Pack your house! Augusta Free Press marketing seminar gives insight into how to bring attention to your business

Chris Graham

What it takes to pack a high-school gym full of wrestling fans is similar to what it takes to get customers and clients to your business. Chris Graham of Augusta Free Press will share the secret of how to bring attention to your business at his next Build the Machine marketing seminar on Tuesday, April 23, beginning at 1 p.m. at the Greater Augusta Regional Chamber of Commerce, Fishersville, Va.

Local hunger relief programs need your vote

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The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank and two of its members (or partner agencies) are competing for a total of $85,000 in grant funding through Walmart’s nationwide Fighting Hunger Together campaign. The two Food Bank members competing for the grant include Hope Distributed, a food pantry in Harrisonburg, and Campus Kitchens, a food distribution program in Lexington. All of the grant funding will support their child hunger-relief programs.

Open Mic Night returns to the Gateway

Chris Graham

WTA’s Gateway will host the fourth round of the Open Mic Talent Night Competition on Thursday, March 28 at 7 pm. The prize for the winner will be a $50 cash prize and a chance to participate in the final competition in June. Winner of the final round will receive a contract for a paid-performance at WTA’s Gateway or the Wayne Theatre and a professional produced video for posting on websites and Facebook.