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Iconic Fast-Food Restaurants Open in CSRA

It’s a long way from here to California. Up until a couple of months ago, you would’ve had to make that trip to sample one of the state’s first fast-food chains. Fosters Freeze opened in Thomson in November at 2447 Cobbham Road and fans were quick to share the news on social media. This is Fosters’ first foray outside of California’s 62 locations. Franchise owner, Deep Takhar has family in Augusta. His sister and brother-in-law own 8 GasPro stations in the CSRA and one in Statesboro. Fosters Freeze is next

Mitzi Oxford January 12, 2025 No Comments

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First One-Stop Home Services Showroom Opens in Augusta Area

If Mark Boyd’s new showroom at 4396 Lamkin Drive in Evans resembles a state-of-the-art automotive dealership, there’s a reason. “I spent 23 years in the car business,” said Boyd, the nation’s first Nesto franchisee, a brand designed to partner with multi-unit entrepreneurs in the home services space. Boyd officially unveiled his innovative showroom, located near the Home Depot in Evans, in late October. The event featured representatives from Nesto, Home Depot corporate, the Augusta Metro Chamber of Commerce, and Boyd’s team. Each “bay” in the showroom highlights a different service

Neil Gordon December 16, 2024 No Comments

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Ray Ray’s opening second location in 2025

Ray Carnes, the founder of the Recteq grill is living proof that “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” Carnes had a public spat in 2023 with former Columbia County commissioner/Sparkle car wash owner, Gary Richardson over his desire to build a competing car wash near Washington Road and the Riverwatch Parkway. Carnes got his plan approved after originally being denied. Carnes got an attorney involved and appeared on the Austin Rhodes program on WGAC and spoke to ABD. Carnes told us that construction is in full swing

Neil Gordon November 26, 2024 No Comments

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One-stop Shop Opens in CSRA

Just in time for the year’s busiest shopping season, a new retail store has opened in North Augusta. After a few months of operating a mobile boutique, Autumn Grace Boutique opened on November 16 at 401 W. Martintown Road in the North Hills Shopping Center. “The reception for our Grand Opening was wonderful. Customers loved the many brands of clothing we stock for men, women, and children,” said owner, Alicia Byars. Those brands include Fieldstone, Roost Waterfowl, Southern Strut, Zenana, Risen, and Southern Down Outfitters. Autumn Grace Boutique also carries

Mitzi Oxford November 24, 2024 No Comments

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Popular CSRA food truck opens new location

After his family was tired of the Watertown, New York winters, they packed up and moved south. Matthew Papaianni brought his Italian heritage with him through great recipes. He started a food truck you might have seen rolling across the CSRA. The bright colors and animated food pictures adorn the Beefed Up truck which began serving burgers, hotdogs, and more in 2020. “Business started slow but then we began serving food at Bridgestone and Generac. That is when our food truck business started picking up,” Papaianni explained. Before Hurricane Helene

Mitzi Oxford November 17, 2024 No Comments

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New niche business spins yarn into profits

Crows are large, intelligent, all-black birds and common sights in treetops, fields, and roadsides. Now, you can see them in Augusta as the Three Crow Fibers will be cawing your name. The new business opened September 3 at 223 James Brown Boulevard and folks who love to knit or crochet couldn’t be happier. “Word spread quickly about our opening. In our first week of business, we had customers from around the CSRA and from as far as Athens and Statesboro,” explained Jeff Pullium, one of the owners. You could say

Mitzi Oxford September 23, 2024 No Comments

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New North Augusta eatery opens today

Beacon Bluff continues to grow, this time with a so-called healthy, but delicious option. Bowl Boss will hold a soft opening today at 2:00 p.m. at 210 Georgia Avenue, Suite 101. Their official Grand Opening will be held on Saturday, September 7. What is a Boss Bowl? It’s a little bit of everything minus the guilt. The bowls look like sweet desserts, but they are packed with a combination of healthy fats, slow-burn carbs, satiating protein, fiber, and micronutrients. Boss Bowls started at a farmer’s market booth in Upstate New

Mitzi Oxford September 4, 2024 No Comments

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New CSRA business provides nonprofit support services

With more than 50 years of combined experience working for nonprofit organizations, mother and daughter, Kaye and Britt Jackson, have teamed up to do what they do best, provide support services for nonprofits. They opened The Nonprofit Desk last week, to put their experience to work for charities and churches that could use help with everything from administrative support, to bookkeeping, and social communications. “It was Britt’s idea to collaborate. We enjoy working together so we prayed about it and after becoming incorporated in April, we are now open for

Mitzi Oxford August 28, 2024 No Comments

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Biz Bits: Giving CSRA entrepreneurs a leg up

The Downtown Development Authority and a local college are finding ways to re-purpose a vacant building while helping start-up companies get off to a successful start. Mike Petchenik has more in our Biz Bits.

Mike Petchenik August 18, 2024 No Comments

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Family opens CSRA fitness business this Friday

It’s not a stretch. A husband and wife team with strong medical backgrounds, plan to open six locations of StretchLab in Georgia, with the first opening this weekend in Evans. Located at 620 Mullins Colony in the same shopping center as Belks, the new studio will introduce people of all ages and fitness levels to the various health and wellness benefits of working with highly trained Flexologists™ in an open, modern, environment. StretchLab Evans is owned by husband-and-wife duo, Pat and Shirley Wulf, franchisees with first-hand experience in the life-changing

Neil Gordon August 5, 2024 No Comments

Iconic Fast-Food Restaurants Open in CSRA

First One-Stop Home Services Showroom Opens in Augusta Area

Ray Ray’s opening second location in 2025

One-stop Shop Opens in CSRA

Popular CSRA food truck opens new location

New niche business spins yarn into profits

New North Augusta eatery opens today

New CSRA business provides nonprofit support services

Biz Bits: Giving CSRA entrepreneurs a leg up

Family opens CSRA fitness business this Friday

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