Expansions/Moves

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Augusta’s Airport: Non-stop to Chicago, parking, and key staff updates

Soon, this notice above will be a thing of the past. The three-month-long project that closed a long-term parking lot at Augusta Regional Airport (AGS) is nearing completion. The repaving project began in August and removed 350 parking spots from service. Things will improve and expand in time for the busy holiday season. Members of the Aviation Commission were updated by Elizabeth Giles, the airport’s Senior Construction Project Manager. “I want to thank Ken (Hinkle, director of Aviation Services) and all staff for coming together and making a hard situation

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B2B Podcasting

Conroy Construction in full swing

Matt Brendle has spent many years planning the development of the Conroy Hotel in downtown Augusta. Construction is coming along nicely on the former Ramada Inn. In our first episode, Matt explains his opening date goal and the first steps of the conversion.

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CSRA company grows its consulting agency

Publisher’s Note: This is part 2 of a multi-part series on the explosive growth of “The Pennant Group”, a health insurance agency and HR consulting company in Augusta. It started five years ago with four employer clients and two employees. As we approach 2027, The Pennant Group is nearing 100 employer clients and 400 individual and group Medicare clients with 11 employees, the latest of which is opening up a new market for TPG in HR Services. As Tom Mastny’s former major league baseball team in Cleveland competes for the

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3rd Generation Company President leads major expansion in CSRA

The buzz for the last month is that Busby’s was moving to Evans to better serve Columbia County clients and better train its staff. It’s true. The Chamber of Commerce ribbon-cutting earlier this week officially opened the Busby’s training center at 3001 McCrary Court off of Industrial Park Drive—near others in the home industry like Ivey Homes and Mulherin Lumber. Busby’s is a family-owned and operated HVAC company and has served the CSRA for more than 80 years. Its longtime headquarters will remain at 1236 Gordon Park Road off of

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Major manufacturer honored tomorrow

Photo from December 2024 Augusta Technical College and Aurubis Richmond have been partnering together for years. Tomorrow, they are coming together to celebrate some expansion at the campus. Augusta Technical College will host a ribbon-cutting on Tuesday, Oct. 6, at 3:30 p.m. to recognize Aurubis Richmond for its generous support of the college, including investments in scholarships, workforce training students, and the refreshed outdoor patio space. Aurubis Richmond’s support has helped refresh an outdoor patio space for workforce training students, creating a welcoming area for students to gather, connect, and

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One of Swankiest retail locations up for lease

A large 2500 plus square foot retail location next to Brinkley’s Chop House, SRP Park, and across from the Crowne Plaza Hotel in North Augusta is ready for a new tenant.   “We’ve closed the North Augusta store. It was very successful, and we had plenty of staff who enjoyed working there, said Swank co-owner, Rafy Bassali.  Bassali purchased his core, legacy Swank store in Surrey Center in 2014, followed by the opening of the Riverwood location in 2021 and the building in 2024 of another Swank in West Lake Commons,

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Augusta airport update on new nonstop route to major city

Members of the Augusta Aviation Commission learned more about an $800,000 federal grant the airport received. The U.S. Department of Transportation selected Augusta Regional Airport (AGS) as one of 14 regional airports for the latest Small Community Air Service Development Program (SCASDP). The grant specifies the funds are to be “used for a revenue guarantee and marketing program for new nonstop service to Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD).” “We last did this type of grant, I think it was 2017, when we got the Washington D.C. service, so I felt

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Pumping millions into manufacturing in North Augusta

The new owner of a medical manufacturing facility was in North Augusta to formally kick off an expansion and meet with local leaders. CordenPharma, a Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), is planning a more than $200 million expansion of the plant on Dittman Court. It includes a new, 68,000-square-foot building.  “It will bring commercial-scale peptide manufacturing to the United States,” Michael Quirmbach, President & CEO of CordenPharma Group, told the crowd that gathered for the groundbreaking. “With operations planned at the end of 2027, the project will create more

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Home décor showroom adds second location

Hardwood Floors & More is opening a new showroom in Grovetown after more than 20 years in Evans. ABD communicated with owner Suzanne Lilly Honeymichael yesterday, and she says HFM is expected to open its Grovetown location at 719 Gateway Center Boulevard next month. “We are going to focus on flooring, wallpaper, and home decor and will be open Monday-Friday.  As always, our Evans showroom will be open on Saturdays as well for our clients that prefer weekend hours, “ she said. The showroom location is across from the Gateway

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Hearing directly from Google in Columbia County

“We’re going to hear from economic development folks today. We’re going to hear from commercial developers today, as well as Google,” Heath Taylor, chamber president and CEO, told ABD. “It’s a great opportunity, and I know from speaking with Jen (Ryan) and the folks at Google, I really, really believe folks are going to be pleasantly surprised when they find out all the good that Google will do for the CSRA.” Taylor spoke prior to last week’s Future Forward: A CSRA Development Summit started. Google is building a data center

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