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Small but mighty Chamber

In a beloved children’s book, the Little Engine That Could famously said, “I think I can. I think I can.” There is an office in North Augusta where they say, “I know we can.” The North Augusta Chamber of Commerce is the smallest of similar organizations serving businesses in metro Augusta. As 2023 was winding down, President and CEO, Terra Carroll sat down with Augusta Business Daily to reflect on the past 12 months and look ahead to 2024. “I think coming over and partnering with the city really gave

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Dana Lynn McIntyre January 2, 2024 No Comments
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Tie to your ‘Why’: A guide to achievable and satisfying resolutions

Welcome to the start of the New Year! Many of us see this as a time for new beginnings, and therefore, we often choose the start of the New Year to resolve and to do things differently. Hence, many of us make “New Year Resolutions” related to ourselves, our businesses, careers, and personal lives. Unfortunately, those resolutions are typically not kept. According to Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business, only about 9% of people succeed at keeping their resolutions, while 23% of people quit their resolutions by the end

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Dr. Rick Franza January 2, 2024 No Comments
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A sky-high raise?

Well, it isn’t so up in the air. Mike Petchenik explains who is getting an $11,000 raise as Augusta Regional Airport undergoes changes in today’s edition of BizBits.

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Mike Petchenik December 28, 2023 No Comments
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Manufacturing growth provides big boost for CSRA County

The latest figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report a healthy jump in Edgefield County’s Gross Domestic Product. Dr. Simon Medcalfe, economics professor at Augusta University and contributor to Augusta Business Daily, reviewed the data and found that Edgefield County is leading the Augusta Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). Overall, Medcalfe said the GDP in the seven-county metro area grew by 0.5% in 2022. The economies of Burke, Columbia, and McDuffie counties shrank, while Richmond, Lincoln, Aiken, and Edgefield counties grew. “The fastest growth was seen in Edgefield

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Dana Lynn McIntyre December 27, 2023 No Comments
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Eggs and economics

Our very own, Dr. Simon Medcalfe led an annual economic discussion at Augusta University this month. Mike Petchenik explains what he spoke about what experts are saying about the area’s economy in today’s edition of BizBits.

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Mike Petchenik December 26, 2023 No Comments
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Simon Says: Examining the area’s GDP

The Augusta Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) grew by 0.5 percent in 2022 from 2021, according to a recent news release from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which is the market value of all final goods and services produced in the MSA in 2022 was $28.4 billion. The fastest growth was seen in arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services, growing at 12.9 percent. The arts, entertainment, and recreation sector, which makes up about 25 percent of the overall industry, grew at a stellar 30.8 percent.

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Dr. Simon Medcalfe December 26, 2023 No Comments
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New courses at Augusta Tech can help diversify local skillsets

Skills continue to grow in the area as Augusta Technical College plans to launch three diverse programs at the start of this Spring 2024 semester. The Cyber Crime Specialist, Junior Web Developer, and Specialty Printing classes are technical certificate credit (TCC) programs. “It meets more of a specific need,” explained Dr. Tammy O’Brien, Dean of the School of Cyber and Design Media. “This is a great way for students to begin at one point, and then advance further into the degrees that we offer, that these three TCCs are actually

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Dana Lynn McIntyre December 26, 2023 No Comments
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Learning how to navigate the landscape of government contracts

Businesses can often find it difficult to find and bid on lucrative government contracts, but there’s a nationwide network of experts ready to help. Augusta is home to an office of the Georgia Tech APEX Accelerator, one of 300 local offices for a program previously called the Procurement Technical Assistance Centers. Nationwide, there are more than 90 APEX Accelerators. “APEX Accelerator provides technical assistance and procurement advice to businesses,” explained Dave Hepner, the counselor in the Augusta office. “We have a great deal of clients that are just beginning, and

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Dana Lynn McIntyre December 26, 2023 No Comments
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