Supply chain challenges have been a pain in the neck for local businesses in the past couple of years. Dr. Rick Franza offered some advice at last month’s ABD Business EXPO. Listen and learn.
One local government is increasing taxes and salaries. North Augusta City Council members voted on Nov. 6 on a series of ordinances, including the final budget for FY 2024, the tax millage rate, and the water and wastewater fees. The city’s consolidated budget for 2024 is just over $54.5 million, an increase of 8.14% from this year’s almost $50.3 million spending package. Mayor Britton Williams said the budget is the outgrowth of a council retreat held earlier this year. Department heads were asked to submit growth expectations over the next
The week of Oct. 30 through Nov. 3 provided a significant amount of good news on the economic front for those of us in the United States. After a poor three-month run from August through most of October, all major U.S. equity indices (Dow Industrials, S&P 500, NASDAQ) were up between five and seven percent for the week. In addition, the Labor Department’s latest job report for October showed an increase of 150,000 jobs for the month, a less-than-expected increase and a much slower increase than in recent months, showing
There isn’t much now, but the keyword is yet. Let’s look at ABD’s October Conference and Expo where Rick Franza, professor and former dean at Augusta University, speaks about what the strike could lead to.
According to a Nov. 3 press release from the office of the mayor, First Lady Jill Biden is expected to visit Augusta today as part of the Investing in America Workforce Hub tour. She is scheduled to fly into Augusta Regional Airport with the interim Labor Secretary at 10 A.M. Though it is not yet confirmed which location she will visit, if any, the current presidential administration has recognized initiatives led by the City of Augusta, Mayor Garnet Johnson, Augusta Technical College, Aiken Technical College, the Richmond County School System,
See what North Augusta’s newest French restaurant has on the menu! Mike Petchenik gives us the scoop in today’s BizBits.
It was the first big event at the Freedom Bridge when more than 50 food vendors rolled into the city for a festival or food and cultural exhibitions. Mike Petchenik has the details in today’s Biz Bits.
In a little over seven weeks, we head into a new year. The growth in the CSRA has been explosive. Will the trend continue? At the recent ABD Business EXPO, Cal Wray, President of the Augusta Economic Development Authority weighed in on what lies ahead.
There is a perception that cultural differences between different groups in society are growing larger. Rich and poor, black and white, male and female, conservative and liberal, and more or less educated have different attitudes, consumer behavior, media diet, time use, and give their newborns different names. However, a new paper by Marianne Bertrand and Emir Kamenica finds little support for this perception. Across the five groups and five cultural components, they find little change over time in 21 categories. That is not to say that people of different income
Bank of America has announced Child Enrichment as the 2023 Neighborhood Champion awardee for their work advancing economic mobility and building up underserved neighborhoods in Augusta. Through this multi-year grant funding and leadership training for the nonprofit’s leadership, programs, and services addressing child abuse and neglect will be able to help more children and families. The program will provide leadership training delivered by experts in the nonprofit sector on topics like human capital management, increasing financial sustainability, and storytelling and a $50,000 grant over two years. Child Enrichment provides a
