Augusta Young Urban Professionals, Inc.

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Augusta Young Urban Professionals, Inc. Better known as YUPPIES, Augusta Young Urban Professionals, Inc. (AYUP) are "Leading with progressive values".

It is not only our purpose to respond to the ever-changing community needs, but to provide solutions that bridge the gap and empower the like minded. Augusta Young Urban Professionals will lead and be helpful with innovative ideas on the economic growth and the social issues that matter to us. We will accomplish this goal by connecting yuppies with today’s leaders, alliances, elected officials, and the business community.

Congrats to LaTray Walker of Evans, GA.
10/19/2026

Congrats to LaTray Walker of Evans, GA.

The Leadership Georgia Class of 2027 is here! 👏

Please join us in welcoming 63 leaders from across the state who will spend the coming year learning from one another and exploring the issues and opportunities shaping Georgia’s future.

Their program theme, “Look Beyond. Lead Here,” is an invitation to bring fresh perspectives home and put them to work in their communities. We can’t wait to see the connections this class builds along the way.

Take a look at the class list and help us celebrate! Do you know a member of the Class of 2027? Share this post and tag them.

10/08/2026

AUGUSTA, Georgia — Augusta is gaining a new newsroom, a new source for community-centered journalism, and a familiar voice to help lead it. Capital B has named award-winning Augusta journalist Renetta DuBose as the founding editor of Capital B Augusta, its newest local newsroom. Known to audiences...

09/18/2026

In Augusta there is a neighborhood where Black folks built almost everything they needed within a few blocks. 🏘️ The Laney Walker district grew up under segregation with its own bank, its own drugstores, doctors, insurance men, funeral homes and churches, all Black owned and Black run.

When the front doors of white Augusta were closed, this district kept the community banking, healing, worshipping and doing business on its own terms. It is named for two giants of Black Augusta, and today those old blocks are the focus of a real revitalization effort. 🧱

A whole self sufficient world, built because it had to be. What does it mean to you to see these historic Black districts being brought back?

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943 Ellis Street
Augusta, GA
30901

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