Blog Topic: Business, Man

In the Loop: Caterpillar Is Employing 364 People

By Lee Becker | February 6, 2014 1:46pm

During 2013, Caterpillar created 364 of the 1,400 full-time jobs it has said it eventually will have at its newly-opened manufacturing plant on the Oconee County and Clarke County border just east of Bogart.

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In the Loop: Peaches Has Been Torn Down

By Blake Aued | January 21, 2014 2:05pm

Photo Credit: Kristen Bach

The former soul food restaurant Peaches' building on West Broad Street was torn down today to make way for Saucehouse, a barbecue joint. Peaches owner Glenda Brown, meanwhile, is re-opening the restaurant in the former The Camp in Homewood Hills, where she had been cooking since closing on Broad.

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In the Loop: Best Buy Is Moving to Oconee County

By Blake Aued | January 9, 2014 10:37am

Best Buy is the latest chain retailer to move to the new Epps Bridge Centre outdoor mall in Oconee County, reports Lee Becker, leaving another empty big box on Atlanta Highway.

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In the Loop: Downtown Arcade Flashback Games Closing; Downtown Arcade Wonder Bar Opening

By Blake Aued | December 19, 2013 3:32pm

Flashback Games, the retro arcade at 162 W. Clayton St., is moving to Loganville later this month, according to its Facebook page:

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Culture Briefs: The 40 Watt Is Getting a Music History Mural

By Blake Aued | December 2, 2013 2:45pm

LEAD Athens is working with the 40 Watt Club to install a mural on the music venue's mostly-blank western wall.

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In the Loop: Urban Outfitters Is Opening in Downtown Athens

By Blake Aued | November 26, 2013 4:22pm

An Urban Outfitters in Pasadena, CA. Credit: minnaert/Wikimedia Commons.

Urban Outfitters is opening a store at 155 E. Clayton Street, according to the Athens-Clarke County Planning Department.

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In the Loop: No, Avid Bookshop Is Not Closing

By Blake Aued | November 14, 2013 2:10pm

The Red & Black set off a shitstorm today when, in an editorial decrying the failure of several local businesses, it falsely reported that the popular locally owned bookstore Avid is closing (it has since been corrected online).

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In the Loop: Frank Eberhart's House Burned Down; Here's How to Help

By Blake Aued | November 13, 2013 11:36am

Eberhart owns Marvin's Shoe Service, the popular cobbling shop on College Square.

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In the Loop: Mayor Denson: Athens Is a Magnet for Poor People

By John Huie | November 5, 2013 3:13pm

Mayor Nancy Denson bragged on Caterpillar, wept over losing Selig and said she will run for re-election on bringing business to Athens at a Federation of Neighborhoods meeting Monday night.

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In the Loop: Oconee County's Getting 'Luxury' Student Housing

By Blake Aued | November 1, 2013 11:38am

Credit: Lee Becker.

The luxury student apartment trend in Athens is spilling over into Oconee County.

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