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Special sales tax on ballot would raise millions for Columbia County

A penny here and a penny there may not seem like much, but over time they can add up to something significant. That’s why the Columbia County Chamber of Commerce is urging voters to vote Yes for the Special Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) when they go to the polls this fall. Voting yes would continue the one cent added to each sale, which has been in place since 1990. SPLOST funds in the past have been used to improve or create roads, schools, libraries, parks and recreation facilities, public

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Gary Kauffman October 26, 2022 1 Comment
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Simon Says: Labor Force Shrinks in CSRA

Job openings for Georgia and South Carolina in August were released last week. In Georgia, they fell 11 percent but in South Carolina, they fell just 1 percent. There are still over two job openings for every unemployed worker in Georgia and South Carolina. These job openings numbers impacted the Augusta Leading Economic Index which fell 0.9 percent in August, from July. In the local labor market, employment increased by 900 jobs to 244,700 and unemployment remained at 3.3 percent. The labor force shrank by 500 people and earnings fell

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Dr. Simon Medcalfe, AU Economics Professor October 25, 2022 No Comments
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Winning in business: Lessons from college football

Much like many others in the South, I spend a good part of my Saturdays watching college football and I am usually rewarded with exciting entertainment. However, unlike many of my fellow fans, I have found college football to be fertile ground for lessons on how to be successful in business. In today’s column, I’ll share some of what I have learned, not only by watching the most successful teams and programs but also by watching those who are not quite as successful. Hopefully, you can take some of these

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Dr. Richard Franza October 25, 2022 No Comments
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Augusta company expanding, adding jobs, to build EV battery parts

An Augusta company plans to build a new plant that will bring 600 jobs to the area and help electric vehicles drive farther on a battery charge. Last week, the federal government announced that Solvay Specialty Polymers, an international company with a facility in Augusta, will receive $178.2 million through the infrastructure bill passed earlier this year by Congress. Solvay plans to use the money to build a new plant in Augusta that will create about 500 construction jobs and about 100 skilled manufacturing jobs. The new facility will be

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Gary Kauffman October 25, 2022 No Comments
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Capital harder to come by for Georgia startups

  Fewer venture capitalists are investing in Georgia startups and Hyundai is breaking ground on its electric vehicle plant near Savannah. Georgia Business Daily Business Update by Mike Petchenik.

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Mike Petchenik October 24, 2022 No Comments
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Augusta University MBA program prepares students for professional, personal growth

Editor’s Note: This story was originally published in Augusta University’s publication, JagWire. The Master of Business Administration program at Augusta University is the hallmark graduate program of the Hull College of Business. A flexible program focused on supporting working professionals, MBA enrollment has increased 31 percent since fall 2016 — and the program has even more room to grow. The program offers various tracks, including options for full-time students, part-time students, and asynchronous online students. The program’s online offering, the Hull Online MBA, was recently ranked the most affordable online

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Paige Fowler October 24, 2022 No Comments
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Fireman’s side hustle is nasty business

Helping people isn’t new to David Parks, he’s been a firefighter in Augusta for 30 years. Incidentally, dogs have been a mascot for fire departments for centuries. Perhaps, Park’s passion for his pet waste removal business is part of his first responder DNA. If you own a dog, you probably love them like family. We pamper our pups with grooming visits, buy them toys, and feed them, sometimes the freshest gourmet dog food money can buy. But what goes in, must come out. You can scoop the poop yourself or

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Mitzi Oxford October 23, 2022 No Comments
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Mondays with Rick: Efforts to increase financial literacy

  Dr. Rick Franza, Dean of the Hull College of Business, discusses a different, timely business topic each Monday in this column. This week, with statistics showing that less than a third of Americans qualify as financially literate, he discusses some proposals to increase financial literacy, especially among students. The interview has been edited for clarity and impact. ABD: Let’s start by defining what is meant by financial literacy. Rick: Financial literacy is being able to manage your own personal finances. It’s understanding things like budgeting, credit, investments, interest rates,

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Gary Kauffman October 23, 2022 No Comments
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Who’ll be picked, “Best in Business” in the CSRA?

Last year, local business owners, Jason Kennedy and Charlie Wall were selected as the best of the best among Augusta’s many entrepreneurs by the Augusta Metro Chamber and Commerce. Kennedy and Wall, co-founders of Loop Recruiting, a technology staffing company, won the Chamber’s Augusta’s Entrepreneur Award and were honored at the Dec. 2021 Member Economic Luncheon. ABD spoke to Kennedy at the luncheon, and he thanked both the Chamber and Loop’s staff for helping him and Wall win the award. “Everyone works really hard,” Kennedy said. Augusta’s Entrepreneur is one

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Josh Heath October 23, 2022 No Comments
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