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ACE Named One of Bank of America’s 2018 Neighborhood Builders Grant Recipients
ACE and Quest Community Development Organization have been named as the 2018 Bank of America Neighborhood Builders grant recipients for Atlanta. The nonprofits were selected for their work to tackle issues vital to increasing economic mobility in metro Atlanta. Each organization receives a $200,000 grant and a year of leadership training for its executive director…
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ACE Welcomes Antonio Barrios to our Lending Team
Time after time, for a decade, Antonio Barrios would refer his clients to ACE. He was working as the area director for the University of Georgia Small Business Development Center at Gwinnett and as a business consultant for the UGA SBDC at Kennesaw State University. “I saw firsthand how ACE helped so many of my…
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Client Spotlight: Dawson Wellness Center
Good news, dieters! Dawson Wellness Center probably is not what you think. It helps you lose weight by consuming *more* food. The mobile clinic performs hydrostatic body fat testing. “We weigh you on a dry scale, and then we weigh you under water,” explains Lynn Sweatte, who co-owns the business with her husband, Johnnie Sweatte.…
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ACE Recognizes Outstanding Small-Business Owners and Supporters at Annual Awards
Accepting the J. Alton Wingate Economic Partnership Award is (center) Glenn Weiss, Atlanta president of Northern Trust, which was proudly presented by Grace Fricks, president and CEO of ACE, and Matthew Bozzelli of Southern Company and ACE’s Governing Board Chair. ACE held its annual awards celebration on Oct. 16 to celebrate small-business owners who…
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ACE Receives SunTrust Foundation’s 2018 Lighting the Way Award and $75,000 Grant
(L-R) Jenna Kelley, president and CEO, Georgia Division, SunTrust; Ray Pennie, president of business development, ACE; and, Grace Fricks, president and CEO, ACE SunTrust Foundation, recognized for its philanthropic contributions to Atlanta, awarded ACE a 2018 Lighting the Way Award and $75,000 grant. The SunTrust Foundation’s Lighting the Way Awards recognizes select nonprofit organizations…
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Fifth Third Bank Sponsors Fall HPG Luncheon
The third quarter ACE High Potential Group (HPG) luncheon was hosted by Tracee Smith, Fifth Third‘s Vice President, Community Economic Development Manager for Tennessee and Georgia regions, and held at their Lenox office in Buckhead. Raymond Shrader, Business Banking Market Manager, also joined briefly to welcome the group and discuss Fifth Third’s services. Guest speaker,…
