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How we can help the CSRA hospitality industry in need

The Gary’s Hamburgers in West Augusta is being forced to close weekdays at 3pm for now. (Photo courtesy of Facebook) Editor’s Note: On Tuesday morning the Starbucks Coffee Shop on Washington Road at I-20 CLOSED because there was not enough staff to service guests. They re-opened Wednesday morning after locating workers. On the same day, one of the Gary’s Hamburgers had to close at 3 pm—the stories go on and on.  As part of our weekly strategic alliance with AU’s Hull College of Business, we asked associate professor Marsha Loda

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Marsha Loda, AU Hull College of Business May 27, 2021 No Comments
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New local jobs site already a big hit with the business community

(Photo by Josh Heath) About 10 local business leaders, along with several virtual participants, watched the presentation. There are already about 2,000 local jobs posted on the site. The Augusta Metro Chamber of Commerce has developed a new platform called Talent 2 Work to address the local labor shortage, and it has already received tremendous support from the CSRA business community. Chamber President Sue Parr says 2,000 area jobs have already been posted to the site, which officially launched on Wednesday, May 19. This includes Georgia Power, Savannah River Nuclear

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Josh Heath May 21, 2021 No Comments
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BNI helps CSRA businesses network and grow

Local BNI members listen to a presentation in December 2019. There are currently six chapters in the CSRA with a total of 128 members. (Photo from Augusta BNI Facebook page) Over the past year, many business owners have struggled to survive both the pandemic and intense competition. But in that same time period, local Business Network International members have made 4,725 referrals and secured $4.3 million worth of business, according to Andy Passmore, who serves as the local BNI area director and works as a mortgage loan officer at Security

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Josh Heath May 14, 2021 No Comments
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Local networking options grow and change during Covid 19 season

Tom D’Abruzzo, owner of BrandStorm Promotions, LLC, has sponsored Networking for Leads at the Columbia County Chamber of Commerce for the past four years. (Photo by Josh Heath) In today’s competitive business environment, it’s more important than ever for business leaders to be effective networkers. It’s not always about what you know; it’s about who you know that matters in business. Fortunately, there are many networking opportunities right here in the CSRA. Yesterday, I had the opportunity to meet about 10 local business leaders, including a few I already knew,

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Josh Heath May 12, 2021 No Comments
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Augusta Tourism and Sports Organizations re-brand to highlight national travel and tourism week

From left to right, executives proudly stand in front of the new brand. Brian Graham, CEO Augusta Sports Council, Hardie Davis, Jr, Augusta Mayor, Brandon Haddock, Board Chairman Augusta Convention and Visitors Bureau and Bennish Brown, CEO Augusta Convention and Visitors Bureau (Photo by Neil Gordon) The big reveal took place Thursday afternoon May 6th in downtown Augusta that further tied together the Augusta Convention and Visitors Bureau and The Augusta Sports Council together. Money raised through the ACVB’s efforts to increase the hotel\motel tax in the CSRA helps to partially

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Neil Gordon May 7, 2021 No Comments
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Iconic Broad Street building converting to lofts and retail spaces

The approximate 10,000 square foot, three-story Marketplace Antiques Building was sold to Adaire Pennington with the intent of revitalizing the property to feature loft apartments on the second and third floors and retail space on the first floor. (Photo by Neil Gordon) The historic Marketplace Antiques Building at 1208 Broad Street will soon follow the path of other developers in downtown Augusta— with mixed-use housing and retail. The new owner, Adaire Pennington, is excited about preserving this historic building. “Augusta’s downtown has so much potential, and I intend to play

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Neil Gordon May 7, 2021 No Comments
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Georgia/Carolina hospitality experts optimistic about the future of the tourism industry

Business is starting to come back at the Augusta Marriott at the Convention Center (photo courtesy Marriott.com) Local hotels are seeing a rebound and steady increase in business over last year. That’s been the case for the Augusta Marriott at the Convention Center in downtown Augusta, according to Darryl Leech, the hotel’s vice president and general manager. “We have seen a nice uptick in transient business and conventions are starting to rebook,” says Leech. Leech doesn’t disclose occupancy rates for competitive reasons, but that transient business for Augusta area hotels

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Neil Gordon and Josh Heath May 3, 2021 No Comments
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Real estate developer breaks ground on new luxury townhome project in South Augusta

Several members of the community grabbed a shovel in the groundbreaking ceremony. (Photo by Josh Heath) Augusta native Oscar A. Jessie wants to bring greater economic growth to South Augusta. That’s why Jessie, a real estate developer and owner of GreenSpace Communities LLC, has made a nearly $5 million investment in the planned construction of a 7.8 acre, 44-unit townhome development called Orchard Landing at 3699 Peach Orchard Road. “We’re looking forward to moving forward from this point,” he says. Jessie plans to move quickly and hopes to have the

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Josh Heath April 29, 2021 No Comments
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Grocery store chain opens in Daniel Village and helps to relieve hunger in the CSRA

Food Lion made very few changes inside the store. Here’s the new store’s deli/bakery section, which looks about the same as it did when BI-LO was in business. (Photo by Josh Heath) Editor’s Note: We sent Josh Heath back to the Bi-Lo\Food Lion just a few weeks after he wrote the story of the Bi-Lo closing. Here is what we found. There’s a new Food Lion store open at 2803 Wrightsboro Road in the Daniel Village Shopping Center, but it doesn’t resemble other grocery stores in the chain. Instead, it looks

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Josh Heath April 28, 2021 No Comments
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Website helps businesses connect to military families

The Automated Housing Referral network website helps military members find housing and connect to businesses that serve their needs. Companies can also advertise their goods and services to military families (Photo courtesy of Augusta University) Military families are often required to pack up and move across the country or even overseas – only one of many challenges these families face. The Augusta Business Daily found a Facebook advertisement for a website that helps them locate housing and connect them to companies in their area that serve their unique business needs.

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Josh Heath April 22, 2021 No Comments
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