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  • Grace Fricks, ACE President and CEO, is guest on Atlanta Business Radio

    Grace Frick runs Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs.  This non-profit helps entrepreneurs find capital when banks wont lend.  Her organization is part of a national group and she tells how to find capital no matter what state you live in. Listen to guests Dr. David Pensak, author of Innovation for Underdogs, and Grace Fricks, CEO…

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  • Investing in Opportunity: Southern CDFIs

    Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFis) are an important piece of infrastructure for building strong local economies. CDFIs function as a different kind of lending organization. Unlike traditional banks, they operate with a mission to serve low-income people and build wealth in underserved communities. By combining funding from government, foundations, and individual donors, CDFIs make it…

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  • Sergio and Laura Moreria, Pueblos Mexican Restaurants

    In 2004, ACE made its first loan to a Hispanic couple. The $25,000 meant they could own their restaurant themselves, rather than with other family members. They have since expanded to 3 restaurants and 1 franchise in Georgia and a franchise in Uruguay.  No longer a micro-business, Sergio and Laura Moreria employ 125 people instead…

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  • Sandy Lyndon, Homestead Recovery

    When Sandy Lyndon moved away for college, she never guessed she would one day be running a business in the family’s old farmhouse. Aptly named “Homestead,” her center works exclusively with women in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction.  Homestead provides its residents with the hope, willpower, and other resources to start fresh with their lives. “We…

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  • Nada Bunnell, Gentle Presence Photography

    Nada Bunnell sees the world in terms of pictures, color, and composition. More than anything else, she wanted to help others see that way, too, and thought of her camera as a memory-maker. For twenty years, photography remained only a passionate hobby — until she was laid off at 60 years old. “I knew I…

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  • Alpha Medical Equipment and Medical Supplies Inc.

    Sales at Elizabeth Asika’s medical supply business, Alpha Medical Equipment and Medical Supplies Inc., had stagnated due to an 0ut-of-the-way location. Inventory assortment was limited, too, because of the small size of the space — just 459 square feet. A loan from ACE made her business expansion dreams a reality. Elizabeth, an RN who also…

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  • Cooking Up Healthy Food and Job Creation in Atlanta

    Our dreams came true thanks to Create Jobs for USA. So did the dreams of 10 people who needed jobs. My wife Dawn and I own Happy Belly Curbside Kitchen, a mobile food truck that dishes out healthy foods in Atlanta. With a combined 30 years of hospitality experience, Dawn and I had always dreamed of…

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  • Atlanta Business Radio has Grace Fricks as guest speaker

    Grace Fricks, ACE President and CEO, is guest on Atlanta Business Radio

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