Nicole Gillyard, an Atlanta-based Certified Public Accountant and finance expert, plans to open C-Park Business Hub in College Park, Georgia in 2025. The hub will provide opportunities for entrepreneurs that will include co-working space, professional business suites, and business education courses/programs. Gillyard recently spoke with the Atalanta Daily World to share insight on C-Park Business Hub and provides tips for building wealth in 2025. You have over 30 years of experience in the field. What initially led you into the accounting and business services sector? After graduating from college, I

Owners of 10 McDonald’s franchises, husband and wife duo Andre and Danesha Smith have found success through their Sunshine & Sunrise Enterprises and give back through their non-profit Shine2Inspire. The Smiths recently hosted their 2nd Annual Shine2Inspire Golf Classic at Disney World Golf Resort. In an interview with the Atlanta Daily World, Andre and Danesha shed light on how they became business owners, their Shine2Inspire, and thoughts on DEI rollbacks. Can you tell us about your nonprofit, Shine to Inspire? What’s the mission behind it? Danesha Smith: Our mission with Shine to Inspire is to

Dr. Viola Lanier wants to encourage an increase in leisure reading in a comfortable settings. This weekend, the scientist and graduate of Morehouse School of Medicine will host the grand opening of “A Better Today Books & Boutique” in Cobb County, a suburb of Atlanta. Along with books, the boutique will offer scented candles to essential oils, and an assortment of wellness products. Dr. Lanier recently discussed her vision for the book boutique and grand opening with ADW. Can you share your background and what inspired the opening of the

Two Georgia district attorneys who promised criminal justice reforms are facing reelection races that will test whether progressive prosecutors in liberal pockets of the swing state can survive intense blowback from state Republicans and some prominent local Democrats. Shalena Cook Jones of Chatham County and Deborah Gonzalez of Athens-Clarke and Oconee counties were elected in 2020 in the wake of nationwide protests against racial injustice. They, like dozens of other progressive prosecutors elected to office over the past decade, promised a holistic approach to prosecuting that offers diversion

In 14 years of working at Invest Atlanta, the organization's CEO Dr. Eloisa Klementich has led tremendous gains. Klementich and the Invest Atlanta team has produced the creation of 11,383 affordable housing units, 66,900 jobs created or retained, and supported $7.1 million of small business funding and $8 billion dollars of new capital investment in the city. Klementich recently spoke with with ADW to share insight on her journey with Invest Atlanta and its overall impact. How were you originally introduced to Invest Atlanta? It has been an amazing, almost 14

Project 2025 will seek to change the trajectory of America, in a negative way. The proposed presidential transition project lays out a game plan for Donald Trump to enact during the first 180 days if re-elected president. Spearheaded by The Heritage Foundation, Project 2025 is led by two former Trump administration officials, Paul Dans and Spencer Chretien. Stacey Abrams recently took aim at Project 2025 and the consequences that it could have across the board. “What Project 2025 seeks to do is dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion in all its