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Georgia’s Largest Small Business Lender Welcomes New CEO
Martina Edwards Leads ACE into its 25th year of growth. With nearly 25 years of experience in the financial services industry, Edwards is focused on continuing ACE’s legacy of providing affordable loans to under-resourced business owners.
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Staff Spotlight: Meet Glenn Bachman
Financial Advisor, ACE Glenn Bachman joined the ACE team after spending more than 30 years as an entrepreneur, professional angel investor and business advisor. As an entrepreneur, he has started, built, and sold multiple businesses. As a professional angel investor, Glenn served as a board member and co-chair of the screening committee for Atlanta Technology…
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Staff Spotlight: Meet Kimberly Jackson
Grant Manager and Reporting Specialist, ACE Kimberly Jackson is the Grant Manager and Reporting Specialist at ACE. She is an experienced Operational Specialist with a demonstrated history of working in various project management roles in non-profit organizations requiring strong data management skills in business process development and data analysis. Jackson’s project management and reports and…
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Client Spotlight: Takes a Village Transportation
As a mother of four navigating Atlanta rush hours, Amia Guild understood the challenges of transportation. “It can be hard to work a full day and go from one end of town to another,” she said. One afternoon, she showed up at school where kids were congregated outside. “This child asked me if I was…
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Spice Crafters LLC (dba Chilau Foods)
Michael Anderson founded Spice Crafters LLC in 2012 in honor of the flavorful Sunday dinners he grew up enjoying at his grandmother’s house near Tampa, FL. His passion for food and his unique skill of developing fusion spices and seasonings makes a successful combination for the business. In 2016 Michael began the Chilau brand journey…
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Bella Hanono Family Dentistry
In 2020, Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs (ACE) funded a total of $4.5M in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loans and is on the way provide more than $10M in 2021 to Georgia’s small business owners. The average ACE PPP loan is $22,000, 57% have gone to women and 58% have gone to African American business…
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Ms. Niecy’s Learning Center
John and Juanisa Kimbrough – recognized as ACE’s 2018 Commercial Entrepreneur of the Year and honored by the Atlanta Women’s Foundation as a 2019 Sue Wieland Embracing Possibility Award – Shining Example Visit Ms. Niecy’s Website As one of the premier daycare facilities in Southwest Atlanta, Ms. Niecy’s is more than a daycare center. They…
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Eclectic 79 Furniture Store
Visit Eclectic 79 Furniture Store Website Juan Carlos and Viviana Ramirez, owners of Eclectic 79 Home Furniture Store in Dalton, first learned about ACE when they needed a small business loan to purchase inventory in January 2020. Furniture sales were going well until the pandemic hit in March and traffic in the store came to…
