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Company chases lofty goals in the CSRA

A bank added its third local location as part of a 160-branch expansion with emphasis on the Southeast.   The Aiken Chamber welcomed local and regional executives from Chase Bank to open its newest location at 481 Fabian Drive in the Hitchcock Plaza in Aiken near Old Navy, TJ Maxx, and other retailers. The branch is a newly constructed, standalone building, staffed by employees from Aiken and nearby communities and featuring both a drive-up ATM and a vestibule ATM for added convenience.  Aiken Branch Manager Brandee Gonzalez shared insight with guests during the morning get-together with

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Neil Gordon February 26, 2026 No Comments
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Training up the next generation of cyber workers

A Maryland-based foundation that encourages students to prepare for a career in cybersecurity is sponsoring a workshop at the Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center (GCITC). The National Cryptologic Foundation (NCF) event will be on Saturday, March seventh. Dr. Alisha Jordan, NCF Education Program Director, told ABD it is for students and their parents. “We bring kids in between the ages of 10 to 18 for hands-on cybersecurity learning events,” she said. “We bring younger learners in to talk with industry partners, educators, and volunteers to engage in like a

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Dana Lynn McIntyre February 25, 2026 No Comments
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Simon Says: What County Had the Highest Per Capital Personal Income?

Did residents in Aiken, Columbia, and Edgefield County make the most money? In 2024, Columbia County had the highest per capita personal income in the Augusta Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), and McDuffie County had the largest increase over 2023. Personal income is defined by the Bureau of Economic Analysis as “the income received by, or on behalf of, all persons from all sources: from participation as laborers in production, from owning a home or business, from the ownership of financial assets, and from government and business in the form of

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Dr. Simon Medcalfe, AU Hull College of Business Economics Professor February 25, 2026 No Comments
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(Water) Taxi anyone on the Savannah River?

For North Augusta Mayor Briton Williams, the most intriguing part of Augusta 2035: Blueprint for Action report is Augusta Tomorrow’s proposal to introduce water taxis. Those would be used to shuttle passengers between the Augusta side and the new boat dock near the Sharon Jones Amphitheater on the North Augusta side. “Neither one of our communities has truly understood and embraced what it means to have a body of water in between us,” Williams said. “Communities in both our states would love to have water as part of what they

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Dana Lynn McIntyre February 24, 2026 No Comments
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50th Anniversary of CSRA Builder

The team at Bill Beazley Homes will be lighting 50 candles today for its founder, toasting to the first home built in 1976 for $27,900 in the Meadowood neighborhood, to its largest development of nearly 900 homes at Hayne’s Station(above). BBH continues to expand with Bill Beazley’s son and Company President, Stephen Beazley, leading the charge with five new developments currently underway, including Cedar Creek (Aiken, SC) and Springdale Trails (Graniteville, SC). “While our scale has changed, our focus on quality of life and long-term value for our homeowners remains

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Neil Gordon February 24, 2026 No Comments
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EXCLUSIVE: “Powerful” company ignites possibilities in Aiken

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed in early February at USCA creates a partnership with a company on the leading edge of developing new ways to generate power. The MOU is with Antares Industries, a California-based company that specializes in nuclear fission energy systems, including fission microreactors, also known as Small Modular Reactors (SMR). Tom Mancinelli, Head of Federal Strategy and Policy at Antares, told ABD that their work right now is primarily for defense and space. They also work with the Pentagon and NASA to provide reactors for energy

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Dana Lynn McIntyre February 23, 2026 No Comments
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CSRA company launches AI marketing company

Chances are, your company has trouble keeping a consistent social media, newsletter, and web management presence. A local company aims to fill in the gaps by combining human strategy with AI to help businesses grow affordably without losing their authenticity. Your company would receive much more than software to make content execution easier.  Creo AI assigns each client a dedicated Business Lead who learns the business inside and out—its voice, its values, its goals—and a Creative Lead who translates that understanding into marketing that sounds like the founder.  “Capturing in-person

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Neil Gordon February 23, 2026 No Comments
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CSRA community leader hosting event for national podcaster

Helen Blocker Adams, longtime radio host, political leader, and businesswoman, is moving into a coaching phase of her career. She’s partnering with a podcaster with 600,000-plus followers on YouTube for a free event aimed at helping Augustans use podcasting to expand services and monetize their efforts. Below is a flyer to sign up for the Kroc Center event after the Masters in April. HBA says entrepreneurs, podcasters, content creators, and those transitioning into business will learn a lot from the host.  “David Shands has been my podcast mentor/coach for over

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Neil Gordon February 23, 2026 No Comments
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250,000 member group in CSRA goes high tech

An organization that is more closely associated with outdoor activities and ecology is adding high-tech to its operation. The National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) is opening a satellite office in the Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center (GCITC) in downtown Augusta.  NWTF co-CEO, Jason Burckhalter, told ABD the collaboration is a natural progression to innovate so their mission has the maximum impact. “We’re leaning heavily into innovation and technology being a key component of that, and to be more specific, on the AI front. We wanted to embed our IT

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Dana Lynn McIntyre February 20, 2026 No Comments
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Training future pilots and techs to take flight

Augusta native, Jamail Larkins, was just 14 years old when he made his record-breaking flight as the youngest pilot to solo flight a Cessna 172. Now, he’s helping to host an event next weekend to give interested CSRA STEM students a chance to use scholarship money to carve out a career pathway. This fast-growing job sector is also propelled by internship opportunities through a few local school systems. He and another local flight expert will be teaching the future generation at Augusta Regional Airport (AGS) next Saturday. His AviationStart company

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Dana Lynn McIntyre February 20, 2026 No Comments
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