Emma Humphries
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Barrow County
Women-Owned Businesses in Barrow Are Finding Success
Barrow County is home to 133 women-owned businesses according to the 2022 U.S. Census, and unfortunately for the community, this number is going downwards, which opposes the statewide trends. Forty-six percent of businesses in Georgia are women-owned, which contributes to the national 114% of female entrepreneurship growth in the last…
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Athens-Clarke County
Woman-owned The Avenue Athens Strives to Give Back to Community
The Avenue Athens is one of many women-owned businesses in the Northeast Georgia region that combines interior design services with a storefront for gifting needs. Co-owned by interior designers Erin Gilmer and Brandy Martin, the storefront on North Milledge Avenue allows for ease of access and collaboration with the University…