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Southeast Green has discounts available for people wanting to attend GreenBusiness Works Expo
Southeast Green, the southeast’s premier website for green and sustainability news, is happy to offer discounts for the upcoming GreenBusiness Works Expo. The GreenBusiness Works Expo will offer six tracks of panels addressing various aspects of greening your business. They will also be hosting the GSEA Solar Summit on September 3. The discounts include $100.00…
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Barrett Design Inc. Designs Sustainable Homes in the Southeast
Once named among the Top Fifty Entrepreneurs in Atlanta by Catalyst Magazine, Atlanta Architect Johnna Barrett is the principal of Barrett Design, Inc and learned about Georgia Green Loans at the GoGreen Expo held in late June. She approached Georgia Green Loans for working capital requirements as she expands her company. She has created SUSTAIN,…
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Natural Growth “Grows” with a Georgia Green Loan
Wayne Seabolt, a resident of Roopville, started Natural Growth, a company that uses animal waste to make compost. One of Natural Growth’s most popular products is Pachy Poo, compost made from waste collected from the elephants at Zoo Atlanta. According to Mr. Seabolt, the composting process removes impurities from the material, allowing the nutrients to…
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Finance Your Organic Certification
Do you need help financing your organic certification? You may be able to qualify for as much as 75 percent of the cost (up to $750) under the National Organic Certification Cost Share Program! Organic producers, handlers and processors must be certified by a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) accredited certifying agent. The cost share program…
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Georgia Green Loans presented at Go Green Expo
Go Green Expo, the nation’s premier eco-friendly tradeshow, recently came to The Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta, GA June 26-28. Sponsored in part by WSB-TV. The Go Green Expo showcaseed more than 250 exhibits of the latest and greatest in all things green from fuel efficient cars and natural personal care products to greener gadgets that help…
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Georgia Mountain Berry Farms Grows with Green Loan
Green is not the first color one notices upon arrival at Georgia Mountain Berry Farms in Eastanollee; red is. Acres and acres of Georgia’s famous red clay. In the middle of it all, on a gently rising hill, Arthur Thomas is having a (green) building erected – the headquarters of his blackberry farming operations. Started in…
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Georgia Organics Conference
Appalachian Community Enterprises announces that its President/CEO and Green Loan Founder will speak at Saturday’s Georgia Organics conference Grace Fricks, President and CEO of Appalachian Community Enterprises (ACE) will speak about her organization’s new “green” loans at the upcoming conference of Georgia Organics. Scheduled for Saturday, March 21, Fricks will introduce Georgia Green Loans to…
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Georgia Green Loans Providing Local Economic Stimulus
North Georgia small businesses are benefiting from President Obama’s small business stimulus in Cleveland, GA. Israel Greene, COO of American Installation Corporation, Inc. plans to expand manufacturing of energy-efficient exterior doors, adding up to three new staff to his current workforce of five. Maria Greene – Israel’s mother and owner of The Mill – is…
