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50th Anniversary Video
50th anniversary video from Brian Tucker on Vimeo.
Let Your Voice Be Heard
Register Now for the Grassroots Meeting and join fellow business leaders to discuss legislative priorities. Join your fellow business leaders to discuss legislative issues that need to be addressed by the General Assembly. The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce’s 2010 Grassroots Regional Meeting, set for August 31st at the North Augusta Municipal Building from 9:00 a.m. ...
Strength in Numbers with Office Depot.
This adage holds true in everything the Chamber does. We are better and stronger when we work together. There is definite strength in numbers! Small Businesses are normally just that…Small. Small Businesses are not normally able to negotiate significant savings because of their limited size. The North Augusta Chamber has joined forces with Office Depot to ...
Please Welcome our Newest Members for July
The summer is wrapping up and we are going to be getting back to our normal routine, but we have not seen any kind of summer time slump in activity. Business is looking up in North Augusta and we are busier than ever at the Chamber. We have Six new members in July, and I ...
Marketing workshops spell out basics
Can anyone relate to this quote from John Wanamaker? “Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is, I don’t know which half.” Actually, this quote is my favorite – Steuart Henderson Britt: “Doing business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark. You know what you are doing, but nobody ...
The “30 Second Answer”
My first boss drilled into me the importance of being able to tell people what you do in 30 seconds. You can imagine how frustrated I was when I came to the Chamber and tried to come up with the 30-second answer to this question. Think about it. The Chamber is involved in many ...
Shopping locally creates economic stimulus
Over the last six months, there have been numerous reports — some positive, some not — on the impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, also known as the stimulus program. Even though President Obama’s program can be debated, there is another type of stimulus that has been proven time and time again. That program ...
City looks to Support Local Businesses by Shopping Local
Local businesses would like the city to show more support for them by updating its local vendor preference policy. The policy gives businesses a credit when doing local bids with the city. For example, the current policy gives businesses a $40 credit on a bid of up to $2,000. Communigraphics Owner Tracy Hooks said it just makes ...
Performance at Rosemary Inn
Performance at Rosemary Inn Mezzo-soprano Sandra Walker will join soprano Krista Wilhelmsen and pianist Don Macey as the Augusta Opera hosts an intimate evening of wine and song at North Augusta’s historic and beautifully restored Rosemary Inn bed and breakfast (at Rosemary Hall) on Thursday, Feb. 25. Tickets for the event are available at (706) 496-7600 ...
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