Spring is coming forth with good numbers. We are small business friendly and unemployment numbers are holding steady. Mike Petchenik delivers the good news that we are open for business.
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Golfers, their families, and fans from across the globe flock to Augusta this weekend for the 87th edition of the Masters Tournament and the first of the men's four major golf championships held in 2023. It is scheduled to be played from April 6–9 at Augusta National Golf Club. Augusta Regional Airport and Destination Augusta…
Cost overruns on major construction projects are common, but an amendment has been approved to ensure that doesn’t happen in building the new James Brown Arena. The project has an estimated price tag of $240 million and the amendment caps it at $250 million. The project will create an Augusta Entertainment Complex anchored by the…
Amy Richardson discusses what the YPA has to offer with Jeannine Steinkuhl and James Allen, the president and vice president of Young Professionals of Augusta. It’s a growing networking group for professionals of all fields between the ages of 21-40 years old.
The University of South Carolina Aiken will offer online bachelor’s degree programs in business administration with concentrations in finance and marketing for the summer 2023 semester.
Based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, some of the fastest-growing and highest-paying jobs are in the financial and marketing fields. The bachelor's in business administration, with concentrations…
There’s a quote from Titanic when Jack Dawson is dining with the rich folks from First Class and they all raise a toast to him. "I figure life's a gift, and I don't intend on wasting it. You don't know what hand you're gonna get dealt next. You learn to take life as it comes…
Amy Richardson asks two young professionals why join the group and the #1 answer is networking!
Dates, times, schedules, oh my! How do you track it all? Well, there is an app for that! Depending on your objectives and industry, there is the perfect software to meet the specific needs of tracking your customers and data. In sales, you are interested in tracking the correspondence you have with prospects. For recruiting,…
Perry M. Smith, Jr.
All the way from Medora, North Dakota, the 26th President is coming to town. On April 10, he will be speaking at noon, at St Paul’s Church in downtown Augusta. Joe Wiegand is the performer--he looks like, dresses like, speaks like, and performs like the first president named Roosevelt.
Ranked near the top…
Georgia Power announced on Monday, March 7 that it had begun splitting atoms in reactor 3 at Plant Vogtle. The previous week, my students and I had toured the facility with Mike McCracken, Communications Coordinator for Southern Nuclear Company, to learn more about the economics of nuclear power and what it means to our area.
Cooling…