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Retail Store Closes & Makes Way for New One!

A small business shipping store is about to make downtown Augusta a more colorful destination. Pretty Package Store will be opening what is believed to be their first retail location on 12th Street near Broad. A husband-and-wife team with design and business experience created the brand after having challenges finding pretty supplies and packaging to ship out their orders for another business of theirs. Their durable poly mailers come in different sizes and designs. Their variety pack of approximately 35 (6 x 9, 10 x 12, and 14.5 x 19)

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Neil Gordon February 23, 2025 No Comments
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Step forward for Georgia’s second public medical school

A new medical school set for the University of Georgia (UGA) campus in Athens has been approved for the next step in the accreditation process. A news release said the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) announced it had granted candidate status for the UGA School of Medicine. The approval indicates the medical education program for the school has progressed toward meeting LCME’s accreditation standards. “I am proud of the tremendous progress we have made toward enrolling the first class of students in the UGA School of Medicine,” said President

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Dana Lynn McIntyre February 20, 2025 No Comments
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Savannah River Site boosts opportunities for job seekers

A program used by school districts to determine if students are ready for careers after graduation has been embraced by Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS). Called the WIN (What I Need) assessment, or the South Carolina Career Ready Test, it is administered to all eleventh-grade students. It measures students in four key areas employers believe are foundational for career readiness. Those are soft skills assessment, math assessment, reading assessment, and date assessment. It can also be used by businesses, and SRNS has now integrated the program for some job applicants.

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Dana Lynn McIntyre February 19, 2025 No Comments
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Hanging Out the Help Wanted Sign

One of the largest employers in the C.S.R.A. is looking for engineers across multiple departments onsite. Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) held a job fair at the North Augusta Community Center to connect managers and applicants. “SRNS has done multiple events like this in the past. This is the first one for this fiscal year that we’ve done. But we typically try to do these twice a year to try to attract talent in different categories or different job descriptions that we have or need help in filling,” Carla Wheeler,

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Dana Lynn McIntyre February 18, 2025 No Comments
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Is AI coming for your job?

In the past couple of years, there has been hardly a week that has gone by that ABD hasn’t reported about AI or cyber technology growth in the CSRA. In four days at the end of January, 1000 employers representing 14 million workers met with economic leaders at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland. Much of the discussion revolved around the WEF’s Future of Jobs report. The 94-page report highlighted the role of AI in reshaping industries and tasks across all sectors. Postal service clerks, executive secretaries, and payroll clerks

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Mitzi Oxford February 17, 2025 No Comments
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New Store Offers Clothing and Grace

After much prayer, Teresa Cheek left her Human Resources career for a life in retail—with a purpose. Local Threads Aiken is now open in downtown Aiken on Laurens Street. They offer women’s clothing in a variety of sizes and fun colors. “I feel like beautiful clothes have a way of allowing women to feel good in their own skin,” said Cheek. Local Threads Aiken also offers an area for people to come in and write down their prayer needs or take prayers and pray for others. “I wanted to have something

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Neil Gordon February 13, 2025 No Comments
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Businesses Partner with Richmond County Students

The Metro Augusta Chamber of Commerce is calling on businesses to participate in a program to give rising juniors and seniors a glimpse into career possibilities. Applications are being accepted from businesses and students for the Students2Work program. The program is coordinated by the Student Workforce Committee, which is a subcommittee of the Business Education Advisory Council (BEAC). “The council is made up of about 30 business partners within the community that come from varying backgrounds, and they discuss things such as students to work program, the student shadow program

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Dana Lynn McIntyre February 12, 2025 No Comments
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Protecting benefits for CSRA military survivors

Both of Georgia’s U.S. Senators support a bipartisan bill that could yield support for Metro Augusta’s military population. Called the Love Lives On Act of 2025, it is championed by Senators Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) with nearly two dozen co-sponsors, including Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.). This legislation specifically amends Title 10 and Title 38 of the U.S. Code. Currently, benefits from the Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs are terminated if the surviving spouse remarries before the age of 55. If passed, the new law

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Dana Lynn McIntyre February 11, 2025 No Comments
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Downtown Bouncing Back with Big Event

It hasn’t been an easy year for downtown Augusta businesses, but they are working to put the lost revenue from Hurricane Helene and a rare winter storm behind them and move forward. An upcoming event, Downtown Get Down, hopes to be the kickstart for a better 2025. “It’s the 2nd year for this event and the start of fundraising for the new year to increase visibility for small businesses and bring more people downtown to support them,” explained Downtown Soul City Director, John Porter. This year’s event features a casino

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Mitzi Oxford February 10, 2025 No Comments
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Shopping Center Opens

A new West Augusta Shopping Center is off to a solid start with three retailers open and three other leases signed. Jordan Trotter Commercial Real Estate already has about 50% of the square footage leased. Super Bowl Sunday provided a big boost to Baldino’s, a popular sub sandwich shop occupying the first spot in the center to the right. The center is at 110 Davis Road, directly across from the West Town Shopping Center at the corner of Davis and Washington Road. The other two businesses open to the far

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Neil Gordon February 9, 2025 No Comments
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