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Planet Fitness to open new location in West Augusta

Planet Fitness wants to help you get in shape for only $10 a month. The gym, known as the Judgement Free Zone, is scheduled to open a fifth CSRA location on Wednesday, Nov. 17 at 2803 Wrightsboro Road near the Village Deli in the Daniel Village Shopping Center. The building is the former home of Trinity Hospice. The other Planet Fitness gyms are located on Bobby Jones Expressway in Martinez, Windsor Spring Road in South Augusta, Knox Avenue in North Augusta, and Whiskey Road in Aiken. Like other gyms, it

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Josh Heath September 20, 2021 No Comments
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Covid-19 effects helps fuel business owners’ expansion

Kelly Hennings loves working with babies and children, but she knew she needed more space to run her business. Hennings – a speech therapist and owner of Honey Pie Pediatric Therapy, currently sees her patients in a 400-square-foot room in the Center for Primary Care’s North Augusta location at 105 East Hugh St. But she’s moving to a new 1,800-square-foot office, located at 106A Martintown Road on the corner of Georgia Avenue and next door to University Home Health Services, about a mile away. Hennings looks forward to having “a

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Josh Heath September 13, 2021 No Comments
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Local business leaders discuss the effects of COVID-19

For better or worse, COVID-19 has affected everyone and every business. While some businesses have struggled, others have flourished. For Robert Kelly (see photo above story) – vice president of Augusta Staffing – the pandemic has made filling open positions a much greater challenge. “A large number of employees are still scared to come to work,” says Kelly. “It’s affected us greatly.” He explains some companies that hire through Augusta Staffing don’t require masks or social distancing, which makes some employees feel so uncomfortable, they quit their jobs. As a

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Josh Heath September 10, 2021 No Comments
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News 12/26, Cardinal Health and photography studio enforce vaccine mandates

Evamaria Foltz – a local photographer – doesn’t require her contracted photographers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, but everyone, including photographers and clients, must now show proof of full vaccination before entering her home studio in Martinez. Their contracts won’t be terminated, but there will not be any work until they get vaccinated or until Foltz changes her policy. Foltz – owner of Foltz Photography, LLC – states she only has contracted workers. “I’m not forcing anyone to do anything,” she explains. They “have the complete freedom to make their

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Josh Heath and Neil Gordon August 27, 2021 No Comments
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Starbucks closes temporarily while other quick serve restaurants adapt to Covid’s second wave

No large sign out front. No sign of baristas. Foggy weather and fogginess in general at Starbucks on Thursday morning outside of the Riverwood Subdivision in Evans. Many cars patiently waited in line one by one and when they didn’t hear a response to their orders they drove up to the drive-thru window. There, they saw a small sign apologizing that the store and drive-thru were closed. Some headed a short ways away in the parking lot to the Rooted Coffee house where employees were busy taking orders at the

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Neil Gordon August 27, 2021 No Comments
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Local business\political leader and family work hard for special needs son

There’s an old saying about business savvy people—they can take lemons and make lemonade. Apparently, the same can be said for their children. Sean Frantom is an experienced fundraiser who worked for the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Augusta for seven years, but he’s currently raising funds for a much more personal cause. Sean – manager of sales and community engagement at Topgolf Augusta and Augusta commissioner for District 7 – is raising money for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation on behalf of his 2-year-old son, William, who battles the disease.

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Josh Heath August 4, 2021 No Comments
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Local business\political leader and family work hard for special needs son

There’s an old saying about business savvy people—they can take lemons and make lemonade. Apparently, the same can be said for their children. Sean Frantom is an experienced fundraiser who worked for the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Augusta for seven years, but he’s currently raising funds for a much more personal cause. Sean – manager of sales and community engagement at Topgolf Augusta and Augusta commissioner for District 7 – is raising money for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation on behalf of his 2-year-old son, William, who battles the disease.

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Josh Heath August 4, 2021 No Comments
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Medical staffing company buys $830,000 office building in CSRA

A former Meybohm commercial agent struck a deal with a current Meybohm commercial agent and a California-based medical staffing company will be moving to Evans as a result. The approximate 6,000 square foot building sold for $830,000 near the entrance to the Riverwood Plantation neighborhood in Evans at 205 Addison Square. The real estate holding company for 365 Healthcare Staffing Services purchased the building. The company is based in San Diego and has many medical personnel placements in the CSRA—and wanted to be closer to clients—and expand over time in

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Neil Gordon July 27, 2021 No Comments
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Arkansas woman’s journey leads to healthy business in Columbia County

The Kirk’s location is in the Shoppes at Camelot in Evans. (photo by Neil Gordon) The Healthy Hangout is set to open later in July or August. If you visit Arissa Kirk’s energy bar in the Shoppes of Camelot, you’ll likely have to pass by the smells of Shane’s Rib Shack and the adjacent Sonic Drive-In.“When I’m stressed or overwhelmed or upset I turn to food,” she said.To help you fight your unhealthy food urges, Kirk will serve you parfait bowls, low-calorie smoothies, a metabolism energy drink, or a “skinny

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Neil Gordon July 2, 2021 No Comments
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Local medical group helps business leaders get to the heart of the matter

The Augusta University Health Imaging Center performs a variety of diagnostic procedures, including calcium scoring testing for heart disease. The center is located at 3722 Wheeler Road. (Photo courtesy of AU Health Imaging Center) Jim is lucky to be alive today, but he credits a simple test with saving his life. Unlike many heart disease patients, Jim, a semi-retired attorney who asked us not to use his last name, was a gym rat who worked out with a personal trainer twice a day and had an impeccable diet. But due

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Josh Heath June 2, 2021 No Comments
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