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Client Spotlight: Cycle Gang
Cycle Gang owner, Khalil Aziz Khalil Aziz opened Cycle Gang, LLC in 2019, providing high intensity cycling classes, step aerobics, flexibility training, cardio dance classes and more. Located in College Park, the business has little competition in its South Atlanta...
ACE Continues to Provide Affordable Capital to Veteran Business Owners Through Veteran Loan Fund
ATLANTA ANNOUNCEMENT $15 Million Veteran Loan Fund Closes Its First Round With Support From Wells Fargo Unprecedented initiative in support of veteran entrepreneurs gains momentum The Veteran Loan Fund announced today that is has raised $15 million in support of...
Shanon Stewart Named Interim Chief Credit Officer
We are pleased to announce that Shanon Stewart is the new Interim Chief Credit Officer of ACE, effective June 30, 2022. He will be responsible for the overall risk of the ACE lending portfolio. Shanon’s previous role was Senior Credit Analyst where he worked closely...
ACE Community Profile ~ MARTINA EDWARDS
ACE Chief of Strategic Partnerships, Martina Edwards, was recently profiled among the Atlanta Community Impact Stories on CNote. The story highlights Martina's career of more than 20 years as a business professional and non-profit leader, including work in corporate...
Client Spotlight: Grant Park Coffeehouse
Grant Park Coffeehouse owner Rahel Tafari (center), with ACE Commercial Loan Officer Chris Clay (right). Grant Park Coffeehouse (GPC) has been a neighborhood staple since it was opened by owner Rahel Tafari on the corner of Cherokee and Augusta avenues in 2010, across...
ACE Receives $15,000 Donation from Cadence Bank to Expand Support of Small Business Growth in Georgia
(L-R): David Berdugo (Cadence Bank), Eric Swilling (ACE), Martina Edwards (ACE), Grace Fricks (ACE), John Jackson (Cadence), Chris Clay (ACE) ACE | Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs was honored to receive a $15,000 donation from Cadence Bank (NYSE: CADE) Foundation...
ARDINA PIERRE Named SBA’s 2022 Small Business Person of the Year Award Winner
We are pleased to announce that ACE Client, Ardina Pierre, was recognized as the 2022 Small Business Person of the Year by the Small Business Administration (SBA). Pierre, who is a Registered Nurse and licensed nutritionist, is owner of Nature's Own Herb Shop Inc.,...
ACE Partnership with LISC Atlanta Continues with $100 Million commitment from JP Morgan Chase to The Entrepreneurs of Color Loan Fund (EOCF)
ACE announces its continued partnership with JPMorgan Chase and the close of $100 million for the Entrepreneurs of Color Loan Fund (Loan Fund), an impact investment loan fund that works with local community development financial institutions (CDFIs) to accelerate the...
ACE Women’s Business Center – Savannah Region Hosts Grand Opening
WBC Directors Nita Penn (L) and Sandra Font (R) with Allen Thomas of SBA The ACE Women’s Business Center- Savannah Region (ACE WBC SAV), an SBA grant-funded center, held a grand opening event on Thursday, April 28, 2022 at the Georgia Coastal Center, located inside...