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Tapping into underutilized workforces

Someone formerly incarcerated who successfully transitions back into society as a productive employee is something Goodwill has seen up close in Augusta. In 2013, Sean Walker was hired at Edgar’s Grill as a server assistant. Twenty years earlier, he was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole for the murder of his fiancée. Ultimately, Walker was promoted to banquet server at the Snelling Center. “This gave me the opportunity to meet Goodwill’s President and CEO, Jim Stiff, who continually encouraged me to strive for excellence. So, I

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Dana Lynn McIntyre July 21, 2024 No Comments
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Moving Augusta into the transportation of the future

Augusta will receive millions of dollars to develop its public transportation and Broad Street station. Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock (Ga-D) and Jon Ossoff (Ga-D) recently announced three cities will share $45 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for clean energy transportation projects. Augusta is in line to receive $12 million to use for the purchase of electric buses for the Augusta Transit Department. They will replace older buses and provide more reliable, quieter, and efficient buses. “This was a competitive grant. We were competing against hundreds of other transit agencies

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Dana Lynn McIntyre July 18, 2024 No Comments
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Rethinking economic development at Augusta Regional

Members of the Augusta Aviation Commission’s Opportunity Ad Hoc Committee are taking a fresh look at their mission. The committee had been formed to research how the airport could use the federal government’s Opportunity Zones, created in 2017 by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, to spark industrial, commercial, and residential development around the airport. “I think that word opportunity came up because, in the Trump administration, the opportunity zones were kind of a hot topic from a business development standpoint,” recalled Herbert Judon, Jr., Executive Director of the airport.

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Dana Lynn McIntyre July 17, 2024 No Comments
B2B Stories

#4 in 2024: Georgia’s ‘Top State for Business’ Streak Continues

Last week, CNBC released its 2024 list of “America’s Top States for Business,” which ranks all fifty states. CNBC has been publishing this annual list since 2007 and for the 17th consecutive year (there was no published list in 2020), Georgia has ranked in the Top Ten, including a ranking of fourth both this year and last. While CNBC regularly makes changes to both the metrics and their relative weights used to determine the rankings, it is a credit to our state that it consistently remains highly ranked. There is

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Dr. Rick Franza July 16, 2024 No Comments
B2B Stories

Road Construction Flips Festival Venue

Arts in the Heart of Augusta Festival will be returning to Broad Street and the Augusta Common on September 20 – 22 this year. The decision to move back was made after the road construction schedule for Telfair Street was announced last week. The Telfair Street construction would have impacted the festival site. Road construction on Broad Street, which had initially prompted the relocation, will now start in 2025. The festival will feature over 150 juried Fine Arts and Crafts artists this year, with artists coming from all over the

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Staff Report July 15, 2024 No Comments
B2B Stories

CSRA “backyard company” expands; on the move this summer

With 100-degree temperatures this summer, Chattels In Design is expanding and adding a new pool, patio department, and website. They will be moving on August 1st to a larger location that will now offer a showroom of composite deck brands, pergolas, fiberglass pools, patio furniture, and Sunroom samples. Chattels In Design USA Ltd Co, LLC has been serving Aiken for 2-1/2 years at their current location at Suite 216, 237 Park Ave Sw, Aiken, SC 29801 in “The Mill” building downtown Aiken. They will be open for business on August 5th at the new

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Neil Gordon July 14, 2024 No Comments
Shawna Woodward

Real Talk Real Estate: CSRA Market Update

As of mid-July, the real estate market in the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) is showing intriguing trends that are essential for buyers and sellers to understand. Current Market Snapshot Homes for Sale: 1,868 Homes Pending Sale: 1,168 Average Days on Market: 100 days for closed sales from April to June Percentage of Asking Price Received: 98.59% Sales Trends The first quarter of 2024 saw a robust 4,115 homes sold. However, the second quarter experienced a noticeable slowdown with only 2,378 homes sold, signaling a deceleration in spring sales. The

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Shawna Woodward, Re/Max Reinvented Evans July 11, 2024 No Comments
B2B Stories

Summer school in session for business owners

While students fear the words “summer school,” a local marketing expert is hoping business owners are ready to learn how to show their businesses in the best light. The Marketing Summer School is the brainchild of Moniek James, a marketing strategist and consultant, and founder of Renegade Creative Media. “I definitely was trying to be a little cheeky with putting in summer school, because, yes, that does bring up memories like the worst thing ever,” she told ABD with a chuckle. “But as a business owner myself, I think about

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Dana Lynn McIntyre July 10, 2024 No Comments
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AU dean believes trains are in Augusta’s future

Editor’s Note: Augusta hasn’t had passenger train service since 1966 when Southern Railways’ “Augusta Special” was running to East Coast destinations. Is it time to bring back that transit option? Recent announcements from both of Georgia’s senators caught the interest of a dean at Augusta University. In a December news release, Senators Jon Ossoff (D) and Reverend Raphael Warnock (D) announced grants from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to study the feasibility of three new passenger rail corridors connecting Georgia with cities in North Carolina and Tennessee. The lines would connect

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Dana Lynn McIntyre July 9, 2024 No Comments
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The new chapter begins at Augusta University

Editor’s Note: This is Part 2 of Dana Lynn McIntyre’s one-on-one interview with the new president of Augusta University, Dr. Russell Keen. Its focus is on where he sees AU today and what he sees as future successes and challenges. The first full week of new leadership at Augusta University is underway. Dr. Russell Keen stepped into the role as president effective July 1st. He succeeds Dr. Brooks Keel, who retired after serving as president for nine years. Like Keel, Keen is an Augusta area native. After graduating from Lakeside

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Dana Lynn McIntyre July 8, 2024 No Comments
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