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Business angling for Grovetown customers

Tomorrow is a big day for a community bank getting ready to grow in the CSRA. Key F&M Bank employees will take a shovel to dirt at 10 in the morning on Tuesday at  5165 Columbia Road at William Few Parkway near the entrance to the Columbia County Fairgrounds. The groundbreaking illustrates the bank’s continued commitment to Columbia County—adding to a longtime branch at Evans to Locks Road and Furys Ferry Road in Martinez. “This new office represents an exciting chapter for F&M Bank and the customers we proudly serve,”

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Neil Gordon September 14, 2026 No Comments
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9/11 at 25: Remembrance and Lessons Learned

Publisher’s Note: It is hard to think about the lessons we learned 25 years ago today and in the subsequent months and years that followed. They do exist, and in today’s column, Dr. Franza identifies them while looking back at what his family experienced in the Northeast. RICK: I remember it starting out as a beautiful, late summer-early autumn Tuesday morning in New England; specifically suburban Boston. When I left my house for my 45-50 minute commute to Bentley College (now Bentley University), the sun was shining brightly, and the

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Dr. Rick Franza, Professor, AU Hull College of Business September 11, 2026 No Comments
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Mixing Business with Pleasure

Networkers are used to spending time with others at Chamber ribbon cuttings and at various business workshops. How about a trip around the world for ten days with some Chamber members? There is an informational meeting set for Thursday, September 24th at 6:00 PM at the Columbia County Chamber offices behind Bank of America off of Ronald Reagan Drive. Collette Travel will be there to share details on a Chamber-sponsored trip to Switzerland, Austria & Bavaria!  The actual trip is in early November 2027. Here is some upfront pricing and

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Neil Gordon September 11, 2026 No Comments
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Steps to goof proof your business

Owners of startups and established businesses face a laundry list of potential pitfalls from financing to marketing to customer retention. But there is one that may slip by: a simple goof-up, large or small. SCORE, with an Aiken chapter, is an organization of retired business leaders that mentor business owners and held a webinar called Goof-Proof Your Business: Prevent Costly Mistakes Before They Happen. Led by William Holsten, a business mistake prevention specialist and mentor with SCORE’S Delaware chapter, the message was clear. No matter how long someone has been

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Dana Lynn McIntyre September 10, 2026 No Comments
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Entrepreneurs juggle new marriage, children, and business(es)

AI enhancement from high school Matt and Ashley Nelson met at Lakeside High School and connected on the water as rowers in the 1990’s. After her career in small business ownership and media sales and his career in ministry and non-profit development, they reconnected more than a year ago. They’ve been rowing the boat together since marriage and now with their new businesses.  Ashley closed on the Bee Healthy Medical Weight Loss & Energy Clinic at 4150 Washington Road in Evans in early 2026. Shortly after, Matt began negotiating ownership

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Neil Gordon September 9, 2026 No Comments
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Waiting list only for popular CSRA networking event

You’d better “get in line” if you’d like to jump into a monthly conversation with other business leaders in the CSRA. The Small Business Roundtable is held on the fourth Wednesday of each month. Unlike more formal events such as Women in Business and Good Morning North Augusta, the roundtable is an informal conversation among attendees. It is open to businesses in South Carolina and Georgia. “They’re easier to get information from businesses,” chamber president Terra Carroll told ABD. “A lot of times, you have the big workshops where you’ve

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Dana Lynn McIntyre September 9, 2026 No Comments
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A baker’s dozen for the Peach State

Georgia will be announced as the Best State To Do Business by Area Development magazine. This is the state’s 13th year at the top. Augusta played a big part. Magazine editor Andy Greiner said the full list is embargoed until the edition is published, but he had the green light to announce the number one position. He was the keynote speaker for the Augusta Metro Chamber of Commerce’s Member Economic Luncheon. The theme for the luncheon was “Why Georgia and Why Augusta.” Greiner looked at why the state is so

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Dana Lynn McIntyre September 8, 2026 No Comments
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September’s Infusion of $$ into the CSRA

Arts in the Heart is just one of eight tourism events starting this week that will yield almost $10 million in economic impact to the community and revenue for supporting businesses. About 100,000 of the expected 109,000 visitors will attend Arts in the Heart the weekend of September 18th, according to Destination Augusta. The following Monday, the IRONMAN 70.3 Augusta competition begins drawing another 7,000 visitors. The other tourism events include several conferences in the education, military, cyber, planning, and code enforcement spaces.

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Neil Gordon September 8, 2026 No Comments
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Staying focused on in-demand careers

The Georgia Chamber of Commerce Foundation is keeping the state’s in-demand career paths and training to prepare for them top of mind. The foundation has released its latest inaugural Career Track Profiles. It is a one-stop workforce resource available to students, educators, employers, workforce professionals, and policymakers. “Utilizing the state’s first unified High Demand Career List, our team was able to develop an actionable tool to guide students and job seekers with the next steps to find employment in our fastest-growing, high-demand careers,” said Daniela Perry, Executive Director, Georgia Chamber

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Dana Lynn McIntyre September 4, 2026 No Comments
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Socking away money for college in the Peach State

Two major changes have been made to Georgia’s Path2College 529 Plan. It helps CSRA families save money for their child’s college expenses. New legislation, signed by Gov. Brian Kemp (R), raises the maximum balance from $235,000 to $550,000. Another enhancement is that the Georgia Higher Education Savings Plan (GHESP) Board has approved a waiver of the state administrative fee. “Our state is one of the best in the nation for both quality of higher education and affordability, and raising the 529 Plan limit helps ensure that remains so well into

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Dana Lynn McIntyre September 3, 2026 No Comments
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