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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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SBA’s Disaster Loan Basics
As a resource partner of the U.S. Small Business Administration, ACE Women’s Business Center will be happy to assist clients with the application process of the SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loans. Please read the information provided below carefully to see if you meet the requirements. SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) Basics Who is eligible to…
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COVID-19 Message From Grace Fricks, President and CEO
Dear Business Owners, All of us at ACE have been monitoring the rapidly evolving COVID-19 situation, and we wanted to share the steps we’re taking to keep our staff, borrowers, partners and communities safe. We recognize the severe dislocation occurring in the small businesses and communities we serve, and we are in active discussions with…
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Client Spotlight: Royal Graphics
Clients of Royal Graphics enjoy the personal touch. “If you call here during business hours, you talk with me on the phone without going through a bunch of rigamarole,” says Romeshia Burton, who owns the Hartwell-based business. “You come in and sit down and see your vision, and we make that come to life.” That…
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Client Spotlight: SMB Essentials
Lake Louise has coined an original word for her vocation. She calls herself an “ecopreneur.” She has developed a line of health and beauty products called SMB Essentials that includes the brands Lotus Moon, DetoxRx, and Plain Jane Beauty. All of them apply the ethos of sustainability, whole-body wellness, and a vast knowledge of salutary…
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Introducing ACE’s newest Board Member, Mary Kepler
Mary Kepler was brought up by strong women. “My mother and grandmothers taught me to get an education and be self-reliant and self-supporting,” she says, with pride, noting that her mother was a nurse who became an instructor who developed the nation’s first curriculum for an associate degree of nursing. “As a result, helping women…
