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21 states and four countries, with an official partnership with The Bahamas. To date,
The Village has showcased and trained hundreds of vetted Black-owned businesses who
specialize in conscious apparel/merchandise, all-natural products and foods. Businesses have
grown from six-foot vendor tables to now brick and mortar locations.
“Our mission is front and center,” says Hallmon. “The Village at PCM is all about
positioning Black businesses for growth and strengthening the local community of small
businesses, especially during these times. To date, we’ve been able to circulate $4.5 million
in the community through The Village Market.”
Find out more at thevillagemarketatl.com.
Village Supply
Village Supply, a new concept
to support local entrepreneurs grow
their brands in a pop-up space, is
now open in Buckhead Village, 272
Buckhead Ave.
Open Thursday through Saturday
10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and on Sundays
from noon to 5 p.m., the space
features pop-ups from food and
lifestyle businesses, with a focus on
minority- and women-owned brands.
The lineup will change regularly.
Current shops include Cheese Me, offering cheese, veggie, and fruit boards; Made
Leather Co., which features handcrafted leather goods from artisans in Morocco; Botanical
Safari, a boutique-style plant shop that is also offering workshops; and Pinker Times, which
is offering artful flower arrangements and a flower bar.
For more information, visit buckheadvillagedistrict.com. EC]
BUSINESS
BRIEFS
| Metro Atlanta Chamber (MAC)
recently hosted its 161st Annual
Meeting, virtually honoring efforts
in the past year to drive the region’s
reputation as a global competitor. MAC
Board Chair, Invesco President and
CEO Marty Flanagan announced three
key focus areas for 2021: racial equity,
public health and economic recovery.
In addition, Dr. Raphael W. Bostic, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, was
announced as MAC’s 2022 chair-elect, succeeding its 2021 chair-elect, Delta Air Lines’
CEO Ed Bastian. Meeting attendees also heard from Gov. Brian Kemp, Mayor Keisha
Lance Bottoms, Plead of Google for Startups US Jewel Burks Solomon, Atlanta Braves
President and CEO Derek Schiller and U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, along with a
host of prominent business leaders across the region. To view a replay of the meeting and
for more information, visit metroatlantachamber.com.
T CBRE has released a new rendering for Phase II of its revamp of Tower Square, the
former AT&T building, in Midtown. The rendering shows how renovations to the Annex
and upgrades to the 28,000-square-foot Green will interact to create a collaborative, open-
air environment. The Annex, which previously
served as an interior mall, is being reoriented
so the storefronts face and interact with West
Peachtree Street. The wi-fi-enabled Green,
which features patio and covered seating,
comes equipped with a screen spanning more
than 2,000 square feet. Last month, the team
wrapped the first phase of renovations, which
included lobby upgrades, exterior signage and
the addition of the Green.
Hotel Colee is now open in Buckhead
featuring boutique-style rooms, a rooftop pool, fitness center, lobby bar, and Whiskey
Blue cocktail lounge. There’s also space in the lobby for pop-up trunk shows, and 10,000
square feet of adaptable indoor and outdoor event space. For more, visit autograph-hotels.
marriott.com.
FFolistic beauty and lifestyle company, EssenceTree, has opened its flagship EssenceSuite in
Old Fourth Ward. Long a favorite with Whole Foods and Sevananda shoppers, the brand’s
brick and mortar location at 655 FFighland Ave. behind FFighland Bakery will offer a range
of plant-based skincare products, lifestyle classes and wellness services. The company was
founded in Nashville in 2005 by former Wall Street executive Charmaine Gibbs-West, who
started EssenceTree as a therapeutic hobby post-9/11. For more, visit essencetree.com.
West Midtown mixed-use development 8West’s newest tenant is The Dalton Agency,
the market company formally based in Midtown. The development, which features
175,000 square feet of office space, 10,000 square feet of retail space and 264 apartments,
sits at the intersection of FFowell Mill and 8th Street. For leasing information, visit
www. 8 westmidtown. com.
Ragtrade Atlanta recently launched a new program to support independent designers
through their e-commerce site, shopsatragtrade.com. Through this program, Ragtrade and
independent designers collaborate on limited-edition designs spanning luxury t-shirts,
hoodies, novelty items and more that are sold exclusively at shopsatragtrade.com. The
partnership provides designers with a multichannel strategy to generate additional income
and maximize exposure opportunities for each independent brand. Ragtrade’s first-ever
partnership is with fashion designer / illustrator Stephanie Gentry. Find out more at
shopsatragtrade.com.
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