The Ke'nekt Cooperative is a Black-owned community space on Ralph David Abernathy Blvd in Atlanta. It runs a cooperative retail space for Black-owned businesses and offers business support. It also hosts weekly and monthly events, like tech help for seniors, community conversations and mindful walks.
Pittsburgh Yards is a 15-acre site in southwest Atlanta that helps small businesses grow. Its main building, The Nia Building, has coworking memberships and private offices or maker spaces. The site also hosts a community market, networking nights and public events next to the Atlanta Beltline Southside Trail.
404 Grounds is a Black-owned coffee shop inside The Ke'nekt Cooperative in southwest Atlanta. It sells drip coffee, lattes and loose-leaf tea. Part of what you spend goes back into community programs in the space.
The Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs (RICE) is an Atlanta group that helps entrepreneurs start and grow businesses. It runs a step-by-step learning program called Big IDEAS, with coaching, mentoring, and links to money and contacts. Members can also use office space, a mailbox, and storage at 504 Fair Street SW.
ATDC is Georgia's startup incubator, backed by Georgia Tech. It coaches technology founders and connects them to investors, talent and corporate partners. It takes no ownership in your company. It has three membership levels: Educate for anyone in Georgia with a business idea, Accelerate for early tech companies, and Signature for fast-growing tech companies.
Atlanta Pride is a nonprofit that serves the LGBTQ+ community in metro Atlanta and across the South. Each October it holds a free Pride festival and parade in Piedmont Park. It also runs year-round events, supports local Pride causes with grants, and takes volunteers.
The Food Studio is a plant-based shared kitchen and food-business helper at Pittsburgh Yards in South Atlanta. It offers a business program with coaching and training, and kitchen memberships for people who make plant-based food. The home page talks about opening the kitchen doors and has a waitlist, so ask when the kitchen will be ready.
Plywood People is a nonprofit in Atlanta's West End. It helps founders and leaders grow businesses and nonprofits by putting them in groups called cohorts and matching them with experienced advisors. It also runs a free monthly networking night and a workspace at 933 Lee St SW.
Piedmont Park Conservancy is a nonprofit that works with the City of Atlanta to care for Piedmont Park. It runs classes, camps, walks, a Saturday green market and volunteer days. It also rents event spaces in the park.
The Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce is a business group in Atlanta that works to help Hispanic businesses and professionals across Georgia. It offers networking, workshops, leadership training, a veterans group, and volunteer matching. Its site says it is open to all.
The LOLA is a women-focused coworking and community space in Atlanta's Old Fourth Ward. People can pay to join as members and use the workspace, meeting rooms, and lounge, or come to community events like monthly networking nights and gatherings for women entrepreneurs and professionals. They also offer free tours for anyone curious about the space.
Westside Cultural Arts Center is a private event venue in Atlanta's West Midtown area with an on-site art gallery. People can rent the space for weddings, concerts, corporate events, and parties, and tour the gallery as part of booking an event.
Sweet Auburn Works is a nonprofit working to preserve, promote and revitalize the Sweet Auburn Historic District in Atlanta. It works on building and street improvements, events that bring in visitors and shoppers, and help for existing businesses. It also runs the SPARK Innovation Lab for retail and has published design guidelines for Auburn and Edgewood Avenues.
The Clarkston Community Center is a nonprofit gathering place that opened in 1994. It offers free English classes, computer classes, youth after-school and summer programs, a morning program for older refugees, and arts and wellness classes. It also gives out emergency food and rents event space.
The Village Market helps Black-owned and other small businesses in Atlanta grow. It runs marketplaces and campaigns and offers trainings, including ELEVATE, a free 12-week online program. Its sister company, The Village Retail, runs a store at Ponce City Market.
Atlanta Tech Village is a hub for tech startup founders. It has a building in Buckhead and a downtown site called ATV Sylvan. It rents desks and offices, and it holds events, pitch practice, workshops and a 12-week program for founders from underrepresented groups. Some events are free and open to the public.
The Cobb Chamber of Commerce is a business group for Cobb County. It helps local businesses meet each other, advertise, get member discounts and post jobs. It also rents meeting rooms at its headquarters and holds community events.
RYSE Creative Village is a creative studio and business incubator being built in Southwest Atlanta for people working in film, music, gaming, and digital media. It will offer production studios, classes and workforce training, and free meeting space for community groups and youth programs.
Wandalands Vineyard and Orchards is a family-owned farm in Jackson, Georgia, about 45 minutes south of Atlanta. The farm grows muscadine grapes, peaches, apples, pecans, and other fruit, and sells them at an on-site store along with jams, preserves, and gift boxes. Visitors can pick fruit in season, attend farm events and workshops, or rent the grounds for gatherings and photos.
EduFEST Live! is a free festival that thanks teachers and school staff. It is put on by the Educators NOW! Fund, a nonprofit for educators. The day has free food, drinks, entertainment, giveaways and resources, and a chance to meet other educators.
