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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…
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Georgia Green Loans and Client featured in CNN Money
Westside Creamery, one of our Georgia Green Loans customers, was featured in a CNN Money called Top 10 Microfinance Companies. ACE, GGL’s parent company, is considered a top small business lender!
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Georgia Green Loans Customer Featured in Business Guide
ACE Georgia Green Loan recipient, Bigwood Boards, was featured in the GA Trend Small Business Guide 2011/2012…see full article below. Their products make excellent gifts for any occasion!!! Small Business Guide 2011 -2012 mydigimag.rrd.com
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Georgia Green Loans featured in Athens Banner-Herald
http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/060511/bus_839869621.shtml
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Creating Jobs and Transforming Communities
The United States Congress established the CDFI Fund as a bipartisan initiative under the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-325). Recognizing the need to bolster a fledgling industry that was making significant inroads in economic development in low-income communities, the bill’s authors designed the CDFI Fund to provide financial…
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Small Business Loans Available to Area Entrepreneurs
The Haralson County Chamber of Commerce and Haralson County Development Authority announced recently that of the $99,999 received from the United States Department of Agriculture and distributed by what was then known as Appalachian Community Enterprises (ACE) in October 2008 to fund small business loans, only $6,000 has been spent. Read Full Story
