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Georgia Green Loans Founder Featured on Southeast Green’s blogtalkradio
Grace speaks about the programs Georgia Green Loans offers to help small businesses start, expand and green-ovate.
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Grace Fricks – ACE Loans – Get money that is green two ways
Grace Fricks is the founder and CEO of Appalachian Community Enterprises (ACE), now known as Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs. ACE is a non-profit organization and Community Development Financial Institution that provides loans to start and grow businesses in Georgia. ACE also offers its borrowers business development resources to create sustainable businesses. Since 1999, ACE…
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Organizations from D.C. and Ohio Newest Academy Members
The Enterprise Development Group (EDG) of Washington, D.C., and the Economic and Community Development Institute (ECDI) of Columbus, OH, were selected to participate in the 2011 Academy for Green Microenterprise Development. Both organizations are Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) providing loans and business development services to low income business owners. The Academy for Green Microenterprise…
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Micro-loans Available for Small Businesses in 50 North Georgia Counties
A ceremonial big check for $605,000 was presented today by Donnie Thomas, acting state director of USDA Rural Development, to Grace Fricks, chief executive officer of Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs (ACE), to provide micro-loans to small rural businesses in North Georgia. Funding for micro-loans, those less than $50,000, is available through the Rural Microentrepreneur…
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Cobb County Recycler Wins Greenovation Award
Four years ago, Emil Bekyarov arrived in America, from Bulgaria, with only $400 in his pocket. Yesterday, he received the Georgia Green Loans “Greenovation” Award for his metro-area recycling business, B Green Services, LLC. Bekyarov started out in his new country by washing dishes at restaurants and sleeping on the floor wherever he worked. There, in these…
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Free webinars to help your business grow
Making Green in 60 Minutes Free Webinar series designed to help Georgia small businesses grow Credit, capital, marketing and understanding business performance are key issues for businesses in today’s economic environment. Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs (ACE) is presenting a five-part series of free webinars to help small businesses improve their bottom line and start 2011…
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3% Loans Provide Energy Project Payback, Profits
ATLANTA, GA – Key issues in making energy efficiency improvements in your business are the payback period and cash flow. Save & Sustain’s 75% subsidy on energy audits and improvement loans with a 3% fixed interest rate benefit both. “We have a current client who will save $714 a month in energy costs,” program director…
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Georgia Green Loans Wins National Innovation Award
ATLANTA, GA. Georgia Green Loans, a program of Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs (ACE), has been awarded a Wachovia Wells Fargo NEXT award in the category of industry innovation. NEXT awards are given to community development financial institutions who demonstrate excellence. “Georgia Green Loans is an innovative collaboration on many levels,” ACE CEO Grace Fricks…
