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Rolling out the Red Carpet for business leaders

Golf is not Augusta’s only Spring tradition. It is also when the city welcomes business leaders from around the world. Led by Gov. Brian Kemp (R), the 63rd Annual Red Carpet Tour, organized by the Georgia Chamber of Commerce and hosted by the Augusta Metro Chamber of Commerce, wrapped up over the weekend with a second visit to Augusta. The Garden City is the only city the annual tour visits twice. The tour also visited Athens on Friday. The guests arrived in Atlanta on Wednesday, then came to Augusta for

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Dana Lynn McIntyre April 13, 2025 No Comments
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Masters Surveys on Ticket/Housing Prices

Publisher’s Note: The following data was compiled earlier in the week by a couple of marketing and survey companies. Your individual experiences may be that Masters ticket prices and housing/hotel rates are higher or lower than the following survey results. According to Victory Live, a ticketing technology company that analyzes trends across the secondary market, average daily prices increased year-over-year for every day of the tournament, with the most notable spikes on Sunday’s final round (+33%) and Tuesday’s practice round (+32%). The most expensive ticket on the market is for Wednesday’s practice round

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Neil Gordon April 10, 2025 No Comments
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Why is Augusta National So Tough? Russell Henley Weighs In

Editor’s Note: If you are in the business of golf, you have to have sponsors. Georgia native Russell Henley sports the Synovus logo and hopes to wear it under a green jacket after this weekend. If it’s April in the South, that means blooming azaleas are as automatic as Augusta National Golf Club rolling out the welcome mat to most of the world’s best golfers. Professional golf’s first major, scheduled to begin April 10, has always held a mystical charm because of the rich-in-history club and its demanding iconic layout.

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Ken Klavon, Synovus April 9, 2025 No Comments
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Big Impact Coming to CSRA via Tiger Woods, Augusta National, and Augusta Tech

In a landmark initiative that promises to expand educational and recreational access for youth in the Augusta area, Augusta National Golf Club and five-time Masters champion Tiger Woods have announced a long-term partnership to deliver high-quality STEAM programming and affordable golf opportunities to the local community. Through a collaboration with Woods’ nonprofit, the TGR Foundation, and his course architecture firm, TGR Design, the partnership will bring two major developments to Augusta: A TGR Learning Lab, to be built at the former site of Lamar Elementary School, offering free year-round STEAM (Science,

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Staff Report April 8, 2025 No Comments
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Masters of Building Golf for the Future

While the Pros kicked off the Masters, young golfers were participating in building their golf future. For the second year in a row, Eastside Golf, a lifestyle apparel brand rooted in golf dedicated to driving cultural change in the game, hosted its popular Community Golf Day in Augusta over the weekend just before Masters week. The event was held at Pointe South Golf Club. Eastside Golf’s Community Golf Days are free-to-play and focused on diversifying the sport and bringing fans and players together at local courses to experience the fun

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Staff Report April 8, 2025 No Comments
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Mapping the Future of South Carolina’s Roads

The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) is soliciting public input on the Palmetto State’s future transportation needs. The department has created Momentum 2050: the Statewide Multimodal Transportation Plan. It assesses the existing statewide transportation system and anticipates impacts over the next 25 years. Secretary of Transportation Justin Powell, in a statement on the plan website, said it is a road map for economic prosperity. “The road and bridge network in South Carolina supports the movement of freight and people across our state. We have to keep these critical arteries

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Dana Lynn McIntyre April 8, 2025 No Comments
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Ride-share services put on notice for Masters Week

Some new protocols are in place for Masters Week at the Augusta Regional Airport. Failure to comply can lead to vehicles getting towed. According to a news release from the airport for Masters® 2025, all “for hire” or commercial ground transportation operators that enter the premise i.e., taxies, limousines, hotel/motel shuttle vehicles, hospitality pickup vehicles, etc. cannot park on the curbside and must utilize the public parking lots for staging vehicles and passenger pickup. During the week of April 7th – 14th, the public parking rates will immediately transact at

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Staff Report April 7, 2025 No Comments
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CSRA Caterers Master Crunch Time

Thousands of visitors from across the country and around the world are in town for the 89th Masters tournament. They are shopping with local retailers, staying in hotels and in homes that are rented out for the week. Those golf enthusiasts all have to eat somewhere, which is why restaurants are packed, and caterers are jumping to meet the demand. Fat Man’s Mill Café and Catering is swamped with catering jobs for small groups and corporate events. “We are closed for the week to focus on the Masters. For us,

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Mitzi Oxford April 7, 2025 No Comments
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Simon Says: 2024 Augusta job earnings heavily outpace inflation

Now that all the labor market data is finalized, I can reveal that the fastest-growing labor market in 2024 in Georgia was Brunswick at 2.7%.  Warner Robins also recorded growth of over 2 percent. Augusta clocked in at 0.6%, just below the state average of 0.8%. Gainesville, which has seen tremendous growth over the last 15 years, recorded negative growth for 2024. Brunswick employment increased by 1,200 (2.5%) over the year, and average weekly earnings increased by $123 or 16.8 percent. Average weekly hours worked increased by over 2 hours,

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Dr. Simon Medcalfe April 7, 2025 No Comments
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Good Deeds: Wheels Up

For the fifth consecutive Masters tournament, the Wheels Up team flew into Augusta to help the Golden Harvest Food Bank, before flying in golf fans to visit the Augusta National Golf Course. Last Wednesday, Wheels Up joined the food bank in service at The Master’s Table soup kitchen and also volunteered at the Food Bank’s new Produce Rescue Center, packing and sorting produce. Meals Up was created during the COVID-19 pandemic to address food insecurity, and the company will be donating meals again this year to support the local community

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Neil Gordon April 6, 2025 No Comments
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