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One-stop Shop Opens in CSRA

Just in time for the year’s busiest shopping season, a new retail store has opened in North Augusta. After a few months of operating a mobile boutique, Autumn Grace Boutique opened on November 16 at 401 W. Martintown Road in the North Hills Shopping Center. “The reception for our Grand Opening was wonderful. Customers loved the many brands of clothing we stock for men, women, and children,” said owner, Alicia Byars. Those brands include Fieldstone, Roost Waterfowl, Southern Strut, Zenana, Risen, and Southern Down Outfitters. Autumn Grace Boutique also carries

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Mitzi Oxford November 24, 2024 No Comments
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Popular CSRA food truck opens new location

After his family was tired of the Watertown, New York winters, they packed up and moved south. Matthew Papaianni brought his Italian heritage with him through great recipes. He started a food truck you might have seen rolling across the CSRA. The bright colors and animated food pictures adorn the Beefed Up truck which began serving burgers, hotdogs, and more in 2020. “Business started slow but then we began serving food at Bridgestone and Generac. That is when our food truck business started picking up,” Papaianni explained. Before Hurricane Helene

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Mitzi Oxford November 17, 2024 No Comments
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SRP accelerate$ Augusta

Augusta Technical College, in partnership with the Downtown Development Authority of Augusta, has announced that SRP is the naming sponsor for Accelerate Augusta, the region’s newest small business incubator and microenterprise center. SRP has made a significant multi-year commitment to support the project. As a result, the initiative will be referred to as “Accelerate Augusta Powered by SRP” for the next 10 years. SRP’s investment will provide furnishings and technology for the program, which will be headquartered at 600 Broad Street, as well as underwrite training programs for emerging businesses.

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Staff Report November 12, 2024 No Comments
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Life of a “Mediapreneur”

The stage was set for a big step in my self-publishing growth on Monday night in Atlanta. My foray with my wife, Melissa, and business partner, Mike Petchenik into the world of creating content around the premise of the exploding true crime genre has been interesting, time-consuming, and hopefully profitable. It got me thinking about the life of an entrepreneur or media content person in Augusta, Georgia. Unless you’ve had a steady, focused, successful 31-year run as the anchorman of a local TV station, (congrats Richard Rogers on your well-deserved

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Neil Gordon November 6, 2024 No Comments
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CSRA Western Outfitter Expands to Meet Demand

Like the tumbleweed that spreads seeds of growth, the store that bears the name recently expanded. Owner, Jessica Reeves only had to move a few doors down to 224 Park Avenue SE in Aiken to gain more space. When ABD reported on TumbleWeed’s opening two years ago, Reeves was already dreaming big and looking to grow the business by offering other products and services. When the store moved four doors down into the former location of Needlepoint Cottage, it almost tripled its space. “My husband Joel got involved in the

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Mitzi Oxford September 26, 2024 No Comments
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New niche business spins yarn into profits

Crows are large, intelligent, all-black birds and common sights in treetops, fields, and roadsides. Now, you can see them in Augusta as the Three Crow Fibers will be cawing your name. The new business opened September 3 at 223 James Brown Boulevard and folks who love to knit or crochet couldn’t be happier. “Word spread quickly about our opening. In our first week of business, we had customers from around the CSRA and from as far as Athens and Statesboro,” explained Jeff Pullium, one of the owners. You could say

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Mitzi Oxford September 23, 2024 No Comments
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Arcade business thriving in the CSRA

Radioactive Pinball Arcade recently celebrated its first year in business at 113 Laurens Street in Aiken, SC. Owners, Eric and Erin Edwards are expanding faster than a flipper can travel the ball in an arcade game. When ABD interviewed them in January after their August 2023 opening, the arcade was already enjoying a loyal following, with customers coming in from across South Carolina and Georgia. At the time, the Edwards had their sights set on acquiring an extra 1,200 square feet of space from their next-door neighbor, 8 Count Dance

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Mitzi Oxford September 11, 2024 No Comments
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New CSRA business provides nonprofit support services

With more than 50 years of combined experience working for nonprofit organizations, mother and daughter, Kaye and Britt Jackson, have teamed up to do what they do best, provide support services for nonprofits. They opened The Nonprofit Desk last week, to put their experience to work for charities and churches that could use help with everything from administrative support, to bookkeeping, and social communications. “It was Britt’s idea to collaborate. We enjoy working together so we prayed about it and after becoming incorporated in April, we are now open for

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Mitzi Oxford August 28, 2024 No Comments
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Young entrepreneur headlines Black Business Summit

The Greater Augusta Black Chamber of Commerce (GABCC) is holding its 4th Annual Black Business Summit today. The annual event draws attention to the contributions of black- and minority-owned businesses during Black Business Month (BBM), founded in 2004 by John William Templeton, a historian, and Frederick E. Jordan, Sr., a civil engineer. The summit will include vendors and opportunities for networking and panel discussions. Ronic West, founder of GABCC, told ABD attendees will learn about what it takes to be an entrepreneur. “Hearing from some elected officials, because we have

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Dana Lynn McIntyre August 21, 2024 No Comments
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The Business of Art

A degree in business and logistics and a career in marketing led Kate Gary Loyd down an unexpected path. Her story is one that should resonate with any business owner. After growing up in Augusta, she earned her degree at Georgia Southern University and ended up staying in the area for 20 years. She moved back to Augusta to be near family. Five years ago, Kate started sketching and then painting part-time outside of her job with a local marketing agency. “I sketched some 2” x 3” pictures of local

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Mitzi Oxford August 19, 2024 No Comments
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