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Near $25 Million “Artconomic” benefit in CSRA

An annual event sponsored by the Greater Augusta Arts Council (GAAC) highlighted the impact the arts community has on Augusta’s image and as a magnet for tourists. The Arts Day Luncheon featured guest speaker, Susan Irish, National Association of Women Artists, South Carolina Board. Joining Irish was Bennish Brown, President and CEO of Destination Augusta, who stressed the importance of public arts. The numbers tell the story. A 2022 study by Americans for the Arts, a Washington, D.D.-based nonprofit organization, reported a $24.6 million economic impact in Richmond County from

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College & Credit Union partner to help students prepare for real-world

SRP Federal Credit Union is partnering with Augusta Technical College to launch the SRP Cougar $mart Program, an initiative designed to cultivate financial literacy and success for students! This innovative program will: ✅ Enhance financial literacy training in classrooms. ✅ Be included in the new “Introduction to College and Computers” course for first-semester students. ✅ Support personal finance courses and extracurricular learning opportunities for college students, Dual Enrollment high schoolers, and adult education participants. Together, SRP and Augusta Tech are preparing students for sustainable careers and brighter financial futures. More

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Simon Says: Helene’s Impact on Business

The first economic data since Hurricane Helene hit Augusta and other parts of Georgia is now available. I will provide an analysis of this data in my annual economic forecast breakfast this Thursday, December 5th at 7:30 am in the JSAC Roscoe Williams Ballroom on the Augusta University Summerville Campus. The event is free and open to the public but registration is required. There is a small amount of academic literature on the labor market impact of hurricanes. In fact, Mark Thompson, the Dean of the Hull College of Business

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Reasons to mediate your conflicts

Tune in this Saturday at 7:30 AM as TeKay Brown-Taylor explains whether or not mediation makes sense for you versus the alternative. Here’s a short video preview. Click on “read more.”

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Discovering whether to mediate your conflict

Each Saturday, listen to “Work it Out” on 1230 AM at 7:30 in the morning. Today’s video clip below is a good barometer of your needs. Does the level of conflict you are having in the workplace or at home qualify you for mediation?

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$54,000 CSRA business gift supports veterans’ families

A major fundraising event for two local Fisher Houses was originally scheduled for September, then rescheduled to October before being canceled because of Hurricane Helene. It seems fitting as we approach Thanksgiving, sponsors told event organizers, “Keep the money.” The Augusta Chapter of the Association for the United States Army (AUSA) organized the event to support the area’s two Fisher Houses, one on post at Fort Eisenhower and the other at the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center on Wrightsboro Road. “Fisher Houses provide free lodging for families whose loved ones

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Does your company need Advanced HR Bootcamp?

When times and resources challenge your company’s HR department, you might find the help you need with an advanced HR bootcamp. This is the right time to get your business off on the right foot for 2025. Neil and HR Consultant and Professional Mediator, TeKay Brown Taylor, discuss how an advanced course could help your business.

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Being Thankful as a Businessperson

Ever since my daughters were very young, it has been a Franza family tradition to go around the table before our Thanksgiving blessing and meal and ask everyone to identify at least one thing for which they are thankful. We are not a big family, so everyone is willing to indulge in this tradition as it does not delay the festivities too long. In addition, as time has gone by, we have all realized that being grateful is an activity that makes us feel better, so everyone now seems to

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Bootcamp 2.0

This Saturday morning at 7:30, TeKay Brown-Taylor will share information on how to help your company succeed in key areas of people relations in your business. In today’s video clip, she shares information on how she helps business leaders and HR professionals.

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Simon Says: What you need to know about the FED… and Augusta ties

On Thursday, November 7, the chair of the Federal Reserve (Fed), Jerome Powell, announced an interest rate cut of a quarter of one percent. That news was expected, but asked if he would leave the Fed if President-elect Trump asked him to, Powell responded simply “no.” Further, he said it is “not permitted under the law” for the president to remove members of the central bank. To understand why, we need to dig back into some Georgia history. The Federal Reserve was founded in 1913 after a group of bankers

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