Expansions/Moves

While many local businesses are expanding, owners of a Columbia County coffee business have announced they have changed their minds about opening a second location at this time. Heather Needles and her daughter, Ali Kocher, own Rooted Coffeehouse located in the Market at Riverwood at 3116 William Few Parkway in Evans. They had previously announced plans to open a second location at 380 Milledgeville Road in Harlem. Needles and Kocher provided no reason for their decision in their Instagram post, but the new shop would have been located very close

Many people’s New Year’s resolutions involve getting more exercise or losing weight, but Amber Connor’s resolution for 2023 is to expand her dessert business. Connor owns Sinless Sweets located at 4336 B Washington Road in Evans, which sells a variety of treats, such as cookies, cupcakes, brownies, and peanut butter balls that contain less sugar, fat, and calories than desserts sold by other bakeries. Its motto is “Treats Without the Cheats.” She plans to grow the business in three ways: offering more catering services, using the food truck for more

Drayton Oswald has more than quintupled his client base by buying out his competition. Oswald launched Spic & Span Georgialina Cans in the spring of 2022. The company cleans outdoor trash cans and just bought Brighter Bins from Andrew Tyson and Chase Lord. Oswald said Tyson and Lord, owners of MEGAH SoftWash, a pressure washing business, wanted to get out of the trash can cleaning business and offered to sell Brighter Bins to him. He declined to disclose the price he paid for the business. “It wasn’t for them, I

Premier Networx, at 116 Cooper Drive just off River Watch Parkway, is expanding by building out an additional 2,500 square feet of its existing facility. The extra space will be used to build a dedicated network operations and security operations center, according to the company’s President and CEO, Chad Harpley. “We were going to lease that out, but things have gone so great that we’re having to build that space out for us,” Harpley said. He said the new center will house an additional 14 employees. Construction is expected to

About a week ago, Timms Harley-Davidson of Augusta Inc. held a ceremony to celebrate the groundbreaking of a new, much larger dealership in Augusta. The 40,000-square-foot facility will be located at 129 Mason McKnight Jr. Parkway near Gander RV, CarMax, and Northern Tool + Equipment. Construction is expected to be complete by December 2023, according to the business’s Marketing Manager, Hannah Barrs. Barrs said the current location at 4200 Belair Frontage Road is 31,000 square feet. “It’s incredibly modern with glass windows from floor to ceiling,” she said. “It’s a

A former Savannah River Site (SRS) employee has announced that his company has entered into contracts with Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS). Keith Willingham, who started his career at SRS 35 years ago, is now the Vice President and General Manager of Aecon-Wachs, a U.S.-based corporation providing single-source solutions for virtually every aspect of nuclear industry construction, refurbishment, maintenance, and decommissioning. Aecon-Wachs recently entered into two contracts with SRNS, valued at $100 million, to complete decommissioning-related work on the SRS Site. Aecon-Wachs will support the transition of the Building 226-F