Augusta, GA-Aiken, SC

Augusta serves as the center of a growing metropolitan region of 520,700 populations in east central Georgia and west central South Carolina. It’s top employers include AT&T, Electrolux, Merrill Lynch, Coca-Cola, Bank of America, Sprint, Delta Airlines, and John Deere. In the public sector the top employer is Fort Gordon which employs roughly 20,000 employees. T-Mobile is currently investing nearly $100 million in new facility operations which will bring 1,000 new jobs to the area. The city’s famous golf course, the Augusta National Golf Club, hosts the first major golf tournament of each year, The Masters. Located on the Savannah River, Augusta is the perfect place to kayak, canoe, fish or enjoy a boat ride. Aside from golf, the city offers history and architectural interest, and even a minor-league ice hockey team.