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Simon Says: 2024 Augusta job earnings heavily outpace inflation

Now that all the labor market data is finalized, I can reveal that the fastest-growing labor market in 2024 in Georgia was Brunswick at 2.7%.  Warner Robins also recorded growth of over 2 percent. Augusta clocked in at 0.6%, just below the state average of 0.8%. Gainesville, which has seen tremendous growth over the last 15 years, recorded negative growth for 2024. Brunswick employment increased by 1,200 (2.5%) over the year, and average weekly earnings increased by $123 or 16.8 percent. Average weekly hours worked increased by over 2 hours,

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Dr. Simon Medcalfe April 7, 2025 No Comments
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2 Questions for The Dean: Women’s Leadership Academy

On April 26th, the Hull College of Business will celebrate over Alumni weekend with (5) classes of graduates of a program that is helping to further growth in CSRA businesses. Here’s more on the benefits of Hull through the eyes of businesswomen. ABD: You have a program in the College called the Women’s Leadership Academy. When did the Women’s Leadership Academy roughly start, and how has that gone? HULL: The Women’s Leadership Academy is a program that has been funded and sponsored by the ADP foundation. The original class was

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Neil Gordon April 6, 2025 No Comments
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Pitching Solutions to Real-World Problems

Teams of graduate and undergraduate students at Augusta University presented what they believe can be solutions for real-world challenges. They competed in the 6th Annual INNOVATE Pitch Competition hosted by the Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center. The first competition in 2019 was to find solutions for a 15-year-old girl who was living with a colostomy bag, one of an estimated half-million people with the same challenge. Teams were given five minutes to present their solutions to solve a local challenge and improve the community. The pitches were given to

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Dana Lynn McIntyre April 6, 2025 No Comments
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Augusta entrepreneur named Georgia’s Small Business Person of the Year

Patrick Wells will be leaving for a ceremony in Washington D.C. in early May as the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Georgia honoree. He hopes to return to Augusta as the SBA’s Small Business Person of the Year in the U.S. Wells owns Piedmont Landscape Management, a commercial landscape maintenance company in Augusta. Piedmont has been in business since 1977, and in 2019, Wells and his wife bought the business.  Wells will celebrate National Small Business Week from May 4 to 10 along with winners from across the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico,

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Neil Gordon April 6, 2025 No Comments
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Helping Hand for Women in Business

There are many “women in business” success stories in the CSRA. A great place to start if you have a daughter to bring into your business is the Hull College of Business Women’s Leadership Academy.

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HCoB Dean Mark Thompson April 3, 2025 No Comments
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The Masters Welcome Mat is Out

Augusta is gearing up for the 2025 Masters Week that kicked off earlier this week with the first round for the Augusta National Women’s Amateur (ANWA) at Champions Retreat Golf Club in Evans. The final round will be played April 5th at Augusta National Golf Club (ANGC), followed by the Drive, Chip Putt competition on April 6th. The tournament practice rounds begin on April 7th. Destination Augusta says it is ready to welcome longtime visitors and newcomers to the Spring tradition. Bennish Brown, President and CEO, said Augusta was born

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Dana Lynn McIntyre April 3, 2025 No Comments
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Young golfers learn from the Pros!

With the Augusta National Women’s Amateur championship on the line this weekend, some contenders and legends took time out to teach Augusta children, thanks to a bank with locations in the CSRA. Rain on the course earlier in the week didn’t deter legends like Suzy Whaley (pictured) from helping lead a clinic for Augusta-area High School female golfers and a community golf clinic for kids from Boys & Girls Club of Greater Augusta and First Tee Augusta. The 4th Annual “Golf with Us Clinic” is an initiative sponsored by a

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Neil Gordon April 3, 2025 No Comments
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SRMC Donation Benefits Future Workforce

Savannah River Mission Completion (SRMC), the liquid waste contractor at Savannah River Site (SRS), recently presented a $15,000 donation to Lamar-Milledge Elementary School, located in Richmond County, Ga. The money will support the elementary school’s science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) curriculum. SRMC President and Program Manager Dr. Dave Olson presented the donation to Lamar-Milledge Elementary School Principal Eric Lewis, saying SRMC proudly supports Richmond County schools. “This donation to Lamar-Milledge Elementary School is an investment in our future,” Olson said. “SRMC strives to reach students in elementary school because

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Staff Report April 3, 2025 No Comments
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People and Technology Company Opens CSRA Office

Last week’s Augusta Richmond County Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting brought a lot of smiles to locals, including the market leader, Shawn Hackett (holding scissors), and many executives from their home base in Greenville, South Carolina. HTI, short for Human Technologies Incorporated, moved into a building close to Augusta Tech’s South Augusta campus. HTI provided talent assessment/personality testing for the guests who RSVP’d. The company implements analytics and testing to help match the right employees to employers with HTI Jobs in the middle of the process. The Augusta branch is

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Neil Gordon April 2, 2025 No Comments
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Pacer $mart Program Unveiled

SRP Federal Credit Union and the University of South Carolina Aiken gathered recently to showcase the newly designed classroom and hallway dedicated to financial education at the university. The new learning space will host Pacer $mart, a financial education program created in partnership between SRP and USCA’s School of Business Administration. Designed to equip college and high school students with financial knowledge, the program covers key personal finance topics, including budgeting, saving, credit, investing, insurance, taxes, and economics. “The Pacer $mart program is a testament to the power of partnership

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Staff Report April 2, 2025 No Comments
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