Success & Achievements

 Graduate Success Stories 

2004 Graduate - Ashley Realty Marketing Group, Inc. - Awarded a $30 million dollar with DeKalb County Housing Authority to market the Sugar Mill Development in excess of $30 million dollars.

2003 Graduate - Jewel of the South, Inc. - As of 2005 is in the process of developing a multi-mix golf resort community in excess of $150 million dollars.

2003 Graduate - Lee May- Purchased and opened the Cinefe`8 (Movie Theater) in Lithonia, Georgia. One of only 3 African-American owned & operated cinemas, as featured in the Atlanta Journal Constitution

2004 Graduate - Tracy Smith, owner Busy Bee Cafe - Purchased the historic Paschal's restaurant and received over $2 million dollars in grant funding from the City of Atlanta.  (Feature article in the June 11th Atlanta Journal and Constitution)

 Edmondson Achievements

Since launching its new Atlanta-based location in 2003, Edmondson Associates has graduated over 550 Metro-Atlanta aspiring entrepreneurs.  86 of those graduates are currently operating their own MWBE businesses with a 75% success ratio.

In 2005, Edmondson Associates was awarded the 2005 Entrepreneur and Advocate of the Year award from the United States Department of Commerce, Minority Business Development Agency.

Edmondson Associates is also contracted by corporate supply chain leaders as a spend advocate to help increase Minority Business Enterprise spending for contract and procurement opportunities.