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Spring into Employment!

Mark your calendar for next week if you or someone you know is job hunting. Augusta Technical College is hosting its Spring 2025 Job Fair on Tuesday, May 6, from 9:00 AM until Noon at Building 13 on campus. Students, recent graduates, and community members are welcome to attend. The job fair is an opportunity to connect with regional employers, explore career pathways, and expand professional networks. Augusta Tech advises you to come prepared with your résumé and an open mind.

Staff Report April 24, 2025 No Comments

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Business Leaders Meet Meta

The North Augusta Chamber of Commerce’s April Power Lunch provided the chance for business leaders to meet a new neighbor coming to Aiken County. Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and other social media platforms, is building an $800 million data center in the Sage Mill Industrial Park. Laura Warren, Meta’s Community Development Regional Manager, brought the importance of data centers to the personal level. She explained that everything an individual does on their computer or smartphone is processed in a data center to be shared as intended.

Dana Lynn McIntyre April 23, 2025 No Comments

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Downtown Spring Fest: Great Opportunity to Support Local Businesses

After a week of work, who is ready to spend time with family? The Downtown Spring Fest is coming up Saturday, April 26. The event kicks off at 10:00 AM on West Pine Grove behind Sheila’s Baking Company. More than 70 art and food vendors will be set up, as well as live music. The event is free and highlights North Augusta’s presence in the downtown area. Aside from the many vendors and food trucks, it’s an opportunity to shop local, check out unique stores and restaurants. The Downtown Spring

Staff Report April 23, 2025 No Comments

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Neighborhood Tavern Opens in Evans

No joke! Towne Center Tavern opened on April Fool’s Day. No pranks were pulled, but some tasty food was served. The new eatery is located at 7025 Town Center Boulevard in Evans on the second floor of the Meybohm building. Owners Shawn and Katy Ledford aren’t new to the food service business. They own three Mellow Mushroom franchises in the CSRA. The first opened in Augusta in 2003, and two more were added in Evans and Augusta. “We were just going around and eating out in the Evans area and

Mitzi Oxford April 22, 2025 No Comments

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Augusta’s Other Spring Tradition Set to Take Flight

It doesn’t bring in Masters level money, but the impact of the upcoming Augusta Air Show is slated to pack an economic punch of more than $500,000. Commercial and corporate jets that flew in for the season’s first major golf tournament of the year are being replaced by fighter jets and helicopters. The Augusta Air Show is returning for its third year. It will be April 26 and 27 with the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels as this year’s headliner. “The advance pilot for the Blue Angels will be coming in

Dana Lynn McIntyre April 22, 2025 No Comments

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Simon Says: A Few Bright Spots in Augusta’s LEI, Except for Buying a Home

The Augusta Leading Economic Index (LEI) increased 0.2 percent in February from January. It is 0.9 percent higher than a year ago. The largest change was seen in initial claims for unemployment insurance, which declined by 65 percent on the month. Initial claims for unemployment insurance often fall in February, but there were just 653 new claims in the Augusta Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) in February, the lowest since November 2019. The percentage decline was greater than the state of Georgia as a whole, which saw claims fall by 40

Dr. Simon Medcalfe April 21, 2025 No Comments

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Employment Opportunities Abound at ABD Expo + a Bonus

It’s never too early for career guidance or too late to land your dream job. From 9:30 AM until 12:30 PM today, Augusta Business Daily is hosting our Career and College Expo. It’s at the Snelling Conference Center, 3165 Washington Road. Looking for career education programs for upcoming college students in your family? Augusta University, Hull College of Business, Troy University, and the USC Darla Moore School of Business will be there to answer your questions. An array of businesses, from corporate to small, will be on hand to take

Mitzi Oxford April 21, 2025 No Comments

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2 Questions for The Dean: Student Internships

When your son or daughter gets ready for college, they’ll be faced with juggling classes and perhaps a job, and an internship. If you send them to the Hull College of Business, chances are all three will be taken care of. Here are two questions with the Dean! ABD: You have a very unique internship program, and talk a little bit about the value that it brings to the students that actually go to work while they study. HULL: It’s something that we did a couple of years ago, where

Neil Gordon April 20, 2025 No Comments

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South Georgia Bank adds next location north to the CSRA

The competitive banking sector in Augusta just got a little more competitive. South Georgia Bank is adding its next branch further north to the Summerville area of the CSRA. It will be referred to as South Georgia Bank Augusta. The new location will be in the former Regions Bank and Summerville Pharmacy two-story building on 2839 Central Avenue, which is next door to Dairy Queen. According to the Loopnet property website, the building is approximately 5,000 square feet and was built just over 50 years ago. “We are finalizing our

Neil Gordon April 16, 2025 No Comments

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Mastering Resilience

As the final round of the Masters was about to start this past Sunday, I harkened back to 2011, when at the start of the final round, Rory McIlroy was 12 under par, just like he was this year. However, instead of this year’s two-stroke lead, he had a four-stroke lead at the start of Sunday’s play in 2011. After a pedestrian front nine, Rory stood on the tenth tee at -11, with three others, including Tiger Woods, within one stroke of the lead. As I watched the scoreboard from

Dr. Rick Franza April 15, 2025 No Comments

Spring into Employment!

Business Leaders Meet Meta

Downtown Spring Fest: Great Opportunity to Support Local Businesses

Neighborhood Tavern Opens in Evans

Augusta’s Other Spring Tradition Set to Take Flight

Simon Says: A Few Bright Spots in Augusta’s LEI, Except for Buying a Home

Employment Opportunities Abound at ABD Expo + a Bonus

2 Questions for The Dean: Student Internships

South Georgia Bank adds next location north to the CSRA

Mastering Resilience

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