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Naming Yourself

  Don MacNeil is the former Marketing Director of Windsor Jewelers and long-time on-air radio professional.   Is it just me, or… Naming Yourself It always amuses me that when someone or something changes its mind we’re all supposed to salute and go along with it, but in truth a lot of us don’t. This especially applies to when companies rename themselves, and recently we’ve been hit with a couple of major examples. Mark Zuckerberg wants to win the race to a so-called metaverse, so now he’s asking us to

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Medical

Local gym to launch new Columbia County location in January

Editor’s Note: As 2022 begins, ABD wanted to provide an update on a story we brought you in June about Endurance Fitness. A CSRA fitness center is very close to opening a second location in Evans just in time for people to begin pursuing their New Year’s resolutions. Cliff and Amanda Jennings – owners of Endurance Fitness – currently operate a gym at 125 Merovan Drive in North Augusta. The Evans location is at 4099 Riverwatch Parkway near the Old Evans Road intersection (see photo above). In the previous story,

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Consumer Stories

Thanking the Hospitality Industry

IHOP North Augusta – Holiday Today’s writing will be a little different. Maybe we’ll call it the holiday episode. It’s probably one of my favorites, but also the one I’m most hesitant to put out in the world. That’s because as a general rule, I believe that generosity is best served anonymously. That said, this Christmas season I had the great chance to spread some kindness, and now I hope the sentiment spreads to you. We’ve heard over and over how hard the past year has been for those people

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Local development firm buys Aiken shopping center

An Aiken shopping center has been sold to a new owner for $1.25 million. Cornerstone Town Center – located at 126 Dominion Drive off Whiskey Road, was recently bought by DB Development Partners LLC. The 9,000-square-foot development, which is fully leased, has seven tenants including Hollow Creek Animal Hospital, a pediatric physical therapy clinic, and Aiken Christian Church. “The growth in the south Aiken area is continuous,” says one of the co-owners of DB Development, who asked us not to use his name. “It’s in a nice location.” The development

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Local entrepreneur’s sauces place third in national ranking

Mark Alison has worked hard to create his own brand of sauces (see photo above), and his efforts haven’t been overlooked. Bill Moore – a product reviewer with his own YouTube channel called “Bill Moore’s Hot & Spicy Reviews” released a new video discussing his top 35 products of 2021 on Tuesday, Dec. 21. Moore’s channel has more than 11,000 subscribers. In the video, he selected two of Alison’s sauces: Help Me Jesus Hot Sauce and the ’64 Wing Sauce for third place among his top sauces of the year.

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Good Deeds

Another local company to help Kentucky tornado victims

David Byrd wants to provide prompt relief to those who need it the most. Byrd – President of Southern Beverage Packers Inc. in Appling, says the KAMO company will deliver at least 3,000 cases of Springtime bottled water to those affected by the tornadoes in Kentucky during the week of Dec. 27th. “It’s important for small businesses to help communities in need due to our quick reaction time to provide basic needs,” he states. Local businesses can meet those needs without “red tape, legislative approvals, or bureaucratic largess.” Southern Beverage

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Financial/Investing

Simon Says: Economic value of your holiday gifts

“Father Christmas, give us the money Don’t mess around with those silly toys” The Kinks, Father Christmas At this time of gift giving, it is worth considering whether the exchange of presents is efficient. Well at least to an economist it is! Famously, if only in economic circles, Joel Waldfogel in 1993 suggested gift giving was inefficient because it destroyed about 10 percent to a third of the value of the gift. Think of the aunt or uncle that gave you that wonderful (read terrible) sweater last year. They bought

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Local restaurants find creative ways to give back

Manoj Parameswaran has found a unique way to promote his Evans restaurant. Parameswaran – owner of Namaste Indian Street Food located at 4272 Washington Road, created a promotion called 10 Days before Christmas, which began on Tuesday, Dec. 14 and ends on Friday, Dec. 24. The restaurant is closed on Mondays. “We want to reach more people,” he says. “We want to give something back to the community.” Each day features a different special; including ½ off the price of wine, buy one, get one free kids’ meals, or 20%

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Cyber

Georgia Cyber Center visionary warns medical community of threats

“It doesn’t matter how big or small your organization is, the cyber threat is real and doesn’t discriminate,” said Heather Roszkowski, the leader of the Cybersecurity and Information System of Augusta University and AU Health, as she addressed a standing room only crowd of about 200 doctors, nurses, practice managers and support staff from the local community on December 14th in Columbia County. Patrick Reynolds (see above) of Cross Link Consulting introduced Roszkowski, the visionary for the Cyber Defense and Enterprise Department housed in Building II of the Georgia Cyber

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Business Sales

New majority owner of Partridge Inn fuels $10 million renovation

New General Manager ✔ New Majority Owner ✔ New bathrooms ✔ New HD 55” TV’s ✔ New adjacent parking lot ✔ These are just some of the changes happening during the historic Partridge Inn’s $10 million renovation, which started September 15th and will last until before the Masters Golf Tournament. Taconic Capital, a Park Avenue global investment firm in New York City became the new majority owner since purchasing its share in August—just prior to the remodeling of the landmark hotel. Atlanta-based NorthPointe Hospitality Management Company still represents the P.I.

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