As business in Georgia continues to bustle, career pathways for local students are being established to make sure high-demand industries have a pool of highly trained employees. Mike Petchenik has more in today’s Biz Bits.
A partnership between REALTORS® of Greater Augusta, the Home Builders Association, and Habitat for Humanity will open another learning opportunity at the new Junior Achievement Discovery Center of the CSRA. As ABD reported earlier this month, the JA Discovery Center Junior Achievement will offer programs that focus on financial literacy, career readiness, and nurturing the entrepreneurial spirit. The partnership between RGA, HBA, and Habitat for Humanity will provide middle school students with valuable insights into the housing industry. Through interactive sessions and engaging activities, students will gain practical knowledge about
Hopefully, you found my column from last week valuable as you reflected upon how your company provides your target market with what it values most. In case you missed last week’s column, it addressed how a firm uses its “order winner(s)” to provide its target market with a compelling reason to purchase its goods and services. To review, an order winner is something that a firm’s product does better than any of its competitor products. It is important to remember that what it does better has to be something the
A Virginia-based company with more than 100 offices nationwide has been awarded an $889 million contract with local impact. The contract will support the U.S. Army Cyber Command (ARCYBER) and its mission partners. “The ARCYBER contract showcases the multi-faceted ability of Peraton to support the integration of cyberspace-related operations with EW, IO, and other IAE activities to provide information advantage,” said Tom Afferton, President, Cyber Mission sector, in a news release announcing the contract. The company opened an office in Augusta in 2020, located in the Georgia Cyber Innovation and
Several weeks ago, I attended the American Economic Association annual meeting in San Antonio. As economists, we always have our annual meeting over the first weekend of the year, because who else wants to go to a conference at that time? We get great deals on hotel rooms ($115 per night!). As well as presenting a paper on Name Image and Likeness, I attended several other sessions. One presentation I heard was from Daniel Wilson from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. He and a colleague analyzed the long-run
Students at Augusta University’s (AU) Health Sciences campus will soon spend more time in classrooms and less time searching for parking. A groundbreaking ceremony for an on-campus parking deck was held on Monday near Elm Hall, just off R.A. Dent Blvd. Yvonne Turner, Executive Vice President for Finance, said the university needs modern facilities to support students, faculty, and staff. “The construction of this parking deck is a significant step in meeting those needs and ensuring that our university remains a place where academic pursuits and campus life can thrive,”
Goodwill took another step forward in the plans for workforce development. A ribbon-cutting last week was held to introduce a new Welcome Center. It’s the latest addition to Helms College, Edgar’s Bakehouse, and the Job Connection. Mike Petchenik has more in today’s Biz Bits.
Editor’s note: As a former meteorologist in Cincinnati, Nashville, and Columbus, GA, Simon Medcalfe’s story about climate change and future economic impacts in the CSRA intrigued me. I reached out to discuss the topic in depth with a current weather expert. If you are an Augustan or have lived in the CSRA long enough, you know that weather can have a huge financial impact. The first example that comes to mind, is the flooding of October 1990, when more than a foot of rain fell in two days, including 8
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An evening of fun and food is planned to pave the way for future development in North Augusta. Melodies and Masterpieces will also feature music and art. Mike Petchenik has more in today’s Biz Bits.
