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Micro-lender contributing to economic rebound a loan at a time

by Teresa Johnston

By Guest Columnist GRACE FRICKS, founder and CEO of the non-profit Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs

Small business is the backbone of the economy; the engine for economic recovery.

You won’t find a politician, a pundit or an economist who will disagree with that statement. But by 2008, with our economy in full slide, most lenders tightened the purse strings to the extent that a significant population of small business owners – those defined as microentrepreneurs – couldn’t get access to the money they needed to create or maintain their enterprise.

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LINK delegation soon will head to Baltimore and Washington D.C. to get ideas for metro Atlanta

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On April 18, a group of about 100 influential metro Atlanta leaders will embark on the annual LINK trip — this year to the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. metro area.

This will be the 16th annual LINK trip — an annual opportunity to take a look at ourselves while studying another community that’s facing many of the same issues as metro Atlanta. (LINK stands for Leadership, Involvement, Networking and Knowledge).

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Column: Global health pioneer Bill Foege to get Ga. Tech’s Ivan Allen prize March 15

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By Maria Saporta
Friday, March 9, 2012

When William Foege receives Georgia Tech’s Ivan Allen Jr. Prize in Social Courage on March 15, it will accomplish two important goals.

It will shine the spotlight on a relatively unknown Atlanta leader who has had a tremendous impact on saving lives across the world.

And it will help reinforce Atlanta’s role as a nexus for global health.

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Fresenius Medical plans to add 120 jobs in Cobb County

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By Maria Saporta

At the First Monday breakfast of the Cobb County Chamber of Commerce, Fresenius Medical Care announced that it was adding 120 jobs by opening its new Peachtree Billing and Verification Office in Kennesaw.

The expansion will provide billing and insurance verification services for the company’s dialysis services operations in the Southeast. The facility will initially open with 75 to 80 employees, and it is anticipated that the new center will eventually employ up to 120 employees.

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State’s ‘Dirty Dozen’ waters named by Ga. Water Coalition

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By David Pendered

The Chattahoochee, Flint and Savannah rivers have made the 2011 Dirty Dozen, a list of the worst offenses against the state’s waterways, according to the Georgia Water Coalition.

“This is more than a list,” Jerry McCollum, president of the Georgia Wildlife Federation and a founding member of the Coalition, said in a statement released Monday. “This is a call to action for Georgia’s citizens and its leaders. The sites populating this list are only poster children for the larger problem of a system that is failing to protect our water, our fish and wildlife and our communities.”

The Chattahoochee ranked fourth, the Savannah ranked third and the Flint River ranked seventh on the list.

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College Football Hall of Fame needs $20 million by year end

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By Maria Saporta and Lisa Schoolcraft
Friday, Sept. 23, 2011

The College Football Hall of Fame is racing against the clock to raise another $20 million before the end of the year so it can break ground in February.

Supporters have raised $22 million thus far for the project, which is expected to cost a total of $67.5 million.

And a trio of banks just agreed to provide a $27.5 million loan to help fund the Hall of Fame during construction. The loan, which is being secured by sponsorships pledges and donations, is being led by Regions Bank and includes Fifth Third Bank and BB&T.

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Charles Tarbutton elected chair of state’s economic development board

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By Maria Saporta

The Georgia Department of Economic Development elected a new chair — Charles Tarbutton — at its board meeting on Sept. 16.

Tarbutton, who has been serving as vice chairman of the GDEcD board, is assistant vice president of the Sandersville Railroad Co., a short-line freight railroad primarily serving kaolin, forest products and plastics industries in Central Georgia.

In 2008, Tarbutton served as chair of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce.

Tarbutton succeeds Ben Hinson, who is president and owner of Mid Georgia Ambulance in Macon. He had served on the economic development board since 2007.

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Southern Co.’s Tom Fanning supports new nuclear, 21st Century coal, renewables and a national energy policy

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By Maria Saporta

Since Tom Fanning became CEO of the Southern Co. last December, it has been one challenge after another — the January snowstorm, the nuclear plant meltdown in Japan as a result of an earthquake and tsunami, an earthquake and Hurricane Irene along the East Coast.

“What’s next? Famine and pestilence?” joked Fanning, who gave the luncheon address Monday at the Rotary Club of Atlanta.

But in all seriousness, Fanning made a case for a national energy policy and provided a well-rehearsed talk about Southern Co.’s perspective on the need to have a diversified energy portfolio.

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Atlanta business leaders and APS: What’s next?

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By Maria Saporta
Friday, July 15, 2011

After the release July 5 of the state investigation report on cheating in Atlanta Public Schools, key business and civic leaders are wondering what’s next.

Will the response to the cheating scandal be one of renewed commitment? Or has there been irreparable damage done between the Atlanta Public Schools and the community at large?

On July 7, interim APS Superintendent Erroll Davis held a breakfast meeting with top donors.

“Everybody feels angry,” said Davis, who retired as chancellor of the Georgia Board of Regents on June 30. “I wanted to give them assurances that there were excellent programs in place that merited their support.”

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Regional Leadership Institute builds the critical skills that are needed in metro Atlanta

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By Maria Saporta

For more than 20 years, a regional leadership program has been preparing current and up-and-coming leaders for moments just like this.

