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Lakefront living on nearby Clarks Hill is on the rise once again

Life is but a dream, if you are living on the lake and Georgia’s lakefront properties are a hot commodity including Clarks Hill Lake, otherwise known as Georgia’s Freshwater Coast. When our summers can be hotter than Gordon Ramsay’s Hell’s Kitchen, a cool lakefront breeze is sought after by many potential investors from across the country. You might be surprised to learn that more than 60% of the buyers for Georgia’s lakefront properties aren’t from here. They hail from Washington, D.C., New York, Greenville, S.C., Tampa, and Chicago. According to

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Mitzi Oxford June 13, 2023 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Next CSRA SHRM meeting to deliver the latest in employee development

Editor’s note: Last week, ABD was pleased to be a sponsor for the SHRM meeting and provide a follow-up story about simple solutions to finding qualified employees for your continued business success. Their upcoming meeting takes workplace success to the next level. In case you missed it, here is a link to the story: Practical ways to improve your workforce. If leadership at companies is only just beginning to get on board with the idea of emotional intelligence in the workplace, that should come as no surprise. Emotional intelligence is

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Mitzi Oxford June 13, 2023 No Comments
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South Augusta’s surge in development: Part two

A quiet explosion of economic development has been underway in South Richmond County, $3.2 billion in all. A long-time plant has expanded, another major new manufacturing plant is under construction and two other companies are expected to start construction in the months ahead. All are in the Augusta Corporate Park on Mike Padgett Highway. But, two things are lacking outside of the I-520 perimeter, a pool of trained workers and sufficient new housing units to attract employees at the plants to move into Richmond County. Cal Wray, President of the

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Dana Lynn McIntyre June 12, 2023 No Comments
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New eatery to replace long-time chicken restaurant

Bill and Melissa Hoard will soon open a new restaurant in a well-known Columbia County location, and countless people have already stopped by that location to find out when it will open. The couple has renovated the former Maryland Fried Chicken, located at 6008 Clarks Hill Road at Pollard’s Corner in Appling and are replacing it with Granddaddy’s Kitchen, an eatery that will specialize in Southern cuisine. “We’ve wanted to open a restaurant here forever,” Melissa said. “We are the talk of the community; everybody wants us to open.” But

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Josh Heath June 12, 2023 No Comments
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Economic Update: Grovetown Growth

Just as Dana Lynn McIntyre reported last Friday, Coach Dave Holdeman from The Alternative Board of the CSRA and Augusta Business Daily publisher, Neil Gordon talk about Palmetto Industries’ groundbreaking at Horizon South Industrial Park and what that means for local employment. Gordon and Coach Dave also congratulate a local business owner on her retirement and reflect on the importance of exceeding customer expectations. Be sure to learn the latest on all this and more in the economic update of the week!

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Neil Gordon with Dave Holdeman June 12, 2023 No Comments
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Mondays with Rick: Internships – Everyone wins!

In one of my most recent columns on economic development, I stressed that workforce availability and development have become the number one criterion for companies in deciding where to locate their facilities. Therefore, there is probably nothing more important to the CSRA’s economic development than building and developing its workforce. While attracting a workforce from outside of the area is a key component of workforce development, the most important aspect of building a strong workforce comes from developing and retaining the talent that already resides in the area. While education,

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Dr. Rick Franza June 12, 2023 No Comments
ABD Extra

South Augusta’s surge in development: Part two

A quiet explosion of economic development has been underway in South Richmond County, $3.2 billion in all. A long-time plant has expanded, another major new manufacturing plant is under construction and two other companies are expected to start construction in the months ahead. All are in the Augusta Corporate Park on Mike Padgett Highway. But, two things are lacking outside of the I-520 perimeter, a pool of trained workers and sufficient new housing units to attract employees at the plants to move into Richmond County. Cal Wray, President of the

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Dana Lynn McIntyre June 12, 2023 No Comments
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Simon Says: Here’s where employment was during Masters month

Despite the upturn in the Augusta Leading Economic Index reported last week, employment in the metro area continues to decline. Employment fell slightly by 200 jobs in April from March and is down almost 4,000 jobs since November 2022. Obviously, April was Masters month, and leisure and hospitality employment jumped 3,400 (not seasonally adjusted). This was less than in 2022, when the Masters bump was 4,200. With little month-to-month change in the seasonally adjusted total employment level, most industries did not see big changes in seasonally adjusted employment levels. Most

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Dr. Simon Medcalfe June 12, 2023 No Comments
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Practical ways to improve your workforce

Staffing experts, Robert Kelly and Lynn Billing have some simple solutions for employers falling short of finding qualified candidates. They say taking the long view of improving the pipeline of candidates and matching it with schedule flexibility for those candidates will make the difference in solidifying your staff. Kelly, the chapter president of the nationally awarded SHRM (Society of Human Resource Management) group, led last Thursday’s conference on recruiting, retention, and upskilling. “The key is to not scramble to fill a position by hastily filling it,” said Kelly, the long-time

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Neil Gordon June 12, 2023 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Practical ways to improve your workforce

Staffing experts, Robert Kelly and Lynn Billing have some simple solutions for employers falling short of finding qualified candidates. They say taking the long view of improving the pipeline of candidates and matching it with schedule flexibility for those candidates will make the difference in solidifying your staff. Kelly, the chapter president of the nationally awarded SHRM (Society of Human Resource Management) group, led last Thursday’s conference on recruiting, retention, and upskilling. “The key is to not scramble to fill a position by hastily filling it,” said Kelly, the long-time

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Neil Gordon June 11, 2023 No Comments
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