Openings

A bank with nearly 300 locations scattered throughout much of the eastern United States now has a permanent home in Augusta. Ameris Bank will celebrate the grand opening of its branch located at 3626 Walton Way Extension, Building 100 today at 4 p.m. The location opened earlier this month. The bank came to Augusta in August 2020, but operated out of a temporary location at 2743 Perimeter Parkway, Building 200, Suite 107 for the past two years. “Ameris offers everything from retail to commercial banking services, small business lending and

An icon of the American West, the tumbleweed, begins with the death of the Russian thistle. In winter, it breaks off at the stem and begins its journey as a tumbleweed blowing around the desert spreading seeds as it bounces along. Some of those seeds have spread almost 2,000 miles to Aiken. TumbleWeed opened a couple of months ago at 216 Park Avenue, a store that carries all things western from cowboy hats to boots, belts, halters and handwoven blankets. Aiken is famous for thoroughbred racing and polo matches, but

Motel 6 will leave the light on for you, but so will a new self-storage business in Columbia County. Storage Hotel, located at 5060 High Meadows Drive in Grovetown near the Columbia County Fairgrounds is now open for business. The three-story, temperature-controlled facility features 24/7 access, flexible lease options, and surveillance cameras. Storage Hotel rents units in a variety of sizes, ranging from 5 feet by 5 feet to 10 feet by 30 feet. It also carries various storage and moving supplies, like boxes, dollies, and handcarts, but also offers

Tomorrow’s a big day for Blake Pearce. He enjoys taking an empty storefront and watching its shelves fill up with a variety of handmade soaps. Pearce, District Manager for Buff City Soap, recently got the chance to help do that again by preparing to open a new location in Mullins Crossing at 4225-3 Washington Road in Evans. The store will celebrate its soft opening on Thursday, Sept. 8 beginning at 9 a.m. To celebrate the store’s opening, Buff City will offer a variety of promotions. For example, for each of

A national handmade soap company will soon open a new location in Columbia County. Buff City Soap will be located near Target and Kohl’s in the Mullins Crossing shopping center at 4225-3 Washington Road in Evans. The company makes and sells a variety of plant-based products, including hand, bath, and laundry soaps, as well as bath bombs, beard oils, and lotions. Accessories include soap dishes, loofahs, and body brushes. Founded in Tennessee in 2013, Buff City Soap has locations throughout the U.S., including Florida, South Carolina, and Texas. For more

No matter where you live in the CSRA, you probably don’t have to drive very far to get to a Starbucks. The coffee giant will soon bring another location to Columbia County. The land has been cleared to make room for the new store, which will be located between Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen and Taco Bell on South Belair Road in Martinez. Starbucks already has numerous shops throughout Columbia County and the CSRA, including Grovetown, Evans, Augusta, and North Augusta. Coffee lovers can also visit locations in local Kroger and Target