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Real Talk Real Estate: Don’t leave $$$ on table when you sell!

If you find yourself feeling like now is the time to sell, you will not have to wait long for a buyer. Most homes are selling for 100% of the listing price and officially closing the sale within 48 days! Here are a few quick things I feel strongly are a must do if you decide to sell your home at anytime! FRESH PINE STRAW OR MULCH – Cleaning up your landscaping is an easy and inexpensive way to present a well maintained home and ensure nice curb appeal. ADD

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SHAWNA WOODWARD, RE\MAX REINVENTED EVANS August 13, 2021 No Comments
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Japanese restaurant to open second location in Evans

A popular local Asian restaurant plans to open a second location in Evans. Yosko Japanese Steakhouse will open the new location at 3118 William Few Parkway, Unit 9 – the former home of The Flying Biscuit Café – in the Market at Riverwood. The new restaurant will be located just a few doors down from Top China, which has been very popular in Riverwood. The address of the current location is 2825 Washington Road in the Fairway Square Shopping Center in Augusta. Yosko serves a variety of chicken, steak, and

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Josh Heath August 12, 2021 No Comments
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CSRA businesses help the homeless by supporting benefit concerts

Blane Bailey has a heart for the homeless and feels blessed to have a home and a thriving coupon (Super Savers/Home Direct) and marketing business (Tranter Grey Media) for decades. Chris Nabholz, co-host of “Drop The Dis” podcast and co-founder of Augusta Podcasts has a heart for Augusta and creatives who rock Augusta with their musical talents in local venues with local food and brews. If your company shares their vision and want to help, they want to talk with you about sponsorship of their next concert in the Fall.

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Neil Gordon August 12, 2021 No Comments
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Augusta ranks in national business publication’s Top 10 Millennial community

Augusta is one of the best cities for millennials to live and work, according to a national business publication. The July/August issue of Business Facilities magazine ranked Augusta number 10 on its list of Millennial Magnets. Other cities on the list include Providence, Rhode Island; Reno, Nevada; Tucson, Arizona; and Charleston, South Carolina. Kigwana Cherry – owner of Pop-Up Augusta! – loves the wide variety of things to do in this city. Cherry describes Augusta as “The little-big city where you can do beer yoga in the morning, eat local

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Josh Heath August 11, 2021 No Comments
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Local paint and body shops partner with community organizations to help woman in need

Kendrick Paint and Body and several local and national organizations partnered to provide some peace to an Air Force veteran and domestic violence survivor. Ms. Asia is now driving a restored 2019 Nissan Sentra, thanks to the help of many in the auto chain. GEICO located and donated the vehicle and Kendrick contacted Forces United for a deserving candidate submission. Forces United submitted Ms. Asia’s information and a little background on her. Ms. Asia is an air force veteran and a domestic violence survivor. A few years ago, she quickly

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Neil Gordon, Carson McLaughlin, Kendrick August 11, 2021 No Comments
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CSRA furniture and consignment shop expands to store #3

Savvy Home is adding its third store in North Augusta at 1696 Knox Avenue in the Knox Plaza joining its two other furniture\consignment shops, Savvy Home at 821 East Pine Log Road in Aiken and Savvy Shopper at 3120 Washington Road in Martinez. Meybohm Commercial negotiated the lease on behalf of the shopping center and found a very experienced retailer that has 20 years of longevity in the market. The Savvy brand features a collection of higher end consignment, home décor, accessories and furniture with current trends and styles at

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Neil Gordon August 11, 2021 No Comments
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Latin American flavors helping to grow Aiken food and beverage businesses

The owners and managers of four Latin American restaurants in the Aiken area, recently reviewed in the Augusta Business Daily, Cabanas as Salvadorean Restaurant on Richland Avenue, Choices (Jamaican and Caribbean) in Graniteville, caterers Paella South originally from Velencia, Venezuela and the latest, El Borikuazo Puerto Rican Restaurant on University Parkway, all agree on several points. They stick to the recipes and the ingredients they used when they learned to cook at their mothers’ knee, usually back in their original country. All are devoted Americans now. And no matter how

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Stephen Delaney Hale August 10, 2021 No Comments
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Sister duo launches retail business in downtown Augusta

A new retail business owned by two creative sisters from Wisconsin just opened in downtown Augusta. Located at 1022 Broad St. next door to Flowers on Broad, Freshwater Design Co. celebrated with a ribbon cutting on Wednesday, Aug. 4 and a grand opening celebration on Thursday, Aug. 5. Artist Danielle Harmadi and graphic designer Brianne Martin moved into that location in February to design a variety of handcrafted leather products, including keychains, bracelets, and earrings, as well as pennants, T-shirts, hats, and coffee mugs. The sisters sell their products at

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Josh Heath August 10, 2021 No Comments
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Transformation of Wild Wing to Doc’s Porchside underway

This week the owners of Doc’s Porchside tantalized our senses with previews of what is next for their former Wild Wing Café locations in Augusta and Grovetown. The following are photos from their Facebook page with captions showing the progress and developments leading up to the Grand Opening..       In the meantime, Wild Wing Café Corporate is looking at land off the Riverwatch Parkway to build a prototype Wild Wing’s to have more emphasis on live music. August 9th—16th???????? It’s been said all good things come to those

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Neil Gordon August 9, 2021 No Comments
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Semiannual downtown fair solicits vendor applications as deadline approaches

You’ll have about a week to get in your application to promote your business at a downtown expo for a good cause. This fall, with help from several local businesses, a downtown fair will give the community the opportunity to shop for handmade goods and support a worthy cause. The Augusta Handmade Fair – a semiannual fundraiser coordinated by Redemption Church located at 930 Broad St. – will be held Friday, Nov. 5 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 6 from noon to 4 p.m. at the

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Josh Heath August 9, 2021 No Comments
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