By Metro Atlanta Chamber the Metro Atlanta Chamber announced the 12 grant recipients joining the 2020 Atlanta Metro Export Challenge (Atlanta MEC) cohort. The Atlanta MEC is a regional grant program designed to challenge small- to medium-sized companies in metro Atlanta to explore international expansion efforts. Each grant recipient receives a reimbursement grant of $5,000 that can […]
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Three Reasons Why Atlanta is Ripe for Exporters
By Zaheer Faruqi, Aventure AviationOver the past decade, Atlanta has climbed to 64th from 71st amongst the Top 100 United States metros for exports. In fact, export businesses can now be found in every single metro Atlanta county and more than 80 percent of Georgia’s 159 counties. As the founder of Aventure Aviation, an aircraft […]
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Five metro Atlanta companies compete for $35,000 in grants
By Patrick Adcock The 2016 Atlanta Metro Export Challenge announced their top five finalists Aug. 20 as part of the JPMorgan Chase-powered Atlanta Metro Export Plan (MEP) grant program designed to help small and medium-sized businesses begin or expand their exporting programs. Narrowed down from a pool of 14 semifinalists who had previously won $5,000 […]
