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Bringing Together Women in Technology

HACK Augusta is holding an event targeting what is still an underrepresented community in the technology workforce. The Women in Tech meetup wants to create a supportive and empowering community for women in technology. It will be held April 16 in theClubhou.se in the Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center. The hosts are Sarah Matta, with HACK Augusta, and Lexie Irvine, Ecosystem Builder with theClubhou.se. “We have it once a month, and it mostly came about from me speaking at the inaugural 2025 Tech Talk Augusta event and standing out

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Big Impact Coming to CSRA via Tiger Woods, Augusta National, and Augusta Tech

In a landmark initiative that promises to expand educational and recreational access for youth in the Augusta area, Augusta National Golf Club and five-time Masters champion Tiger Woods have announced a long-term partnership to deliver high-quality STEAM programming and affordable golf opportunities to the local community. Through a collaboration with Woods’ nonprofit, the TGR Foundation, and his course architecture firm, TGR Design, the partnership will bring two major developments to Augusta: A TGR Learning Lab, to be built at the former site of Lamar Elementary School, offering free year-round STEAM (Science,

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Mapping the Future of South Carolina’s Roads

The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) is soliciting public input on the Palmetto State’s future transportation needs. The department has created Momentum 2050: the Statewide Multimodal Transportation Plan. It assesses the existing statewide transportation system and anticipates impacts over the next 25 years. Secretary of Transportation Justin Powell, in a statement on the plan website, said it is a road map for economic prosperity. “The road and bridge network in South Carolina supports the movement of freight and people across our state. We have to keep these critical arteries

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While Tariffs May Hurt, Uncertainty Kills

Much to the chagrin of many of my readers, particularly those who are University of Georgia football fans, I am an alumnus of the University of Notre Dame and an avid fan of its football program. Unfortunately, although it came close this year, Notre Dame (ND) has not won a football national championship since 1988, due in no small part to its diminutive placekicker, Reggie Ho. While Reggie did not have the strongest leg of ND’s placekickers, he was the most accurate. ND’s head football coach at the time, Lou

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Best in Business! Your Roadmap

The North Augusta Chamber of Commerce brought together leaders from four fields to answer the top question most businesses ask. How do I become the best? The April Good Morning, North Augusta breakfast centered on a panel discussion with leaders from a non-profit organization, micro/entrepreneur business, small business, and large business. Each had been named Best in Business during this year’s annual meeting. Moderated by Terra Carroll (left), President and CEO of the Chamber, questions first went to Mary Anne Bigger(right), Executive Director of the Arts and Heritage Center of

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CSRA Caterers Master Crunch Time

Thousands of visitors from across the country and around the world are in town for the 89th Masters tournament. They are shopping with local retailers, staying in hotels and in homes that are rented out for the week. Those golf enthusiasts all have to eat somewhere, which is why restaurants are packed, and caterers are jumping to meet the demand. Fat Man’s Mill Café and Catering is swamped with catering jobs for small groups and corporate events. “We are closed for the week to focus on the Masters. For us,

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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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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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Awards

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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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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