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Always Sunny in Augusta

Once the sun sets on the hot summer, there will be another option to keep your tan year-round. The fourth location of Palm Beach Tan between Evans and Augusta is going to replace the Cardboard Castle Games shop located between Belk’s and Larson Chiropractor in the Mullins Colony Shopping Center. Palm Beach Tan offers spray tans, tanning beds, and skincare products from its 650 centers nationwide. Local stores include one less than a mile away on 4276 Washington Road next to Publix, plus a store at 4115 Columbia Road and

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Neil Gordon August 1, 2025 No Comments
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August meetings and conventions coming in HOT!

The temperatures are hot, and so are the projections for the economic impact of visitors headed to the Augusta River Region for meetings, reunions, and other events. More than 7,000 visitors will be in town, generating almost $6,400,000 in the month of August. The largest boost comes from the TechNet conference to be held in mid-August. This will be the 12th year TechNet has been hosted in Augusta. It brings in at least 6,000 attendees, with more than half coming from outside Georgia and South Carolina. That conference alone is estimated to generate more

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Mitzi Oxford August 1, 2025 No Comments
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Finding financial backing for women entrepreneurs

A recent speaker to an Aiken and national audience said women own 14 million businesses in the U.S., which is about 39% of all businesses, a mixture of independent companies and franchises. They employ than 11 million and generate two and a half trillion dollars in income. In 2024, women launched 49% of all new businesses. The challenge is locating a funding source. The unique challenges facing women small business owners looking for funding were the focus of a recent webinar. Offered by Greater Aiken SCORE, the webinar was led

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Dana Lynn McIntyre July 31, 2025 No Comments
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CSRA company expanding programs to meet supply and demand

One of the largest employers in the CSRA, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS), is enhancing its industrial supply base. The initiative aims to increase the capability and capacity of SRNS suppliers and manufacturers to meet and perform critical mission scopes for the Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). “The Supplier Technical Assessment and Validation program (STAV) is a significant benefit for our suppliers and manufacturers, bridging the gap between part requirements, manufacturing capabilities, and demonstrated execution,” said Wayne Potter, SRNS Supplier Relationship Development (SRD) Manager

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Staff Report July 31, 2025 No Comments
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What I learned on my summer vacation

When I was growing up on Long Island, New York, I always looked forward to summer. My father was a high school math teacher; his second career after first being a mechanical engineer. Most summers, he worked a temporary engineering job with Grumman Aerospace, but always ended that job a couple of weeks before the school year started so that we could take a family vacation. In those years from the early 1960’s through the early 1970’s, we typically took a one-to-two-week automobile vacation. In that time, we covered most

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Dr. Rick Franza July 30, 2025 No Comments
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Another top report for Augusta businesses

For the third time since May, Augusta is showing up in a survey of locations to do business. Georgia overall is ranked well on another “Best Of” report, and Augusta is in the top 20 in the results. Global Location Strategies (GLS) has published the 2025 edition of its Best Places for Food Manufacturing report. Augusta checks in nationwide at number 12. In May, a report by GLS on the Best Places for Primary Metal Manufacturing Insights report, Augusta was ranked at number 21. That reflected a jump from 42

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Dana Lyn McIntyre July 30, 2025 No Comments
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Aiken Regional receives top award

Some of the top considerations for any company in relocating or expansion include tax environment, talent pool, affordable housing, and quality healthcare. Aiken has placed itself in a prime position. Aiken Regional Medical Centers has been named among U.S. News & World Report’s 2025-2026 Best Hospitals edition as a High Performing hospital for Pacemaker Implantation. This is the highest distinction a hospital can earn as part of U.S. News’ Best Hospitals Procedures & Conditions ratings. U.S. News’ annual Procedures & Conditions ratings are designed to assist patients and their health care providers in

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Staff Report July 30, 2025 No Comments
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Local Home Healthcare Provider wins statewide award

Nuclear Care Partners was recently honored as one of only two Home Healthcare Providers in the state to be recognized as Best of South Carolina 2025 in the Guide to South Carolina.  The agency has played a big part in helping Savannah River Site employees recover from major illnesses and ailments. The local staff is in Aiken at 933 Dougherty Road and services the entire state of South Carolina and Georgia. There is also a satellite office in Augusta. Nuclear Care Partners is in its 15th year of providing our nation’s

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Neil Gordon July 29, 2025 No Comments
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Local economic development leaders soak in Top-Ten list

A national publication recently studied economic growth and site development along the more than 1,500-mile stretch of Interstate 20. Augusta made a big impression. Site Selection Magazine, a publication that caters to business executives and site selection consultants, found the highest concentration in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington with 772 sites. Atlanta and New Orleans rounded out the top three. However, Augusta made the list, sitting at number 10. The study looked at all new corporate and end-user, facility investment projects over the past two years in the counties the interstate passes through.

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Dana Lyn McIntyre July 29, 2025 No Comments
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Augusta makes the top 10

A report done by a national publication lists Augusta in the Top 10 locations for site development. Site Selection Magazine is the official publication of the Industrial Asset Management Council (IAMC). Founded in 1954, it is currently based in Norcross, Ga. “We are a controlled circulation, B2B publication that goes to corporate leaders with decision-making responsibility when it comes to facility, locations, and expansions,” Adam Bruns, Editor-in-Chief, head of Publications, explained for ABD. “We’ve gone to what would typically be a job title like the director of global real estate

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Dana Lyn McIntyre July 28, 2025 No Comments
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