Consumer Stories

Consumer Stories

New office furniture/design firm moves into iconic Augusta building

Visitors to the 17-floor building at 699 Broad Street will notice a few changes in the future. The AU building will be renamed Wellstar Tower, and people will be able to enjoy Edgar’s Above Broad, the Pinnacle Club and now visit a new showroom filled with desks, chairs, and many workplace solutions. Young Office, a 70-year-old company just moved into a 2,500 square foot space on the 1st floor. “The ground floor of the building is really ideal for retail or other businesses that have walk-in traffic,” said Derek May, President

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B2B Stories

Established dentist branches into a different healthcare arena

With two thriving dental practices in the CSRA, one in Thomson and the other in Harlem, you’d think that would be enough to keep you running. For Quynh Spicer, it does, but caring for the community means addressing other needs. Seven years ago, she and her husband and fellow dentist, Charles Spicer, took over Thomson Family Dental. Two years later, they opened Harlem Family Dental. In January, they bought into a successful home health franchise in Augusta, Home Instead. “My family owned three home healthcare franchises in Texas, so the

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B2B Podcasting

Introduction to Brownstone Mediation

What’s in a name? Neil sits down with TeKay Brown-Taylor and learns how Brownstone Mediation got its roots with TeKay and in preserving professional and personal relationships.

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Consumer Stories

Good Deeds: “All in Faith” for Martinez business

Robyn Kelley (right) and Lisa Merritt (left) are both in the hair business. Both want to make women look and feel beautiful. Robyn owns Trendz Salon and her team takes hair off. Lisa runs a wig boutique there and puts hair on. Wigs are for women like Faith Owens (center), who typically lose their locks due to a serious illness. Through the generosity of Trendz and first responders from Burke County organizing a fundraiser, the Owens’ out of pocket costs were $750 for a $5,000 special order wig made with

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B2B Podcasting

Concerning real estate trend

With a 40-year career in real estate, Ann Marie McManus knows the local market inside and out. Her advice to families or businesses moving into the CSRA is to keep it local when finding your home.

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Consumer Stories

Business Lunch Review: El Paso Tacos & Tequila

Food Quality: 3 Service: 5 Business Meeting: 4 Value: 3 Overall Rating: 3.75 out of 5 One of the challenges of writing weekly restaurant reviews is finding new restaurants to try. But this week, my wife, Rebecca, found a new eatery in Downtown Augusta called El Paso Tacos & Tequila at 1167 Broad St., the former home of Mellow Mushroom. I had never heard of it, but I’m not one to turn down Mexican food, as it’s one of my favorites. Walking in the door at El Paso brought back

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Consumer Stories

Unique food concepts set to open on Washington Road

Next month, a pair of new food concepts are opening in the “heartland” of Augusta on Washington Road in the Washington Crossing shopping center. Zen Ramen will open in the former Zoe’s Kitchen building, followed by  Fresh Take Grocery.  Fresh Take Grocery is in the former Whole Foods complex and will offer experiential shopping to include traditional supermarket services in a café setting with various serving stations and different activities during and after dining or shopping. Two restaurateurs are joining forces to create Zen Ramen. Li Jian (owner of KOI

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B2B Podcasting

40th Anniversary: Realtor and Author

As Ann Marie McManus celebrates her 40th year as a realtor, she has experienced enough in the process to write a book and that is exactly what she did. When you pour into helping clients love their move into a new home, this is the result.

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Sports / Entertainment

Working for the Weekend: Carowinds

I grew up in the middle of America, so instead of Disney and beaches, my family would trek to regional amusement parks and my dad and I would ride roller coasters. I’ve waited years to do the same with my girls, and we found a perfect spot just a couple of hours from home. I think most people think of Six Flags when they think of a nearby amusement park, but the real gem of our area is Carowinds, just this side of Charlotte. It quite literally sits on the

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