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Checking the pulse of the Metro Augusta economy

About 100 CSRA professionals, educators, and business students attended the annual economic forecast, unlike any other in the previous 17 years of the breakfast event. Dr. Simon Medcalfe, Professor of Economics and Finance in the Hull College of Business, and a columnist for ABD, cautioned that there is no local economic data past Augusta, making it difficult to forecast for next year. However, it created an opportunity to look at long-term practices and how they can influence economic growth and development. “When economists talk about economic growth, we’re talking about

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Dana Lynn McIntyre December 3, 2025 No Comments
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Potential funding for a Veteran’s cemetery in Augusta

There is one 90 miles away from Augusta, and now Georgia’s senior U.S. senator has joined the call to create a state Veterans Cemetery in Richmond County. A news release from Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), the top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, said he has secured $150 million in a bipartisan funding bill for Grants for Construction of Veterans Cemeteries. In a letter, Ossoff wrote to U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins, said there should be enough funding to create

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Dana Lynn McIntyre December 2, 2025 No Comments
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Solid steps for businesses to protect themselves against fraud

A common fear among business owners is protecting their finances against fraud. An expert representing a CSRA bank branch shared ways fraudsters take business assets and simple steps to prevent it. Kerry Huettner, SVP, Treasury Management Officer with Ameris Bank, was the speaker for the Augusta Metro Chamber of Commerce’s final Third Thursday Business Builder program for 2025. Huettner has been in the banking business for 25 years. He said it used to be that he would talk with a customer about fraud once a month. Now it happens multiple

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Dana Lynn McIntyre December 1, 2025 No Comments
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Simon Says: Long-Term Economic Growth

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the delayed September jobs report last week. Employment growth was strong, with 119,000 new jobs created, but the unemployment rate edged up to 4.4%. There is no indication, yet, when metro-level data will be made available. For my economic forecast next week, I will therefore look at some more long-term drivers of economic growth as well as some current policies. Obviously, tariffs have been in the economic news this year, and an analysis of their impact in Georgia will be presented. The current administration

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Dr. Simon Medcalfe, AU Economics Professor November 25, 2025 No Comments
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Workforce Development for Future Leaders’s Weakening Competitiveness

Augusta University (AU) invited high school students to learn about the importance of a teaching career. The AU College of Education and Human Development hosted its annual Future Georgia Educators Day. Students had the chance to spend the day on the AU campus to hear from current teachers, at all levels of their careers. “We’re here to grow teachers. We’re here to encourage the profession to show what teaching really is about,” Dr. Carey Anne Cushman, Coordinator of Teacher Development and Professional Learning for the Columbia County School District (CCSD),

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Dana Lynn McIntyre November 25, 2025 No Comments
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Another multi-million-dollar expansion in Aiken County

One of Aiken County’s oldest companies is planning a more than $12 million investment in its facility. AGY manufactures specialty glass fiber. It is expanding the capacity of its low-dielectric (Low Dk) and low-dissipation factor (Low DF) glass fibers. “Their material is used in cell phones, in military applications, pretty much anything in our world. This expansion is related to the growth in AI (artificial intelligence), and so this yarn is used in the manufacturing of the chips used in AI,” Will Williams, President and CEO of Western SC Economic

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Dana Lynn McIntyre November 24, 2025 No Comments
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Kendrick Deal: What happens to staff?

Stephen Kendrick JR. got a nice 75th Anniversary present heading into the holiday week. Classic Collision, one of the fastest-growing auto body repair and collision companies in the U.S., acquired Kendrick Paint and Body. Kendrick, who purchased ownership in 2008 and ended his tenure as sole owner and CEO, communicated to staff on Thursday morning that the deal was done. The acquisition affects more than 190 employees who operate the nine locations on both sides of the Savannah River. There’s some confusion as to how many employees will be affected

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Neil Gordon November 21, 2025 No Comments
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The urgent need to protect healthcare in rural Georgia

Wellstar’s future Columbia County Hospital in Grovetown is likely to provide more medical care than for just people in the Metro Augusta area. The Georgia Chamber of Commerce is looking for ways to protect existing healthcare facilities in rural Georgia, while also encouraging new options. One of those options will be the access to healthcare available at Wellstar Columbia County Hospital near Grovetown. The chamber event’s panel discussion that focused on healthcare was part of the Rural Prosperity Summit. The event brought together hundreds of Georgia business, political, and community

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Dana Lynn McIntyre November 20, 2025 No Comments
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Augusta big part of record-breaking Georgia tourism

The latest numbers are in. Events large and small generated $45 billion in visitor spending for the Peach State, with a nice bump for Augusta’s economy as well. Destination Augusta released the report during the Nov. 5 “Feel Good City” celebration. About $890 million in visitor spending came in our area. That breaks down to:  $240 million from food and beverage $196 in lodging $195 million from entertainment and recreation $125 million in retail and shopping   “We’ve consistently blown up our tourism economy over the last three or four

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Dana Lynn McIntyre November 19, 2025 No Comments
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How to juggle 4 balls in the air without dropping one

When Samantha (Sam) Corujo needs quiet time, she’ll relax on the balcony of Summer House Realty, overlooking Augusta National. It’s a welcome retreat from her traditional real estate office downstairs and three other businesses she’s built. So, how does she juggle all four companies? For the highly energetic entrepreneur, it’s a combination of discipline, exercise, micro-bursting, and creating think time. ” I get up, I go to the gym early, and then I come home, and there’s that little sacred two-hour window of time where I can handle all my

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Neil Gordon November 18, 2025 No Comments
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