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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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Business is booming in South Carolina

Gov. Henry McMaster (R) highlighted business growth, economic development, and education in his 2025 State of the State address. McMaster said the state’s attractive climate for business has translated to more than $44.7 billion in new capital investment and 92,000 jobs. That’s resulted in a revenue surplus of more than $1.8 billion. He said 2024 is continuing the pattern created over the previous seven years. “It was no surprise that 2024 was once again a successful year for economic growth and investment,” he told the joint session of the state

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Dana Lynn McIntyre February 6, 2025 No Comments
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Breaking an Invisible Boundary for Startups

A local organization that provides support for entrepreneurs and startup businesses will hold an event designed to demonstrate there are no geographic boundaries to entrepreneurship. theClubhou.se is inviting startups from Georgia and South Carolina to a pitch competition on April 23. The goal is to demonstrate how to improve the flow of businesses and capital funding on both sides of the Savannah River. “One of the things that we discovered is both the state of South Carolina and the state of Georgia have some pretty strong incentive programs where they

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Dana Lynn McIntyre February 5, 2025 No Comments
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Unveiling a comprehensive tort reform strategy

Ga. Gov. Brian Kemp (R) unveiled a package of tort reform legislation during a news conference at the state capital. Kemp said the legislation he is proposing will level the playing field in the courtroom for large and small businesses while protecting the rights of individuals to pursue legal action when they are harmed. “First, I believe that business owners have a responsibility to keep their customers and the public safe on their premises, but they should not be held liable for criminal acts of a third party outside of

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Dana Lynn McIntyre February 4, 2025 No Comments
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Security changes at Augusta’s airport

The Augusta Aviation Commission gave the green light to the next step to expand security checkpoints at Augusta Regional Airport. Members approved a work authorization of $449,438 for consultant Mead and Hunt for the terminal checkpoint modernization project. “This is testing. This is everything outside the bounds of the contract is included in this. It is also extra oversight,” explained Elizabeth Giles, Senior Construction Project Manager at the airport. “This is a very technical project. It’s a critical project. It affects every aspect of our operations inside this building. So,

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Dana Lynn McIntyre February 3, 2025 No Comments
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50th Anniversary of retailer

Publisher’s Note: I attended Friday’s grand opening and ribbon cut of the 97th Parker’s Kitchen in the Southeast and the 7th in the CSRA. It’s on Washington Road in Evans across from the Riverwood Shopping Center and convenience store competitor The Pumping Station (TPS). I spoke personally with founder Greg Parker about several business topics. The round numbers seem to be adding up. Revenues are approximately $1 Billion per year. Parker’s is planning to build 25 new stores in 2025 including their 100th. His goal for the Augusta market is

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Neil Gordon February 2, 2025 No Comments
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Boot Camp to Benefit CSRA Construction Boom

Augusta Technical College is bringing a program to train multiple disciplines within the building trades in a minimal amount of time. Construction Ready is an Atlanta-based 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that believes careers in the skilled trades should be just as important as those requiring four-year degrees. Formerly known as the Construction Education Foundation of Georgia (CEFGA), it focuses on skills training for the construction industry. The program will be offered at Augusta Tech in March. “It is 20-day boot camp offering individuals from the community to come in and learn

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Dana Lynn McIntyre January 30, 2025 No Comments
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Sponsored: Remodeler unveils new product at Augusta Home & Garden Show

Most of the talk coming from the Countersync booth this weekend at the Augusta Home & Garden show won’t be about countertops. It will be about the fastest growing part of Bill Phillips’ 15-year-old ownership of the 22-year-old Countersync business; and that is Bathroom/Shower renovations and a new partnership with the Los Angeles, California creator of the MR Walls company, Mario Romano. This year, Bill will have a walk-in shower display and information about an exclusive distributorship he has with MR Walls.  “This company designs contoured and textured solid surface

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Neil Gordon January 29, 2025 No Comments
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