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Atlanta attorney Jon Hedgepeth selected to Georgia 'Super Lawyers'

Submitted by msleff on Tuesday, May 13th, 11:36 am
Atlanta attorney Jon Hedgepeth selected to Georgia 'Super Lawyers'

ATLANTA -- Buckhead resident Jon Hedgepeth, founding partner at Hedgepeth, Heredia, Crumrine & Morrison in Atlanta, has been selected for Georgia’s Super Lawyers list for 2014 by Atlanta magazine and for Georgia Trend magazine’s Legal Elite.

Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The list appeared in the March 2014 issue of Atlanta magazine.

In December 2013, he was named to Georgia Trend magazine’s Legal Elite, which highlights top attorneys from around the state as selected by their peers.

Hedgepeth practices in all areas of family law, including divorce and separation, and is also a certified practitioner of collaborative law. His honors, recognitions and community service include:

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Curbed.com names its Top 10 Atlanta Projects for 2014

Submitted by Atlanta Busines... on Monday, April 28th, 9:15 am
Curbed.com names its Top 10 Atlanta Projects for 2014

ATLANTA -- Real estate website Curbed.com has released a list of Top 10 Atlanta Projects for 2014.

In introducing its list, curbed.com says, “Whether they're wrapping up, just starting or somewhere in between, major projects will be making mega progress all year long. Step back and think about it: Can any other city compete with a roster like this? Not just this year, but in any single year?”

Curbed.com's top 10 are:

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Grocery is the #1 holiday purchase! Research shows where consumers are spending this holiday season

Submitted by msleff on Monday, December 16th, 8:01 am
Grocery is the #1 holiday purchase! Research shows where consumers are spending this holiday season

With all the hype and Black Friday campouts at Best Buys and Toys R Us, you'd guess that the majority of holiday shopping budgets go to purchases like electronics, toys and clothing. But according to new research, the biggest share what comes out of your holiday wallet actually goes to ... groceries and restaurants.

New data from Card-Linked Marketing leader Cardlytics -- collected from millions of U.S. households over the past two years -- shows what consumers actually spend their money on during the holiday season.  When it comes to holiday shopping Americans are spending 24% of their budget on groceries followed by restaurants and apparel.  Toy purchases are actually at the bottom of the list.

The Top 10 Share of Wallet (see link/attached for graphics and pie charts for 2011 and 2012 holiday spending):

1. Groceries - 24%

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John Shingler promoted To Principal at Sterling Risk Advisors

Submitted by msleff on Wednesday, November 13th, 8:08 am

ATLANTA -- John Shingler has been promoted to Principal at Sterling Risk Advisors where he serves as a strategic risk advisor for the firm.  He has more than 32 years of expertise in the property and casualty brokerage industry.

His areas of expertise include:

  • Construction
  • Distributors
  • Healthcare Facilities
  • Manufacturers

Before joining Sterling Risk Advisors as a strategic risk advisor and surety bond agent, Shingler held the position of Senior Vice President with Wells Fargo Insurance Services, Hamilton Dorsey Alston and Wachovia Insurance Services. Prior to this, he spent ten years as senior vice president and principal at Boger, Reid, and Flournoy before the firm’s purchase by Brown and Brown, where he served as Senior Vice President.

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LittlePINKBook.com invites women to join conversation Nov. 12 with top female executives

Submitted by Debbie Fitzgerald
Thursday, October 17th, 2013, 9:31am
LittlePINKBook.com invites women to join conversation Nov. 12 with top female executives

ATLANTA -- LittlePINKBook.com, America’s No. 1 digital platform for career women, will host its 9th Annual Fall Empowerment Event on Tuesday, Nov. 12. Top-level female executives will share their experiences with rising through the corporate ranks to an audience of like-minded, successful women motivated to get there.  

Executives on the panel will be asked questions from the event’s moderator, Carol Costello, anchor at CNN Newsroom, Little PINK Book’s CEO and Founding Editor Cynthia Good as well as attendees. Panelists include:

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Fulton County Cooperative Extension sponsors free workshop for budding entrepreneurs

Submitted by AprilMajors on Saturday, September 14th, 7:24 am
Fulton County Cooperative Extension sponsors free workshop for budding entrepreneurs

ATLANTA -- Have you ever considered starting your own home-based business? Fulton County Cooperative Extension will sponsor a free workshop on Starting a Home-Based Business on Tuesday, Sept. 24 from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System’s Central Library, 1 Margaret Mitchell Square, Suite 109, Atlanta.

Participants will gain valuable information to help them start and maintain a successful home-based business. Specific topics will include how to identify fraud and scams billed as business opportunities, space and time needs, identifying factors that contribute to success and much more.  

Fulton County Cooperative Extension hosts monthly classes on a variety of topics such as nutrition, financial management, diabetes and gardening. Classes are held in locations throughout the county.  Call 404-332-2400 for more information.

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Sad day for Atlanta couponers: The end of Kroger double coupons

Submitted by Pretty Frugal Diva, Pretty Frugal Diva
Friday, September 6th, 2013, 3:47am
Sad day for Atlanta couponers: The end of Kroger double coupons

ATLANTA -- The wave of couponers' cries heard in the Midwest and Texas has finally hit the Southeast!

For years, we have enjoyed the everyday doubling of coupons $0.50 and less. We got FREE items because of this great policy and it made handling an almost impossible budget easier for us couponers and savvy shoppers.

While I am not saying that this will hurt us (I will be posting some other things Kroger is doing), it does have me wondering -- in this competitive Atlanta market, where we use more coupons per capita then ANYWHERE in the US -- how will this fare? Will Publix jump on the bandwagon?

The end of double coupons becomes effective September 21, 2013. For this couponer, I will be having to double check my shopping list with this new rule. It's not fun, but a lot of new things are coming from Kroger, and I think this is why the program of double couponing is ending.

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