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International mining company funds GIW expansion project

A global mining company has invested $44 million in expanding a Grovetown company, which will have a major economic impact on not only the CSRA, bus also the region and state, according to Robbie Bennett. Bennett, Executive Director of the Development Authority of Columbia County, helped to celebrate the grand opening of the newly expanded GIW Slurry Pump manufacturing plant at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday. “GIW has shown its commitment to this community,” he said. “They’re a huge economic driver with hundreds of employees.” Slurry refers to a liquid

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Faith Friday: Local man driven by faith, works to get vehicles driving again

If a name indicates anything about a person, the same could be said about a business. For Matthew Jones, calling his mechanic shop Heavenly Touch Automotive, LLC, just felt right. He knew his steady, years-long rise from high school graduate to eventually becoming a local store manager for a nationwide auto and tire repair company wasn’t just because he’s skilled, talented and Automotive Service Excellence (ASE)-certified. It’s because of his faith. “As the company where I worked was starting to change, I wanted to be able to provide a fair,

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The family-owned company celebrates its 50th Anniversary

The longest-running, locally-owned pest control company in the CSRA is celebrating its 50th Anniversary with a party later in the month. A & R Exterminating is owned by the Isdell family and provides pest control, termite inspections/treatments, bed bug treatments, and wildlife inspections and exclusion. A&R Exterminating belongs to Georgia, South Carolina, and CSRA Pest Control Associations. Their party is from 12-2 pm at their headquarters on 2605 Peach Orchard Road in Augusta, including giveaways and refreshments.

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Sno-cone company expands business into hotter water

You could say the Christie family of the CSRA now has a hot and cold business (model). The Christie family recently added a coffee trailer in front of their Pelican Snowball shop on Edgefield Road in North Augusta. Christie’s Coffee Co. opened in late March selling locally roasted coffee from Buona Caffe, based on Central Avenue in Augusta. They are open until late afternoon throughout the week. The Christie family opened Pelican’s SnoBalls several years ago on 3644 Walton Way Extension and added a stand in Grovetown and North Augusta

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The Book Tavern turns the page to a new, larger location

In the age of digital books and Amazon, a bookstore may seem quaint and old-fashioned. But bookstores remain popular, enough so that The Book Tavern recently relocated to a more spacious location at 978 Broad Street, about half a block from its previous location in the J.B. White’s Building. The Book Tavern opened in its new location on April 1 but a Grand Opening with special events is planned for April 30 in conjunction with Independent Bookstore Day. The move is the culmination of several years of seeking a new

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Local mother-daughter team to brew second coffee shop location

Columbia County residents will soon have a new place to pick up a cup of Joe before heading to work. The owners of Rooted Coffeehouse, Alison Kocher and Heather Needles plan to open a second location at 380 West Milledgeville Road, near IGA, in Harlem this summer. The original coffee shop is located at 3116 William Few Parkway, Suite 1 in the Market at Riverwood shopping center in Evans. “We’re excited about having a new community to reach,” said Needles, Kocher’s mother. “It’s a small town, so we’re excited about

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Aiken is one of the South’s top towns according to Southern Living

Whether you were born and raised in Aiken or you’re a transplant, Southern Living magazine has just put a big feather in your cap. In the March issue, Aiken was named as one of the Top 10 Best Small Towns in the South. This is Southern Living editors’ description of Aiken: This equestrian town looks like something from a postcard. Home to the Aiken Horse Show, which has been running for over a century, it’s a place where you can saddle up and go for a trail ride, get cozy

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Georgia and Augusta roll out the red carpet for potential business

It’s not Hollywood stars, but business stars who receive the red carpet treatment each year as part of Georgia’s Red Carpet Tour. And a major component of that tour is a few days in Augusta watching The Masters. The Red Carpet Tour, hosted by the Georgia Chamber of Commerce and Georgia Department of Economic Development, is the longest-running economic development event in the United States. This year, the Tour will celebrate its 60th anniversary. The Tour began in 1960. You may wonder why those numbers don’t add up. It was

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Retracing Masters Footsteps

  Don MacNeil is the former Marketing Director of Windsor Jewelers and long-time on-air radio professional.   Is it just me, or… Retracing Masters Footsteps When I was young, my dad made a habit of pulling off the highway if a Civil War battlefield were anywhere around. It’s not that I wasn’t interested, it was more that I couldn’t see the point. There was no way, I thought, that any of this looked the way it did a hundred years earlier, so why bother? Still, I could tell that Dad

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