Cooking Up Healthy Food And Job Creation In Atlanta
Tuesday, April 9th, 2013
Our dreams came true thanks to Create Jobs for USA. So did the dreams of 10 people who needed jobs.
My wife Dawn and I own Happy Belly Curbside Kitchen, a mobile food truck that dishes out healthy foods in Atlanta. With a combined 30 years of hospitality experience, Dawn and I had always dreamed of opening our own small business. We knew we had the skills and experience — as well as the drive — to be successful. Even so, it took u...
Falcons Youth Foundation Awards $421,000 In Grants To Improve Access To Healthy Food
Monday, April 8th, 2013
The Atlanta Falcons Youth Foundation (AFYF) announced today it has awarded $421,000 to three nonprofit organizations using innovative approaches to increase access to affordable, healthy food for Georgia families.
“The Good Samaritan Health Center and HEALing Community Center are using creative medical practices to connect more families to Georgia-grown fruits and vegetables,” said John Bare, vice president of The Arthur M. Blank F...
New Financing Program to Support Atlanta Healthy Food Businesses
Monday, October 3rd, 2011
Grace Fricks, President and CEO of Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs (ACE), announced a new healthy food financing initiative for small businesses on September 28, 2011, at a meeting of the Georgia Supermarket Access Task Force hosted by the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.
ACE has received $500,000 from the Department of Treasury’s CDFI Fund to provide loans to supermarkets and food retail outlets in downtown areas considered “food de...
Green Microenterprise Tool Kit Now Available
Thursday, September 15th, 2011
A Green Microenterprise Tool Kit created by the Academy for Green Microenteprise Development, a project of ACE and Georgia Green Loans, is now available on line.
The Tool Kit contains the best in program materials and business resources from green programs around the country. Jason Friedman, consultant to the Academy, created the Tool Kit. The PRIME-funded Academy, directed by ACE's Elizabeth Penney, has trained over 600 individuals in green b...
Junior Achievement Supports Georgia Green Loans
Monday, August 15th, 2011
ACE staff was honored to receive a $100 check from Junior Achievement of Georgia, Sandy Springs chapter. The youth organization, aimed at building the leaders of tomorrow, had decided to share proceeds from their business venture, ReZold, with Georgia Green Loans. ReZold is a student-led company that made key chains from belts and bowls and from old vinyl records as part of a national project. To learn more about these young entrepreneurs, see th...