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  • Georgia’s Largest Small Business Lender Welcomes New CEO

    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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  • Modern Podiatry

    Modern Podiatry

    A Fayetteville, GA native, Dr. Kibibi Wanzu, DPM is a caring and compassionate podiatrist specializing in diabetic foot care, sports podiatry, and aesthetic procedures. Her practice, Modern Podiatry, provides medical and surgical management of foot, ankle and leg conditions for patients of all ages in clinical, in-patient and outpatient hospital, and nursing home settings. After…

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  • Skylar Security

    Skylar Security

    By the time Jamine Moton walked away from the world of collegiate track and field in 2004, she was a national champion, a hammer throw record holder, an Olympic alternate and a future hall of famer. However, when she retired from her sport, Moton didn’t leave her identity as an athlete behind her. Rather, in…

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  • Staff Spotlight: Meet Glenn Bachman

    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

    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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  • 1Q2022 Newsletter

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  • Sage Invests $250,000 in ACE to Provide Financing and Education for Small Business in Georgia

    Sage Invests $250,000 in ACE to Provide Financing and Education for Small Business in Georgia

    The yearlong commitment will provide business advisory and lending services for underserved and low-income communities. Atlanta, Georgia. November 10, 2021 – Sage is investing $250,000 in critically needed grant funding to strengthen ACE’s Recovery and Resiliency initiatives. The multi-faceted grant will support organizational capacity, business advisory and lending through an interest rate buydown subsidy for…

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  • ACE Expands Partnership With JPMorgan Chase and LISC Atlanta With The Entrepreneurs of Color Fund

    ACE Expands Partnership With JPMorgan Chase and LISC Atlanta With The Entrepreneurs of Color Fund

    Atlanta, Georgia October 26, 2021. ACE is excited to share that we are a part of the network of CDFIs and funders partnering with JPMorgan Chase & Co. and the EOCF to provide underserved entrepreneurs in Atlanta with capital and technical support. Launch of the partnership was announced on Tuesday, October 26th at Morehouse College by Mayor…

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  • Client Spotlight: Takes a Village Transportation

    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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