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New McAlister’s Deli location opens today

For a lunch option today, you may want to stop by the grand opening of a new McAlister’s Deli off Walton Way Extension near Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen. The first 50 customers in line will receive 30-day Tea Passes. The restaurant, located at 3602 Exchange Lane, will open at 10 a.m. McAlister’s offers a variety of menu options, including sandwiches, soups, salads and baked potatoes. The company already has locations in Grovetown and Mullins Colony in Evans. “We are excited to reopen McAlister’s Deli in Augusta,” said Kristen Stancill, vice president

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Josh Heath May 13, 2022 No Comments
B2B Stories

Local accident survivor shares inspirational story with business group

Like most business professionals, Jeanna Hancock experiences her share of stress as operations leader with Hargrove Home Inspections. But she was inspired by the harrowing tale Terrence Sansbury shared as guest speaker at this month’s CSRA Home Connections meeting on Wednesday, May 11. Sansbury, who has worked for the Wilson Family YMCA for 22 years, discussed many adversities he has overcome throughout his life, most notably a 1999 motorcycle accident that severely damaged his spinal cord and left him wheelchair-bound. “This wheelchair doesn’t define me,” he said. “My motorcycle accident

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Josh Heath May 13, 2022 No Comments
Consumer Stories

When God Allows U-turns

When Kimberly Gordon began working at the Georgia Department of Driver Services, it was to pay her bills as a single mother to two children. She couldn’t understand why she was placed in the Commercial Drivers License (CDL) area. Furthermore, she was mandated to become a licensed driver instructor and licensed CDL driver. She had just graduated from Augusta Technical College with a business degree and no clear path to success just yet. However, within a short time, it all began to make sense. “As a young girl, I had

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Monique Williams May 13, 2022 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Local restaurateur to launch experimental dining concept

Ramiro Galvan owns a local Mexican restaurant, but he’s about to launch a new, experimental dining concept in Augusta. Galvan, owner of Taqueria El Rey in Martinez and Grovetown, hopes to open The Munchies Lab located at 1022 Walton Way, Suite A next to Diablo’s Southwest Grill next month. The new eatery will feature an eclectic menu that includes sushi, hot dogs, and even provocatively-shaped waffles (see the lower right corner of the menu). He got that idea from a restaurant in California. “There are a lot of people who

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Josh Heath May 12, 2022 No Comments
B2B Stories

Simon Says: Disputing a website’s ranking of Augusta’s affordability

GoodHire has just released its list of the most affordable cities to live and work in 2022 (https://www.goodhire.com/resources/articles/americas-most-affordable-places). They analyzed data from 155 cities with a labor force greater than 150,000. Top of the list is Sioux Falls, S.D. and Los Angeles was bottom. Georgia cities are represented by Atlanta (11), Savannah (47), and Augusta (117). What?! Atlanta is more affordable than Augusta? Something doesn’t seem right, so I looked at their methodology and the data they used. They used data from seven factors to establish their ranking. Wage growth

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Dr. Simon Medcalfe, AU Economics Professor May 11, 2022 2 Comments
Closings

Retirement leads to the end of one dry cleaning franchise, and the start of another

After 70 years in the local dry-cleaning business, Brickle’s Cleaners & Laundry has closed its stores, paving the way for Lapels Cleaners, a national franchise, to take over one of its locations. In April, business partners, Frank Booker and Christopher Westbrook opened a Lapels franchise at 4296 Washington Road between Taco Bell and Mattress Man in Evans, the former home of Brickle’s, whose owners retired earlier in the year. Brickle’s opened its original location on Walton Way in 1952. The business name on the front of the building is currently

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Josh Heath May 10, 2022 No Comments
B2B Stories

State representative discusses gas tax and other legislation to help businesses

By now, you’re familiar with the phrase, “pain at the pump.” Small businesses throughout the state have been hit hard by rising gas prices, but the Georgia General Assembly has passed legislation signed by Gov. Brian Kemp to suspend the gas tax through May 31, according to State Rep. Jodi Lott. Lott, who represents District 122 in Evans, was one of six local legislators who attended the Post-Legislative Breakfast hosted by the Columbia County Chamber of Commerce on Friday, May 6. The others were Reps. Barry Fleming, Rob Leverett, and

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Josh Heath May 9, 2022 No Comments
Top Story

Gerald Jones Auto Group to buy Johnson Motor Company

Sometime in late May, Andy Jones hopes to be driving some hard bargains in Aiken County, while Duncan Johnson Jr. will be riding off into the sunset. Representatives of the Gerald Jones Auto Group confirmed to ABD that an agreement is in place for the sale of Johnson Motor Company’s Aiken location to Gerald Jones. The closing is expected to occur in late May. The deal, when completed, will give the Gerald Jones Auto Group a chance to sell two new brands – GMC and Buick – and an opportunity

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Neil Gordon May 6, 2022 No Comments
Awards

Local staffing company selected for Georgia’s Rock Star small business award

When you think of rock stars, names like Jon Bon Jovi, Axl Rose and Paul McCartney may come to mind. But the Georgia Department of Economic Development has selected its list of 2022 Small Business Rock Stars award winners, and Loop Recruiting, a local staffing agency, has been included on that list. To commemorate Small Business Week (May 1-May7), six businesses throughout the state have been chosen to receive the award based on their local impact and community service. Each company was founded in Georgia and has fewer than 100

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Josh Heath May 5, 2022 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Familiar Japanese restaurant moves to new location

A Japanese restaurant that has served the area for 15 years has a new home. Yosko’s is bringing familiar menu items and new ones to the former Flying Biscuit Cafe location in the shopping center outside the Riverwood subdivision in Evans. The restaurant opened in late April. Yosko’s once served its hibachi-style food in the current Laziza’s building in the Publix Shopping Center in Evans and most recently in the Fairway Square Shopping Center. New items include Sukiyaki Steak. Yosko’s version is sirloin steak cooked with a soy ginger and

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Neil Gordon May 5, 2022 No Comments
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