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Local companies spark Halloween event

A local realtor and sweet shop from a merchants association are excited to announce the lineup for a huge annual “fun-raiser.” DEFOOR Realty and Main Street Treats are leading the way at the Trick or Treat festival on Main Street in Harlem on Thursday, October 29th. The event is part of the Spooky To Be Hungry event to generate non-perishable food for organizations like the Fishes and Loaves Food Bank and The Golden Harvest Bank. The cost of admission is a canned good. The drop-off point is at the Harlem

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Neil Gordon October 14, 2026 No Comments
Consumer Stories

TODAY is the deadline—Golden Arches for Golden Grant program

Many education employees are in school as part of a planning day today. Today’s the deadline to plan to possibly receive a grant of $2,500 to $5,000 from McDonald’s Golden Grant program. There are (9) of these grants available to support Augusta, Georgia, and South and North Carolina schools, Augusta-area K-12 schools, youth sports leagues, and nonprofits focused on mentorship and literacy.  “As a local McDonald’s Owner/Operator, I am thrilled to bring the McDonald’s Golden Grants Program to the Carolinas,” said McDonald’s Owner/Operator, Josh Ranft. “Supporting the communities where we live

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Neil Gordon October 9, 2026 No Comments
Consumer Stories

7th-year local company helping over the holidays

Tis’ the Season of Giving with the Hawk Law Group. You and your company can help by nominating a local family that could use some holiday cheer. Once families are selected, Lindsey McCullough (pictured above), Director of Marketing at Hawk Law, will take the wish lists and go shopping. “From gifts under the tree to help with everyday essentials, our goal is simple: take some of the weight off families who need it most,” said Lindsey. Season of Giving is our way of reminding our neighbors that our law group

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Neil Gordon October 9, 2026 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Planting a new course in the CSRA

Two years ago, Hurricane Helene wiped out almost half of the trees in the CSRA—and cost tens of millions of dollars.  A few groups are getting together to help area businesses and homeowners. The Grow Back Project is a collaboration with UGA, the Community Foundation for the CSRA (CFCSRA), regional partners and Georgia Power. CFCSRA president and CEO Shell Berry told ABD they could engage UGA’s expertise to bring resources to the average person who wants to replant or put trees back in their yard. “It will not only help

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Dana Lynn McIntyre October 8, 2026 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Ring leaders getting ready to rumble

Teams of ringleaders are launching a fundraising challenge for a CSRA facility that provides support and physical therapy to patients with neurological illness. The Ringleader Rumble is set for Thurs., Nov. 5th at Day One Fitness in Beech Island. Twenty teams made up of community leaders are fundraising ahead of the event. Then they will square off in physical competitions. “We’re going to have them compete in a series of minute-to-win games, and hopefully at the end of the event we’ll have one ringleader champion,” development coordinator Maggie Haiduc explained

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Dana Lynn McIntyre October 7, 2026 No Comments
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Good Deeds: Meta offering new grant program

Meta is accepting applications for a new program to distribute grants in communities where the company has a data center, including Aiken County. The Meta data center is under construction in the Sage Mill Industrial Park. Target completion is 2027. The Future is for Everyone Fund will accept applications through Oct. 19th for proposals to address critical issues in each community where the data center is located. Meta declined a request for an interview from ABD but provided the following statement. “We created the Future is for Everyone Fund to

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Dana Lynn McIntyre September 29, 2026 No Comments
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Local retailer bringing $60,000 to local schools

This afternoon, a local convenience store chain is helping three area school districts to set up their students to succeed. The event is set to launch outside the Enterprise Mill Events & Catering facility in downtown Augusta. Parker’s Kitchen is bringing $60,000 to divide among superintendents from Richmond, Columbia, and Aiken counties. It’s part of their Fueling the Community Program in which Parker’s donates a portion of all gas sold the first Wednesday of each month at their CSRA locations. It’s the 50th Anniversary for Parker’s Kitchen, and since the

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Neil Gordon September 28, 2026 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Business donates $100,000 for tiny homes project

A donation from a leading home supply chain is advancing construction on two unique features in Augusta’s first tiny homes community. Teams from area Lowe’s stores have been building the Serenity Garden and fire pit pod at the Bridge Builders Community’s (BBC) project to provide housing to teens aging out of foster care with little to no support to transition into their new lives. The company provided a $100,000 grant through the Lowe’s Community Impact program, one of only 100 programs selected for the grant. Earlier this year, BBC sold

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Dana Lynn McIntyre September 18, 2026 No Comments
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Salvation Army selling existing properties to build new Center of Hope

Prime real estate halfway between Augusta’s Medical District and the Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center (GCITC) is up for sale to build on a legacy and shape the future. The commercial office of Blanchard and Calhoun Real Estate Company has listed the three properties for the Salvation Army’s Center of Hope. There are two properties that face the 13-hundred block of Greene Street. The third faces Saint Sebastian Way. Major Jonathan Raymer, Area Commander for The Salvation Army, told ABD they decided to post the tracts in advance of

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Dana Lynn McIntyre September 15, 2026 No Comments
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9/11 at 25: Remembrance and Lessons Learned

Publisher’s Note: It is hard to think about the lessons we learned 25 years ago today and in the subsequent months and years that followed. They do exist, and in today’s column, Dr. Franza identifies them while looking back at what his family experienced in the Northeast. RICK: I remember it starting out as a beautiful, late summer-early autumn Tuesday morning in New England; specifically suburban Boston. When I left my house for my 45-50 minute commute to Bentley College (now Bentley University), the sun was shining brightly, and the

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Dr. Rick Franza, Professor, AU Hull College of Business September 11, 2026 No Comments
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