2014 VilCap Cohort Selected

Congratulations to the 15 entrepreneurs who have been selected to participate in the 2014 VilCap: Start Clarkston.  

Businesses include:

  • Connie’s Thrift & More
  • P Creates
  • A Taste of Burma
  • Breakthrough Georgia, LLC
  • Gas-Art Gifts LLC
  • African Women Health, Education & Empowerment Center
  • All Cultures Work
  • Zomi Translation and Knitwear LLC
  • Sunavworld LLC
  • Legal Services
  • 1 Amazing Event LLC
  • Moose Paws Dog Soap
  • SheWill Inc.
  • Natural Green Burials
  • Driving School

The VilCap: Start program begins in January.  The program offers the business tools, network access and financing they need to develop viable and sustainable businesses.  The program addresses a key challenge for many communities – including Clarkston and others around metro Atlanta – in that it encourages and supports micro-entrepreneurs. These individuals then establish small but sustainable businesses that support themselves and their families, while collectively supplying a range of services and a sense of purpose and vitality to local economies.   The Clarkston program is a collaboration of Social Enterprise @ Goizueta , CDF: A Collective Action Initiative, Refugee Women’s Network, Clarkston Community Center, Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs (ACE Loans) and Village Capital.