Latino Economic Development Center announced as CornerSquare

Press Release

RALEIGH, NC— Joining a 17-state program increasing investment in local communities, Latino Economic Development Center (LEDC) is partnering with CornerSquare Community Capital to make an even greater impact for small businesses throughout DC, Maryland, Virginia, and Puerto Rico. Through this partnership, LEDC has increased their lending capacity and will be able to make more loans…

NC Rural Center, Thread Capital, and CornerSquare Community Capital join A Better Wake and commit to dismantling systemic racism

Press Release

NC Rural Center and its subsidiaries, Thread Capital and CornerSquare Community Capital, joined the 80+ companies and organizations that have signed on to A Better Wake’s pledge and made a commitment to dismantle systemic racism in Wake County.*  A Better Wake started with a collection of leaders from a diverse cross-section of organizations – all…

Client Profile: Amanda Thompson Wright

Profiles of Impact

Please note: This story touches on topics of body image, sexual harassment, and substance use. “Because we all have a story.” That’s what reads above the doors and walls in and around the main gym room at CrossFit Lanier (CFL). The tagline is a new addition for the high-intensity, high-interval training gym, one brought in…

Partner Profile: ACE | Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs

Profiles of Impact

Since its inception in 2000, ACE | Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs has served more than 2,000 entrepreneurs in Georgia, about half of whom represent small business owners who are regularly unserved or underserved in the commercial lending marketplace. ACE serves 68 counties in Georgia, including all of North Georgia and the Atlanta-metro area. In…