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Fall in Augusta means art, music, and money

For more than 40 years, Arts in the Heart of Augusta (AITH) has had a growing impact on the local economy. This year, it is closing in on $2 million. Destination Augusta estimates AITH draws approximately 100,000 to Augusta, and the impact has grown exponentially. The 2023 AITH brought in $1,739,000. That grew to $1,849,000 in 2024. The tourism experts are predicting that this year could be bigger, with an estimated $1,872,000 impact. “Our hotels are full; our rental car agencies are full. We employ for the festival, a lot

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Dana Lynn McIntyre September 11, 2025 No Comments
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$500,000+ cybersecurity conference returns next month

Hurricane Helene wiped it out last year, but BSides Augusta is back on track for October and should secure a strong punch to the CSRA economy. Figures provided by Destination Augusta show the impact BSides has on the local economy. In 2023, the conference pumped more than $500,000 into the local economy. The cancellation in 2024 meant a loss of just over $555,000. Early predictions for this year say the event will mean more than $522,000, with final figures tallied after the conference. BSides is a cybersecurity conference for practitioners

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Dana Lynn McIntyre September 10, 2025 No Comments
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Simon Says: Augusta Labor Market is improving

The Augusta Labor Market Index remained unchanged in July from June. It is 1.0 percent higher than a year ago. As previously reported in this column, employment fell in July, but other measures of labor market activity remained strong. Average weekly earnings rose by 2.6 percent ($30.70) over the month, and average weekly hours worked increased by 36 minutes. The unemployment rate remained at 4.2% and the labor force fell by just 0.1 percent. Since the beginning of the year, the Augusta LMI has increased by 0.5 percent, faster than

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Dr. Simon Medcalfe September 9, 2025 No Comments
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Rebranding for an Augusta charter company

A local company that offers private charter jet service has unveiled a new look. Bravo Air, based at Augusta Regional Airport (AGS), revealed the rebranding in mid-August. Co-owner and CEO Pamela Davison said the change was the outcome of a period of restructuring and a new management team. “As we did that, we realized we were developing a brand new identity, and we were creating something amazing, and it was very different than what we originally had,” she said. “We decided we didn’t want to change the name, but we

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Dana Lynn McIntyre September 8, 2025 No Comments
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EXCLUSIVE: Airport leader reacts to “deep negotiations” with prospective airline

A curious removal on the Tuesday, September 2nd agenda at the Augusta Richmond County Commission meeting is shedding light on efforts to bring a 3rd airline to the Augusta Regional Airport. ABD received a copy of the agenda, which read in part: “Currently, AGS staff are in advanced negotiations with a prospective airline,” read the agenda item. “If this comes to fruition, the prospective airline will provide direct service to/from Augusta to two new markets with the possibility of additional future routes. Following a Wednesday, September 3rd meeting of an

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Neil Gordon and Dana Lynn McIntyre September 5, 2025 No Comments
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Businesses band together to fight cancer during annual event

A local organization’s mission to fund innovative research at the Georgia Cancer Center (GCC) has a deep bench of allies from area businesses. Registration is underway for PaceDay 2025, set for Sunday, Oct. 5. The annual event is sponsored by Paceline, a nonprofit organization that supports cancer research at GCC. “The mission at Paceline is simply to bring communities and organizations together around ending cancer,” Martyn Jones, Paceline’s President, told ABD. “Officially, our mission statement is that we’re a movement of communities and organizations setting the pace to end cancer.

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Dana Lynn McIntyre September 4, 2025 No Comments
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EXCLUSIVE: Upgrades underway on security checkpoints at the airport

Construction is underway on improvements at Augusta Regional Airport (AGS) that will help passengers get through security more quickly. The work is the terminal checkpoint modernization project. It will change the existing two-lane Transportation Security Administration checkpoint initially to three lanes with the ability to add a fourth lane. “We are reorienting the lines in a different direction, and with that, we’re able to add two extra lines, so we will start out at the end of this project with three full security lines with the potential to expand to

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Dana Lynn McIntyre September 3, 2025 No Comments
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Simon Says: CSRA housing getting expensive

When I moved to Augusta over 20 years ago, one of the selling points was its affordability, especially for housing. Unfortunately, that may be changing. According to the Home Ownership Affordability Monitor tracked by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, housing in the Augusta Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) has been unaffordable since May 2022. Housing unaffordability is defined by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development as annual costs of home ownership exceed 30 percent of the annual household income. Costs include principal and interest on mortgage loans, associated

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Dr. Simon Medcalfe September 2, 2025 No Comments
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Celebrating a $33 million expansion at Augusta airport

A dedication ceremony was held for a major expansion to a legacy business at Augusta Regional Airport (AGS), just a year after construction began. The expansion includes a new hangar at StandardAero, an aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul services business that has been at the airport for over 50 years. Russell Ford, Chairman and CEO of StandardAero, said the team in Augusta is part of an industry he believes is one of the most impactful in recent history. “Without the aerospace industry, there wouldn’t be a lot of materials and

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Dana Lynn McIntyre August 29, 2025 No Comments
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Businesses welcome athletes with special perks

One of Metro Augusta’s largest sporting events is offering local businesses an opportunity to welcome participants and volunteers. The Augusta Sports Council is inviting businesses in Georgia and South Carolina to participate in this year’s IM Local program. It is connected to the annual IRONMAN 70.3 Augusta triathlon, set for Sept. 28 this year. “We saw a need and an opportunity to promote what we have locally, to the athletes that were coming, the family and friends that they were bringing with them, but also for the volunteers that were

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Dana Lynn McIntyre August 28, 2025 No Comments
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