Cultivating a Thriving Business Ecosystem on the BeltLine
Looking to locate your business along the Atlanta BeltLine?
The BeltLine Business Solutions Office is your one-stop-shop for assistance in all aspects of your business!
Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. has launched a special initiative to help local small businesses open, expand and thrive along the BeltLine. The office delivers tailored solutions to small businesses operating in the BeltLine Planning Area—with special priority placed on businesses owned by women and minorities in Subareas 1,2,9, and 10.
Grow Your Small Business!
The BeltLine Business Solutions Office is a one-stop shop that connects existing programs and services focused on supporting small local businesses to entrepreneurs looking to launch on the BeltLine in Atlanta.
Businesses interested in receiving assistance can get help from two distinct offered tracks:
- BeltLine Business Ventures: curriculum-based training over the course of several months in a small group of other small businesses. Learn more.
- Direct One-on-One Assistance: working with our team members or partners to determine the best way to successfully scale your business. Email business@atlbeltline.org for more details.
An additional resource is our Partner Referral Network—a collection of partners who specialize in services like accessing capital, technical assistance, business coaching, and more.
Investing In Local, Small, Independent, Women And Minority Owned Businesses.
The areas surrounding the BetlLine is a destination for commerce for many existing and aspiring small business owners. Despite the existence of many small business support organizations within the City of Atlanta, there is no dedicated business resource for BeltLine-specific economic activities. ABI views this as a missed opportunity for a non-traditional economic development approach and is committed to evolving its economic development work to invest in local, small, independent, women and minority owned businesses.
The BeltLine Business Solutions Office is part of the BeltLine’s economic inclusion framework, which consists of four pillars:
- small business support
- commercial district support
- workforce development, and
- commercial affordability.
Through programs and activities that align with these pillars, the BeltLine’s goal is to spur inclusive economic growth for small, local, independent businesses– with an emphasis on Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE)– around the corridor; contribute to wealth building for communities in ABI’s Equity Priority Areas; and drive further job creation through their growth and development.
