News/Media

The Edge Connection in the News

March 05, 2011
The Edge Connection: Support for small businesses and entrepreneurs
The Edge Connection: Support for small businesses and entrepreneurs

February 27, 2011
MDJ Features Editor
Letting the good times roll; art on the horizon in Cobb 

December 5, 2009
Continuing Education Opportunities
"Need an Edge to JumpStart Your Business?"

June, 2009
Exploring Entrepreneurship, Atlanta Journal Constitution
"Program provides guidance for those looking to create a job."

Spring, 2008, Association for Enterprise Opportunity
Be a Part of the Solution: Empower the Unemployed through Microenterprise Development


November, 2007, Atlanta Tribune
Embracing Entrepreneurship: Patricia Harris heads up the Southeast's best 
kept secret for the entrepreneurially inclined.


November 8, 2007, Atlanta Daybook
Patricia Harris shares experiences in a Women's Forum discussing
"Real, Raw, Relational Power."

Diversity Edge Magazine - Second Quarter 2007
2007 Awards Gala Coverage

July 19, 2007, Atlanta Journal Constitution
Woman's game for teens helps her land dream job - Highlights Mechel Glass

June 2007, The Southern Company / Georgia Power
TEC Client Vickley Raeford, President, Raeford Land Clearing, Inc.
Featured in Georgia Power Advertisement  Ad  About Raeford Land Clear

Small Businesses Use Credit To Pay Taxes - 2 stories
(Articles Quote Patricia Harris, CEO of The Edge Connection)

Jun 3 15, 2007, Wall Street Journal Online
Small Firms Reach For Plastic to Pay IRS

May 2007, Gwinnett Business Journal
The Edge Connection - one of the two Women's business Centers
in the Atlanta area.


May 10, 2007, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
2007 YWCA of Greater Atlanta Salute to Women of Achievement
(Article recognizes Patricia Harris, CEO of The Edge Connection)

April 25, 2007, DeKalb Neighbor
The rewards of small business ownership (2007 Edge Awards Gala)

March 29, 2007, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Luck in Locks - Sonya "Sistah Nandi" Gilkey
Invention that creates a cascade of natural curls in 'Oprah' contest.


October 2006, Atlanta Tribune: The Magazine 
Jes Us Medical Billing Services, Inc. - 7 years
Design One Interiors - 6 years


October 26, 2006, Atlanta Journal Constitution
"Small Business: Moving on with a malady - Bipolar disorder doesn't deter stylist."

August 13, 2006, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"A new training ground for early child care providers"

February, 2006, Atlanta Tribune: The Magazine
"Business Independence - Build Your Dream"

April 13, 2005, SBA Georgia Office Media Release
"Patricia Harris, CEO of the Cobb Microenterprise Center,
is the 2005 Women in Business Champion of the Year"
 

January 26, 2005, Daily Business News
"Spanx Founder and "Rebel Billionaire" Runner-up
Sara Blakely Urges Women to Take Risks
 

July 2004, The Bright Side, Volume 8, No. 7
Cobb Microenterprise Center Begins 17th Class

May 17, 2004, Atlanta Business Chronicle
"Hundreds of Business Owners Trace Roots to Harris"

May 12, 2004, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Good Works Program Trains Entrepreneurs

April 4, 2004, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Educational Opportunities Microenterprise Center Nurtures Entrepreneurs

October 2003, On Common Ground
Stone Mountain Center offers classes to those seeking jobs in mortgage industry

June 30, 2003, Marietta Daily Journal
“A Night for Heroes”

April 15, 2003, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"Program a Boost for Small Business"

February 23, 2003 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"Microbusiness as a Fallback: There's help for entrepreneurs who have
the aptitude and are willing to think small"