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Part One: Data centers a growing trend for economic development

Governments across Georgia, including metro Augusta, are seeing proposals for multimillion-dollar projects requesting zoning and building permits. The projects are data centers, networked computer servers for remote storage, processing, or distribution of large amounts of data. Documents for a Development of Regional Interest (DRI) have been filed with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs showing a property on Gordon Highway has been earmarked for a data center by a company listed as Eagle South, LLC. The DRI identifies the name of the development as Project Eisenhower. Although no company has

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Dana Lynn McIntyre January 5, 2025 No Comments
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Meeting the needs of CSRA and GA military veterans

To prepare for Georgia’s 2025 Legislative Session, lawmakers traveled the Peach State collecting citizen input on specific needs. The tour included a stop at the Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center in Augusta. It was a joint meeting by the members of the House Defense and Veterans Affairs Committee and the Senate Veterans, Military, and Homeland Security Committee. “Our intent was to go to areas where there was a pretty heavily veteran population and discuss this issue that’s very relevant to veterans, and that’s how they’re receiving their benefits from

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Dana Lynn McIntyre January 2, 2025 No Comments
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Business Recovery and Resilience: Dealing with the Impacts of Hurricane Helene

Businesses in and around Augusta continue to grapple with the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene. The storm’s impact, which traced a path of destruction across our region, was especially hard-hitting for interior areas in Georgia and the Carolinas. While there’s no doubt that Augusta will recover and continue to thrive as a leading destination for business, it’s important to understand the residual effects businesses in our area face as they navigate the recovery process. Navigating insurance gaps Helene left local business owners stuck in a maze of insurance-related uncertainties. Interior

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Kevin Glass, Augusta Market President, Synovus Bank January 1, 2025 No Comments
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Deadlines Looming for Hurricane Recovery Aid

Businesses and individuals trying to recover from Hurricane Helene’s destruction are facing deadlines to apply for assistance, and they are different in Georgia and South Carolina. The Palmetto State has the most immediate deadline. It is on January 7. That is the final date businesses, homeowners, renters, and nonprofits can apply for the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) low-interest disaster loans. Stephen Clark, SBA Public Affairs Specialist, provided ABD with the latest information on how and where to apply. Applications can be filed online at https://www.sba.gov/funding-programs/disaster-assistance. Clark said there are also

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Dana Lynn McIntyre January 1, 2025 No Comments
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2025 Predictions: Trump Policies Edition

Editor’s note: As a follow-up to the venerable Rick Franza’s 2024 prediction outcome article, we wanted to ensure you didn’t miss what he believes will impact your business in the coming year. Grab some libation and dive into 2025! After wrapping up my grading for 2024 (both for my Augusta University/Hull College students and for my 2024 Predictions for the Augusta Business Daily), I am sitting on an oceanfront balcony on Hilton Head Island contemplating the year ahead. Unlike last year, when my prognostications spanned multiple areas (national economy, local

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Dr. Rick Franza December 30, 2024 No Comments
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Business Leaders Can Master the Art of Cooking

Some of the most powerful business leaders have interesting hobbies. Hiking, chess, and gardening rank high on the list of diversions from the stressful world of business. Former President, George W. Bush took up painting after leaving office. He took lessons from Bonnie Flood, a Georgia-based artist. Former Yahoo CEO, Marissa Mayer bakes in her time away from the office. She says the best cooks are chemists and baking gives her innovative ways of looking at business solutions. If that sounds like your cup of tea or in this case,

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Staff Report December 30, 2024 No Comments
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CSRA to host huge U.S. entrepreneurial event

The start-up business world is coming to Augusta later in 2025. Until then, leaders at Make Startups are visiting start-up incubators all over the country. It has been almost a year since ABD first told you about a local entrepreneurial group getting ready to crisscross America to learn and share best practices. Make Startups is based in theClubhou.se and is an offshoot of HACK Augusta. It is in the Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center. Eric Parker, CEO of Make Startups, told ABD they have been visiting from the West

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Dana Lynn McIntyre December 29, 2024 No Comments
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2024 Predictions: How Did My Crystal Ball Do?

Publisher’s Note: Tomorrow is December 31st, both New Year’s Eve and the official end of 2024. In case you missed a previous article, Dr. Rick Franza took a break from grading his students and graded himself on predictions he made about a year ago. Last Thursday, my esteemed colleague, Dr. Simon Medcalfe, provided another of his informative and amusing talks at the annual Hull College of Business’ Economic Forecast Breakfast. His presentation at this time last year inspired me to consult my “crystal ball” and make my predictions for 2024

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Dr. Rick Franza December 29, 2024 No Comments
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Hurricane Helene canceled business event re-scheduled for 2025

Organizers of a series of workshops and training sessions canceled by the sudden arrival of Hurricane Helene have regrouped for 2025. BsidesAugusta 2025 is set for Oct. 20 through Oct. 25. It will follow the outline planned for the 2024 event that was canceled. “It’ll be four days of training classes that we’ll offer, and that’ll be the 20th through the 23rd and then the Security Onion conference on October 24,” BSidesAugusta organizer, and COO of Security Onion Solutions, LLC, Phil Plantamura explained for ABD. “Both of those events, the

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Dana Lynn McIntyre December 26, 2024 No Comments
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Air Show Augusta coming back for a third year

Augusta Regional Airport will have a busy April in 2025 with two events generating visitors. First is the 89th annual Masters Tournament, which will run April 7th – 13th next year. However, from the first arrivals to final departures, it has expanded to nearly two weeks with the addition of the Drive, Chip, and Putt Competition for young golfers, and the Augusta National Women’s Amateur (ANWA) tournament. Augusta Regional Airport staff will have less than two weeks to catch their respective breaths before Air Show Augusta 2025 roars into the

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Dana Lynn McIntyre December 25, 2024 No Comments
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