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ACE Honors Entrepreneurs and Partners
ACE held its annual awards celebration on Oct. 25 to honor business owners who have excelled in entrepreneurial leadership. “These awards reflect a strong commitment to entrepreneurship, community and service by our clients and business associates, and we are delighted to celebrate their many successes from this past year,” says founder and CEO Grace Fricks.…
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Getting to know Grace Lopez-Williams, ACE Board Member
In 1993, Grace Lopez-Williams was traveling when Hurricane Hugo grounded her flight in Atlanta. “A friend showed me around,” she recalls, “and I just fell in love with the city and decided to move here,” she says. Lopez-Williams, who grew up in Puerto Rico, had earned her bachelor’s degree in business administration with a concentration…
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Client Spotlight: Abbey of the Holy Goats
Pictured: Kathy Davis, Owner It started as a birthday gift. “My parents gave me a brew kit,” says Kathy Davis, who graduated from Johnson & Wales University. She was especially interested in Belgian ales, which, she learned, were once the artisanal hallmark of monks. In 2015, ACE loaned her around $190,000 to purchase more…
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ACE Intent on Supporting Hispanic Business Owners
(L to R): Bucky Johnson, mayor, City of Norcross; Maria Peck, director of Hispanic Strategies and Lending, ACE; Lynette Howard, Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, District 2; Grace Fricks, president and CEO, ACE; and Luis Izaguirre, chief programs officer, ACE. Last month, ACE kicked off its new Hispanic Strategy in a festive ceremony at the Norcross Cultural Arts & Community Center. The…
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Sandy Headley & ACE Honored by GMEN
Sandy Headley, ACE Vice President, accepted the Micro Enterprise Development Organization of the Year Award on behalf of ACE at the Georgia Micro Enterprise Network (GMEN) 20th Anniversary Awards Dinner. Sandy was chosen to represent ACE because she has been with the organization over 10 years and exemplifies all that we do. Her accomplishments and commitment to…
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ACE Awarded $1 Million by the U.S. Treasury CDFI Fund for Rural NW GA
In a highly competitive award process, ACE received a million dollars from the U.S. Treasury CDFI Fund. These highly coveted funds will be used to help underserved small business owners in rural northwest Georgia. For more information, read about the CDFI Fund and its recent press release here, or visit the CDFI Fund’s website at www.cdfifund.gov.
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The Sweet Sound of Success: Twelve Studios Wins National Award
With some assistance from ACE, Dina Marto’s Midtown Atlanta business, Twelve Studios, was named a winner in the Wells Fargo Works for Small Business: Neighborhood Renovation Program Contest. The award includes a prize of $10,000, which she plans to use in remodeling her innovative recording studio.
