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Atlanta Forward: Leadership

By Rick Badie
May 28, 2014

It’s your hard-earned money. Why not make it grow? Today, a self-described “silver rights” activist stresses the importance of financial literacy for all, particularly the so-called “unbanked” and “under banked” sector. Elsewhere, the head of the Gwinnett Village enterprise zone welcomes the development of what would be the largest movie studio in the Southeast. Another writer encourages early HIV detection.

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