May 2015 Features

  • June Direct Visitor Spending in Augusta Totals $1.3M

    May 28, 2015

    The Augusta Convention & Visitors Bureau and the Augusta Sports Council announced that visitors attending meetings, reunions, events and/or sporting events in Augusta will generate at least $1,339,815.40 in direct visitor spending over the month of June.

  • Augusta Leading Economic Index Decreases

    May 27, 2015

    In March, the Hull College of Business Augusta LEI decreased at a rate of 0.32% from February. It signals the first decrease in the LEI in the 12 month period since February of 2014. Despite this minor decrease in the index, the year-to-date rate of LEI growth from March of 2014 is still holding strong at 5.7%. This represents the second highest year-to-year growth rate in the LEI since December of 2013.

  • Q&A With GDEcD Deputy Commissioner of Tourism Kevin Langston

    May 22, 2015

    In the second of our series with the Georgia Department of Economic Development, deputy commissioner for tourism division Kevin Langston discusses growing agritourism, the film industry in the state, traveler demographics, and his love of economic development.

  • Jeb Boggus Construction: A Business Built on Integrity & Humility

    May 20, 2015

    Twenty-one years is a long time to be in business, so Jeb Boggus might know the secret to success. Building up the community is literally what he’s been doing since 1994 with his company, Jeb Boggus Construction (JBC). Locals know he is no “rookie” when it comes to residential and commercial construction, but Boggus hasn’t let it go to his head. When asked what it’s like being a CEO, he has a surprising answer.

  • Augusta Listed in Top Ten for Economy and Vet Jobs for 2015

    May 18, 2015

    Southern Business & Development magazine has named Augusta to a pair of their “Top Ten” lists for 2015, according to the Augusta Economic Development Authority. Augusta was included in the “Ten Sizzling Mid-Market Economies”in the South, and “Ten Places in the South to Hire Vets.”

  • Hull Barrett, PC, First Citizens Bank and Ivey Residential Partner to Fight Childhood Hunger

    May 15, 2015

    After a successful partnership in 2014 for Legal Food Frenzy, Lindsey Swartzbaugh of Hull Barrett and Rebecca Plankey of First Citizens Bank brainstormed over lunch on how to make the 2015 campaign more successful with a larger community impact.

  • Chamber’s Post-Session Legislative Breakfast to Focus on the Future of Taxes in Georgia

    May 14, 2015

    The Augusta Metro Chamber of Commerce announced that two prominent economic and policy experts will participate in a panel discussion at the Post-Session Legislative Breakfast occurring on Thursday, May 21st at the Augusta Marriott Hotel at the Convention Center. The topic of discussion will be "Tax and Spend - Georgia's Future Taxes and Where They Will Go."

  • Leadership Training vs Leadership Development - Is There a Difference?

    May 13, 2015

    In the past 10 years, The Leadership Institute at Columbus State has worked with more than 80 organizations and thousands of individuals in leadership development/training. Along the way, we found something important that we really weren’t looking for; we discovered an important distinction between leadership training and leadership development. Rather than being a semantic debate, this distinction is a paradigm changer.

  • Georgia GROW Green Promotes International Trade Development

    May 12, 2015

    The Georgia Department of Economic Development welcomes representatives from international companies as part of the GROW (Georgia Reaching Out Worldwide) Green program. International buyers from Israel, China, and Brazil are in Savannah and Atlanta, to meet with state exporters.

  • Hoback Investments Breaks Ground on Warehouse Near Horizon South Industrial Park

    May 08, 2015

    Hoback Investments, LLC will break ground on their new state of the art warehouse in Columbia County Thursday Hoback Investments is investing more than $23 million in a 524,700 SF warehouse to support business growth and opportunity in the region.

  • Ed Farley: Do You Have The Right Customers?

    May 08, 2015

    The phrase…”the customer is always right” may be wrong. One of the biggest challenges for business is to determine who their customers should be. Too often we do not realize that may of our customers cost us profit.

  • CSRA Regional Commission Area Agency on Aging Hosts Annual Volunteers Awards and Recognition Luncheon

    May 07, 2015

    The CSRA Regional Commission Area Agency on Aging will host its Annual Awards & Recognition Luncheon on Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at KROC Center Augusta. This fun-filled program provides the Agency an exciting opportunity to recognize the valuable work performed by its volunteers and others who support the well-being of seniors and persons with disabilities.

  • The Pollock Company Celebrates 50th Anniversary With Technology Expo

    May 05, 2015

    Pollock Company has been part of the Augusta professional landscape for half a century, and that’s quite a feat when landscapes shed their skin so often, leaving less adaptable businesses in ruins. It all started in 1965 when Edwin B. Pollock went from branch manager for Olivetti-Underwood one day to owner of his own company the next.