The week-long Regional Leadership Institute (RLI), which had its first class in 1991, brings people together from all corners of the region where they can take a deep look at the issues facing metro Atlanta — from transportation, water, education, aging and leadership.

The program, which takes place at St. Simons Island, has become a neutral ground where a diverse group of leaders can get to know each other and find areas of consensus when they return to metro Atlanta to work on its various challenges.

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Atlanta’s Beltline embodies healthy lifestyle envisioned by new sustainability group

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By David Pendered

A new organization in Atlanta met Thursday for the first annual EcoFest Sustainable Development Opportunities Forum.

The event kicked off with a morning-long driving tour of the Beltline, the sweeping urban renewal project in Atlanta that embodies many ideals of the new organization. An afternoon slate of speakers talked about green business opportunities, green efforts at Atlanta’s airport and energy efficiency.

Verdant Elements, Inc. is a non-profit that intends to foster healthy lifestyles through sustainable development and environmental strategies, said VEI’s board chairman, Gregory Wilson.

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Atlanta Preservation Center lists 19 endangered places

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By Maria Saporta

Atlanta has been a city all too willing to tear down its history.
But for several decades, the Atlanta Preservation Center has been working toward changing Atlanta’s reputation.

The Atlanta Preservation Center has just released its 2011 list of Most Endangered Historic Places. The list includes 19 of Atlanta’s most significant buildings, neighborhoods and landscapes that the center believes “are in danger of being demolished, redeveloped or lost due to neglect.”

The Atlanta Preservation Center has been publishing an endangered list since 2001, and it has been successful in helping preserve some of the city’s most important

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Column: Glen Rollins’ last connection to Rollins Inc. cut

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By Maria Saporta
Friday, April 29, 2011

Glen W. Rollins sat on the next-to-last row at the Rollins Inc. annual meeting on April 26 while the other company directors sat on the first two rows.
What a difference a year can make.

At last year’s annual meeting, Glen Rollins was executive vice president of Rollins Inc., president and chief operating officer of the company’s largest subsidiary — Orkin; and the heir apparent to run the family-owned company.

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Zoo Atlanta snaps up its largest gift ever

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By Maria Saporta
Friday, April 22, 2011

Zoo Atlanta has just received the largest philanthropic gift in its history — $5 million from the Joseph B. Whitehead Foundation, part of the Robert W. Woodruff family of foundations.

The grant will go toward the zoo’s current $25.7 million capital campaign, the attraction’s first fundraising campaign in a dozen years.

The centerpiece of the campaign will be the building of a new amphibian and reptile complex to replace the 1960s-era reptile house that currently is in disrepair.

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Column: Trees Atlanta founding director Marcia Bansley retiring

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By Maria Saporta
Friday, April 1, 2011

For 26 years, the No. 1 advocate for Atlanta’s trees has been Marcia Bansley.

As a tree’s age can be measured in rings, Bansley’s tenure as the founding executive director of Trees Atlanta can be measured in trees. Under her leadership, Trees Atlanta has planted or distributed 81,000 trees.

Now Bansley has decided to retire, effective in mid-May, when she intends to begin studying architecture. She will join Trees Atlanta’s board.

Filling in as interim director will be Connie Veates, a past president of Trees Atlanta’s board.

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Column: Atlanta’s United Way reaches its 2010 campaign goal

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By Maria Saporta
Friday, March 11, 2011

United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta will announce March 11 that it has met its annual campaign goal for the first time since the 2007 campaign — albeit by a slim margin.

The 2010 goal had been set at $80.2 million, and United Way leaders will announce that it raised $24,500 over their goal.

The campaign was led by John Somerhalder, CEO of AGL Resources Inc., who had agreed to lead the campaign two years in a row.

“It took me two years to get it basically right,” Somerhalder said. “Every step along

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Ted Turner builds solar project on parking lot next to his building

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By Maria Saporta
Friday, December 10, 2010

One of the most highly sought-after parking lots in downtown Atlanta is being turned into a solar energy demonstration project.

Ted Turner, one of Atlanta’s most notable business and philanthropic leaders, has built-out the first phase of the “Luckie Street Solar Project” on a 2-acre parking lot he owns adjacent to Turner’s headquarters, formerly

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State economic development commissioner becoming more political than professional

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Second to the governor, the most important position in state government should be commissioner of the Georgia Department of Economic Development.

Ideally, the commissioner would be a seasoned economic development professional who is a master salesman of Georgia. And that person would work hand-in-hand with the governor in trying to grow the state’s economy.

So it was a bit surprising this past week when Gov.-elect Nathan Deal picked Chris Cummiskey, a former staffer for U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson and former state House Speaker Glenn Richardson as his economic development commissioner.

With this appointment, it exposes a dangerous trend — turning that job into a political rather than a professional post.

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Column: Camp Twin Lakes campaign a huge success

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By Maria Saporta
Friday, November 19, 2010

Despite the tough economy, Camp Twin Lakes has completed its “Ever Higher” $5.3 million capital campaign in record time.

Camp Twin Lakes is a nonprofit organization that offers year-round recreational, therapeutic and educational programs for children and young adults facing serious illnesses, disabilities and challenges.

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