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Local businesses team up to raise funds for a worthy cause

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and a local restaurant is giving customers the chance to enjoy a delicious meal and help domestic violence victims at the same time. Manuel’s Bread Café – located in Hammond’s Ferry at 505 Railroad Avenue, #100 in North Augusta, and Kendrick Paint & Body have teamed up to raise funds for SafeHomes of Augusta. “Our owner, Steve Kendrick Jr., and Manuel (Verney-Carron) from Manuel’s Bread Café are close friends, and they wanted a way to give back to a local organization,” says Carson McLaughlin,

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Josh Heath October 1, 2021 No Comments
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Real Talk Real Estate: Keep your gra$$ green!

I hope that you are excited about the seasons changing and the cooler weather trying to creep in. I feel like we are all desperately longing for the normalcy we had pre-Covid. I for one, embrace the fact that Lowe’s has all the Christmas decor on display and I have been most proactive with all things fall. And while I love to talk about designing and decorating, I want to talk about your grass. Interesting transition, right? Many in the CSRA think that because the grass growing season is slowing

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SHAWNA WOODWARD, RE/MAX REINVENTED EVANS October 1, 2021 No Comments
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Business leaders discuss ways to combat local unemployment

The CSRA is just like thousands of other regional business communities. There are unfilled positions, and despite recruitment, qualified candidates are hard to find. The local labor shortage was the topic of a panel discussion (photo by Kathryn Freemon) called “From Pandemic to Sansdemic: Where Are All the Workers??” at the Augusta Metro Chamber of Commerce’s Member Economic Luncheon on Wednesday, Sept. 29 at the Augusta Marriott at the Convention Center. Specifically, the discussion centered on strategies for engaging the more than 99,000 people between the ages 15 and 64

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Josh Heath September 30, 2021 No Comments
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Local businesses support this weekends’ worldwide fundraiser

Each fall, several local businesses come together to sponsor a very worthy cause, and your business can still register to participate. Core event partners for the annual CSRA Walk for Water, which will be held on Saturday, Oct. 2 starting at 9 AM at SRP Park include Chick-fil-A, Summer House Realty, Be Still Displays, The Family Y and the Augusta GreenJackets. Many local businesses are also sponsoring the event, such as Stone Roastery, Alison South Marketing Group, and Pelican’s Snoballs. The walk raises funds to support Water Mission, a Christian

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Josh Heath and Neil Gordon September 30, 2021 No Comments
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Chef fuses together food and Augusta/Aiken connection

For the fusion food movement fans out there in Augusta who wonder what happened to their favorite restaurant, The Fuse, Head Chef Najmola bounced back from the expired lease at 10th Street and Broad and took it to Aiken, where it is now Fuse in Aiken. “Y’all come,” he says to any Augustans who miss their place. Fuse was founded in 2015 by sister and brother Karen and Eric Draper, out of the desire to deliver great food combined with craft beer to their guests, explained Chef Najmola, who was

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Stephen Delaney Hale September 29, 2021 No Comments
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Escape to the great outdoors at new store location

A new, larger store in Martinez offers customers everything they need to enjoy the great outdoors. Escape Outdoors – located at 377 Fury’s Ferry Road on the corner of Baston Road near Poblano’s Mexican Grill – sells a variety of outdoor gear and equipment, such as kayaks, bikes, clothing, and shoes, as well as hats, sunglasses, and knives. The new location, which used to be occupied by a Rite Aid Pharmacy, opened last week. Owner Rafy Bassali had another location at 4275 Washington Road near the Mullins Colony Shopping Center

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Josh Heath September 29, 2021 1 Comment
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Downtown art gallery relocates a few doors away

A downtown art gallery is moving to a new, larger location within the same block. The staff of Art on Broad Inc. has begun the process of relocating from 1028 Broad St. to 1016 Broad St. – the former home of Artsy Me.  According to a Facebook post, they’re painting and replacing tile in the new location. The gallery features a variety of creations from local and regional artists, including paintings, pottery, wood pieces, and jewelry. Art on Broad is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and Saturday

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Josh Heath September 29, 2021 1 Comment
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Macy’s competes with nearby stores on deep discounts

ABD previously reported that Macy’s in the Augusta Mall was launching a store within a store – a 12,000-square-foot retail space on the lower level called Macy’s Backstage, which is officially open for business. The store, which had its soft opening on Saturday, Sept. 18 followed by a grand opening on Saturday, Sept. 25, features a variety of discount items, such as clothing, shoes, home décor, and toys, as well as designer handbags from Gucci and Louis Vuitton. The concept is designed to appeal to bargain shoppers, according to Abbey

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Josh Heath September 28, 2021 No Comments
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Real Restaurant Review: Manuel’s Bread Café is from another world

Editor’s Note: Wes Hennings never met a meal he walked away from and is an opinionated eater! Each Monday he shares the results of a business lunch he’s had with a colleague as a way to advise our business community on the good, bad and the tasty across the CSRA. He doesn’t let ABD or the restaurant know where he is going and his opinions are his own. He grades the restaurants he visits on a 1-5 scale with “5” being outstanding. This real restaurant review was written in May

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Wes Hennings September 28, 2021 No Comments
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Communicating On the Job in the CSRA

This Thursday and Friday, Dr. Melissa Furman, MS, DBA Founder of Career Potential, LLC will host a two-day conference dedicated to enhancing, elevating and accelerating career and leadership for women. Last week, nearly 100 women got a sneak peek of just one of the components, courtesy of the Augusta Metro Chamber of Commerce’s monthly, “Women in Business” series, focusing on communication styles. Nancy Powell, local Augusta Real Estate broker (pictured above in red at front table) took a D-I-S-K assessment questionnaire with other audience members. She learned her personality is

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Neil Gordon September 27, 2021 No Comments
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