The U.S. Small Business Administration Georgia District Office recognized 19 small businesses during the SBA Emerging Leaders graduation ceremony on Oct. 31, 2016. The ceremony was held at the SBA District Office in downtown Atlanta.
Emerging Leaders is a federal training initiative that focuses on executives of businesses poised for growth in historically challenged communities. The course provides these executives with the organizational framework, resource network, and motivation required to build sustainable businesses and promote economic development within urban communities.
The six-month training program has a condensed, MBA-like curriculum that enhances the business savvy and confidence of the entrepreneur. As part of the curriculum, each participant must create a three-year strategic-growth-plan. The annual training initiative started with 20 participants and miraculously, only lost one student. This is the eighth year of the program in Atlanta.
Graduating businesses recognized for completing the program include:
A-Action Janitorial Service; Barbara Storey
Basha Services; Neville Anderson
Beers Housing Inc. Heather Burt
Concept Software & Services Inc; Ravindra Bhave
Diamond Distributors; Paul McCadney
Domineck Trucking Inc. Andy Domineck
GA Maintenance Service Group; Glenda Allen
IBOX Global LLC; Tim Mercer
Jewel of the South Inc. Valisa Shannon
Morgan’s Academy; Latorsha Morgan
New Beginning Realty Group LLC; Anthony Williams
Osprey Management; Kelvin King
Raymond Engineering; Raymond Ramos
Roof Technology Partners Scott Coger
Rotorcorp LLC; Sean Casey
Security Innovations Protective; Brian Dixon
Skybound Aviation; Evanthe Papastathis
Statement Corp; Kendall Flagg
TJ Fact LLC; Terrence Evans
