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  • Georgia’s Largest Small Business Lender Welcomes New CEO

    Georgia’s Largest Small Business Lender Welcomes New CEO

    Martina Edwards Leads ACE into its 25th year of growth. With nearly 25 years of experience in the financial services industry, Edwards is focused on continuing ACE’s legacy of providing affordable loans to under-resourced business owners.

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  • Adiva Group

    Adiva Group

    Adiva Group, LLC was founded by Marionette Ball in 2018, and serves as a business development and training solution for other companies. The business’ objective is to educate, train and develop collateral materials to support minority-owned & women-owned businesses, and corporate and private sectors.Adiva provides business consultants, educational materials and publications. Ball first connected with…

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  • MuniRem Environmental, LLC

    MuniRem Environmental, LLC

    MuniRem Environmental, LLC was established in 2014 by Dr. Valentine Nzengung. The company specializes in providing environmental remediation products and services for the cleanup of explosives, contaminated soils and water, and restoration of mining sites. Like other small businesses, MuniRem Environmental suffered losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With a 60% drop in revenue in…

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  • Modern Podiatry

    Modern Podiatry

    A Fayetteville, GA native, Dr. Kibibi Wanzu, DPM is a caring and compassionate podiatrist specializing in diabetic foot care, sports podiatry, and aesthetic procedures. Her practice, Modern Podiatry, provides medical and surgical management of foot, ankle and leg conditions for patients of all ages in clinical, in-patient and outpatient hospital, and nursing home settings. After…

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  • Skylar Security

    Skylar Security

    By the time Jamine Moton walked away from the world of collegiate track and field in 2004, she was a national champion, a hammer throw record holder, an Olympic alternate and a future hall of famer. However, when she retired from her sport, Moton didn’t leave her identity as an athlete behind her. Rather, in…

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  • Staff Spotlight: Meet Glenn Bachman

    Staff Spotlight: Meet Glenn Bachman

    Financial Advisor, ACE Glenn Bachman joined the ACE team after spending more than 30 years as an entrepreneur, professional angel investor and business advisor. As an entrepreneur, he has started, built, and sold multiple businesses. As a professional angel investor, Glenn served as a board member and co-chair of the screening committee for Atlanta Technology…

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  • Staff Spotlight: Meet Kimberly Jackson

    Staff Spotlight: Meet Kimberly Jackson

    Grant Manager and Reporting Specialist, ACE Kimberly Jackson is the Grant Manager and Reporting Specialist at ACE. She is an experienced Operational Specialist with a demonstrated history of working in various project management roles in non-profit organizations requiring strong data management skills in business process development and data analysis. Jackson’s project management and reports and…

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  • 1Q2022 Newsletter

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  • Client Spotlight: Takes a Village Transportation

    Client Spotlight: Takes a Village Transportation

    As a mother of four navigating Atlanta rush hours, Amia Guild understood the challenges of transportation. “It can be hard to work a full day and go from one end of town to another,” she said. One afternoon, she showed up at school where kids were congregated outside. “This child asked me if I was…

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