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Spherion Staffing and Recruiting Owner Receives National Award

“Life is an echo. What you send out comes back. What you sow, you reap. What you give, you get.” – Zig Ziglar This quote could have been written about Angela Swarts, franchise business owner of Spherion Augusta. She was recently named a 2024 Franchisee of the Year by the International Franchise Association (IFA). Swarts received this prestigious award at the 65th IFA Annual Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, for her exceptional contributions to the franchising industry, community impact, and business leadership. The Franchisee of the Year Award is given to leading franchise

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Staff Report February 26, 2025 No Comments
B2B Stories

Education’s importance to Georgia’s economic future

Education was at the heart of a recent summit in Atlanta and Augusta had a prominent role. The theme of the 2025 Future of Talent Summit was “Reimagining Education and Talent Development.” It was sponsored by the Georgia Chamber of Commerce. The summit was broken into four education segments, ranging from kindergarten through college level education: Reimagining Early Learning & Childcare, Reimagining K-12 Education, Innovations in Technical Education, and Innovations in Georgia’s Colleges and Universities. Leading the discussion regarding colleges and universities were Sonny Perdue, Chancellor of the University System

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Dana Lynn McIntyre February 25, 2025 No Comments
B2B Stories

Franchised Coffee stand about to open 3rd location in CSRA

A drive-thru coffee stand that was supposed to replace an iconic gas station in March 2024, is set to open sometime in May, according to local managers. The land is cleared for the newest 7 Brew Coffee stand at the corner of Walton Way Extension and Wheeler Road in West Augusta. Smith’s Chevron occupied the near one-acre lot for 37 years, before the owner retired and left travelers by the busy intersection to wonder, “What’s next?” 7 Brew will only need approximately 500 square feet for the building to allow

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Neil Gordon February 24, 2025 No Comments
Consumer Stories

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
Consumer Stories

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
B2B Stories

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
Consumer Stories

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
B2B Stories

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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