{"636963":{"#nid":"636963","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Rural Georgia\u0027s Cady Bag Business Gets $5M Investment  ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAlfie Meek (ECON 1991) was quoted in \u0026ldquo;\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/app.meltwater.com\/mwTransition\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmetroatlantaceo.com%2Fnews%2F2020%2F07%2Fadvantage-capital-invests-5m-rural-georgias-cady-bag-business%2F\u0026amp;uId=5d30ea6025ed09300e64668a\u0026amp;cId=56a9a7d66b27d55c8c3a587e\u0026amp;dId=UZ_H4OdxjUUrf59m_JzAYHvvc5A\u0026amp;contextId=5f0889cf5e15ea1a57720137\u0026amp;op=open\u0026amp;sentiment=P\u0026amp;isHosted=false\u0026amp;publishTime=1594354482621\u0026amp;id=\u0026amp;name=\u0026amp;type=\u0026amp;transitionToken=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzUxMiJ9.eyJob3N0bmFtZSI6Im1ldHJvYXRsYW50YWNlby5jb20ifQ.u6yQ5D_8w_zSy5ZFcqzZG7WkkpCCrW6p9t2kPPWuGyPpILLcnyyFKXi_TNpNkizpelF3fU4Ew-qZat1I6bR2Jg\u0026amp;s=mail-newsletter\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ERural Georgia\u0026#39;s Cady Bag Business Gets $5M Investment\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026rdquo; \u003C\/strong\u003EMetro Atlanta CEO, July 10.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I\u0026rsquo;ve been doing economic development work here in Georgia for 25 years. Access to capital has always been a struggle for rural areas of the state,\u0026rdquo; said Georgia Tech Economist Alfie Meek, Ph.D. \u0026ldquo;Programs like GARJA work and they have a proven track record of success in getting much needed capital to rural areas.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMeek\u0026rsquo;s recent analysis of five companies that made investments in 33 Georgia businesses in connection with the GARJA program, found that these investments were directly responsible for the creation or retention of more than 1,000 jobs across rural Georgia.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/metroatlantaceo.com\/news\/2020\/07\/advantage-capital-invests-5m-rural-georgias-cady-bag-business\/\u0022\u003ERead full article.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2020-07-15 17:25:57","changed_gmt":"2020-07-15 17:25:57","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Mohammadreza Zandehshahvar","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/metroatlantaceo.com\/news\/2020\/07\/advantage-capital-invests-5m-rural-georgias-cady-bag-business\/","dateline":{"date":"2020-07-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-07-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"633711":{"id":"633711","type":"image","title":"Alfie Meek","body":null,"created":"1584893548","gmt_created":"2020-03-22 16:12:28","changed":"1585082095","gmt_changed":"2020-03-24 20:34:55","alt":"Alfie Meek","file":{"fid":"241139","name":"Alfie - head shot.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Alfie%20-%20head%20shot.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Alfie%20-%20head%20shot.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":701285,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Alfie%20-%20head%20shot.jpg?itok=QM3LyiSO"}}},"media_ids":["633711"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1282","name":"School of Economics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"184292","name":"alfie meek"},{"id":"602","name":"economics"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}