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Client Spotlight: Atlanta Bookkeeping Solutions
The ACE 2014 Entrepreneur of the Year, Tennille Carter started her business while working part time as she began building a client base. With capital and business counseling from ACE, she developed a marketing strategy to lure bigger, more diverse clients and hired two staff members. Today, her company Atlanta Bookkeeping Solutions is in its…
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Brookstone Animal Hospital – Acworth, GA
Click here to Visit Brookstone Animal Hospital’s Website Brookstone Animal Hospital is a full service veterinary medical facility, boarding facility and grooming facility. At Brookstone, the mission is to provide modern and up to date medicine while tailoring care to the individual needs of each animal and owner. At this clinic, they strive to support and…
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Speed Laboratory, Inc. – Norcross, GA
Click here to Visit Speed Laboratory, Inc.’s Website Alex Getahoun came from Ethiopia to the United States at age 11, then moved to Atlanta in his 30s with an entrepreneurial notion. All he needed to start his company- Speed Laboratory-was equipment, space, staff and approval from the Food and Drug Administration. In other words, he needed…
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Pueblos Mexican Cuisine and Grapevines
Click here to Visit Pueblos’ Website Pueblos Mexican Restaurants and Grapevines – Sergio And Laura Moreria In 2004, ACE made its first loan to a Hispanic couple. The $25,000 loan meant they could own their restaurant themselves, rather than with other family members. They have since expanded to 5 Pueblos Mexican Cuisine restaurants in Georgia. No…
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B Green Services – Mableton, GA
Click here to visit B Green Services’ Website Emil came to the US from Bulgaria several years ago with $400 in his pocket. He washed dishes in restaurants and slept on the floor. As he worked in restaurants, he saw an opportunity to recycle glass bottles. With a loan from ACE, Emil started a recycling company,…
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Gold City Growlers – Dahlonega, GA
Click here to Visit Gold City Growlers’ Website Growlers, or large, reusable, specialty containers for “beer to go,” have been quenching thirsts all over Atlanta, Athens, and other cities, but the trend had not found a vendor in the mountains until now. Gold City Growlers will hold a grand opening on Labor Day weekend at…
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ACE Atlanta Satellite Location Grand Opening a Success!
We announced the opening of our Atlanta satellite office and a community partnership with the Women’s Entrepreneurial Opportunity Project, Inc. (WEOP) at a reception on February 23. ACE’s Director of Community Outreach and Business Lending, Vonda Echols, will meet and work with clients at the new WEOP location. Fox 5’s Dana Fowle was also on…
