Salt Interior and Design occupied the last space available recently, replacing a Taekwondo center. That business moved into a significantly larger space next to Rooted, a locally owned café. AR Workshop was the previous tenant next to Rooted. There are a few

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Neil Gordon January 5, 2025 No Comments
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Part One: Data centers a growing trend for economic development

Governments across Georgia, including metro Augusta, are seeing proposals for multimillion-dollar projects requesting zoning and building permits. The projects are data centers, networked computer servers for remote storage, processing, or distribution of large amounts of data. Documents for a Development of Regional Interest (DRI) have been filed with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs showing a property on Gordon Highway has been earmarked for a data center by a company listed as Eagle South, LLC. The DRI identifies the name of the development as Project Eisenhower. Although no company has

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Dana Lynn McIntyre January 5, 2025 No Comments
Residential Real Estate

Best of Real Talk Real Estate: Will Homes Finally Become Affordable in 2025?

Editor’s note: Welcome to a new year! Happy house hunting! As CSRA homeowners make changes after Helene and new potential homeowners move into the area, it seemed appropriate to repeat a column you might have missed about the potential of affordable homes in 2025. The question on everyone’s mind is whether 2025 will bring relief to homebuyers struggling with affordability. While recent fluctuations in mortgage rates have added uncertainty, many industry experts predict a gradual decline in rates next year. However, don’t expect rates to plummet too quickly. The powers

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Shawna Woodward, Re/Max Reinvented Evans January 2, 2025 No Comments
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Meeting the needs of CSRA and GA military veterans

To prepare for Georgia’s 2025 Legislative Session, lawmakers traveled the Peach State collecting citizen input on specific needs. The tour included a stop at the Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center in Augusta. It was a joint meeting by the members of the House Defense and Veterans Affairs Committee and the Senate Veterans, Military, and Homeland Security Committee. “Our intent was to go to areas where there was a pretty heavily veteran population and discuss this issue that’s very relevant to veterans, and that’s how they’re receiving their benefits from

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Dana Lynn McIntyre January 2, 2025 No Comments
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A Dadventure unlike any other

Editor’s note: When Wes Hennings contributes to ABD, the topic usually revolves around Working for the Weekends and where you can take your kids for some fun and games. Today’s Dadventure is different. It’s a lifesaving trip he takes with his daughter.  You’re never prepared for your child to receive a devastating diagnosis. But it’s news we received before our daughter was even born. She would live her life facing Spinal Muscular Atrophy, a disease that until just a few years ago, was almost always deadly before the age of

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Wes Hennings January 2, 2025 No Comments
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Business Recovery and Resilience: Dealing with the Impacts of Hurricane Helene

Businesses in and around Augusta continue to grapple with the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene. The storm’s impact, which traced a path of destruction across our region, was especially hard-hitting for interior areas in Georgia and the Carolinas. While there’s no doubt that Augusta will recover and continue to thrive as a leading destination for business, it’s important to understand the residual effects businesses in our area face as they navigate the recovery process. Navigating insurance gaps Helene left local business owners stuck in a maze of insurance-related uncertainties. Interior

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Kevin Glass, Augusta Market President, Synovus Bank January 1, 2025 No Comments
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