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Real Talk Real Estate: Away on working vacation? Protect your home!

Editor’s Note: Biz leaders are juggling more and more during this volatile, pandemic time. This weekend or part of next week, may be the last “holiday” or working vacation from the CSRA grind for a while. School is starting soon. In this week’s Real Talk real estate, Shawna Woodward says, make sure someone is minding the store at home! As summer starts to wind down, plan to go on a last minute vacation! Life is short and we should strive to make it a priority to enjoy time away with

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SHAWNA WOODWARD, RE\MAX REINVENTED EVANS July 30, 2021 No Comments
Closings

Wild Wing Café corporate looking at other options for CSRA restaurants

The outgoing franchisee of the Augusta and Grovetown locations will NOT be selling their buildings to the corporate office– leaving the Wild Wing Cafe CEO looking at options in at least the Augusta market, with the possibility of Grovetown re-opening sometime later. “We’re negotiating a ground lease to build a new restaurant or we may take over one of two closed restaurants” said Wild Wing Café CEO Steve Weigel in his car en route to a promotion at a baseball stadium in Charleston. If the deal goes through, a new

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Neil Gordon July 29, 2021 No Comments
Consumer Stories

CSRA Companies offer lucrative incentives to attract and retain employees

Many companies have begun offering sign-on bonuses for new employees, but at one company, a lucky employee will drive off in a brand-new car. Spherion – a national recruitment and staffing agency – with an office in the CSRA—has found a creative way to combat the labor shortage by offering hiring and retention incentives for its employees. Starting July 12, employees in good standing were entered into weekly drawings for prizes, such as Apple AirPods, MacBook Air laptops, and flat screen TVs. The grand prize – a 2021 Ford Mustang

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Josh Heath July 29, 2021 No Comments
Consumer Stories

CSRA businessman returns from Air Force One project in Seattle

If you have ever seen Air Force One, sitting on the tarmac or flashing by overhead, you’ve felt the awe and pride evoked by this elegant symbol of American pride and power. Aiken businessman and master detailer Chris Williams (pictured above with pride) says it happens to him every time he is privileged to “climb” aboard – being overwhelmed with a feeling of reverence for what the plane symbolizes and the beauty in flight that flashes around the world. Aeronautical veterans say they climb aboard whenever they walk up the

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Stephen Delaney Hale July 28, 2021 No Comments
Closings

Long-time Augusta Cadillac dealership to close this week

ABD has learned Johnson Motor Company of Georgia – located at 1122 Walton Way in downtown Augusta – will close its doors this week after nearly 86 years in the automotive sales and service business. (Pictured above) ABD spotted just one new car and a handful of pre-owned vehicles on the lot that was full of inventory in its heyday. This publication was the first media outlet to report on the closing in a story on July 15. Owners of the dealership, which opened in 1936 on Telfair Street, chose

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Josh Heath July 28, 2021 No Comments
Consumer Stories

COFFEE COMPETITION: ABD compares local coffeehouse to national coffee giant

Editor’s Note: On the Nextdoor App in many Evans subdivisions and on social media, there are passionate discussions and grassroots efforts going on about “buying local” as coffee giant Starbucks legally purchased an outparcel 50 yards from the existing Rooted Coffeehouse—which is locally owned. Can they both survive? We sent Josh Heath on a random morning to grab a cup of Joe or two and some food at both while seeing how business is going for both. This is just a one morning sample, but some good patterns developed. ********************************************************

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Josh Heath July 27, 2021 No Comments
B2B Stories

Medical staffing company buys $830,000 office building in CSRA

A former Meybohm commercial agent struck a deal with a current Meybohm commercial agent and a California-based medical staffing company will be moving to Evans as a result. The approximate 6,000 square foot building sold for $830,000 near the entrance to the Riverwood Plantation neighborhood in Evans at 205 Addison Square. The real estate holding company for 365 Healthcare Staffing Services purchased the building. The company is based in San Diego and has many medical personnel placements in the CSRA—and wanted to be closer to clients—and expand over time in

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Neil Gordon July 27, 2021 No Comments
B2B Stories

COOK OUT restaurant to retrofit closed restaurant in the CSRA

Cook Out is the owner of the 2.2 acre former Ryan’s Buffet property on 1275 Knox Avenue. It will be the first store in North Augusta and second in Aiken County. Cook Out owns five restaurants in the CSRA on Walton Way, Washington Road, Peach Orchard Road, Jimmy Dyess Parkway and Whiskey Road in Aiken. The restaurant features Cook Out Trays for around $5 to include a choice of Char-Grilled Burgers, 2 Hot Dogs, Barbeque, 2 Quesadillas or Chicken, plus two sides, and a large drink. There are more than

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Neil Gordon July 26, 2021 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Real Business Lunch Review: Aiken Brewing Company

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. We call this our “Real Business Lunch Review”

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Wes Hennings July 26, 2021 No Comments
Consumer Stories

CSRA center of national company celebrates 100 years in business

ABD recently interviewed Abbie Baumann, sales and marketing manager for Overhead Door Company of Augusta/Aiken about the company’s 100th anniversary and the success of its local branch. Overhead Door was founded in 1921 by C.G. Johnson – the inventor of the garage door. Johnson later invented the first electric door opener. Based in Dallas, the corporation sells and services a variety of garage door systems for both residential and commercial buildings in 50 countries worldwide. Here are the interview questions and answers. How long has the Overhead Door Company of

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Josh Heath July 26, 2021 No Comments
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