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ACE’s Ace, Grace Fricks, in Georgia Trend’s January 2012 issue: Organizations: Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs
In 2008, when other lenders scrambled to take their cards off the table, ACE lived up to its bold acronym by upping the ante. “Most businesses were hunkering down, waiting for the recession to blow over,” says Grace Fricks, who founded the community development finance institution in 1999 to help technical college graduates with microloans.…
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New Financing Program to Support Atlanta Healthy Food Businesses
Grace Fricks, President and CEO of Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs (ACE), announced a new healthy food financing initiative for small businesses on September 28, 2011, at a meeting of the Georgia Supermarket Access Task Force hosted by the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. ACE has received $500,000 from the Department of Treasury’s CDFI Fund to provide loans to…
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New Financing Program to Support Atlanta Healthy Food Businesses
Grace Fricks, President and CEO of Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs (ACE), announced a new healthy food financing initiative for small businesses on September 28, 2011, at a meeting of the Georgia Supermarket Access Task Force hosted by the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. ACE has received $500,000 from the Department of Treasury’s CDFI Fund…
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Green Microenterprise Tool Kit Now Available
A Green Microenterprise Tool Kit created by the Academy for Green Microenteprise Development, a project of ACE and Georgia Green Loans, is now available on line. The Tool Kit contains the best in program materials and business resources from green programs around the country. Jason Friedman, consultant to the Academy, created the Tool Kit. The…
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Loan Officer Lisa Robinson Interviewed on Atlanta Business Radio
On September, 1, 2011, Lisa Robinson was a featured guest on Atlanta Business Radio, where she spoke about ACE programs and how to qualify for a small business loan! Listen to the inteview here.
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Grace Fricks a Guest at White House Forum
Grace Fricks, president and CEO of Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs, was an invited guest at a rural economic development forum hosted by President Barack Obama and the White House’s Rural Council on Aug. 16. Fricks joined 125 economic development leaders, farmers, and small business owners participating in a session aimed at boosting capital access,…
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Junior Achievement Supports Georgia Green Loans
ACE staff was honored to receive a $100 check from Junior Achievement of Georgia, Sandy Springs chapter. The youth organization, aimed at building the leaders of tomorrow, had decided to share proceeds from their business venture, ReZold, with Georgia Green Loans. ReZold is a student-led company that made key chains from belts and bowls and…
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Manufacturer brings production to state with Georgia Green Loan
Georgia Green Loan customers, Gavron and Chubby Campbell, owners of Bigwood Boards, were featured in GA Trend’s Small Business Guide 2011-2012. Bigwood Boards, which are monogrammed cutting boards, have been named one of Oprah’s “favorites,” as well as Emeril Lagasse’s Carnivale du vin. These products are all the buz and make excellent gifts for family…
