On Tuesday November 5, 2019, the citizens of Stonecrest, Georgia made a decisive decision to stick with Jason Lary as Mayor.  Mayor Lary is the city's very first mayor since being established in 2016.  Other candidates running for mayor were Charles Hill and former city councilwoman Diane Adoma.

The official election night watch party was held at the AEI Startup Factory in Stonecrest.  The AEI Startup Factory is a co-working and event space owned by Mr. Lecester Bill Allen.  Mr. Allen is the a real estate developer and has a plan to develop what will become the Stonecrest "city center" near Stonecrest Mall.

Stonecrest is poised to be a great economic opportunity for those interested in business.  

We congratulate the mayor and will keep you posted about this fast growing city in the Atlanta, Georgia metro area.

The country's largest college scholarship fair will be held on October 23rd - 24th, 2019 at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest, GA.  Courtney Dillard, of The Leadership Team USA, is the host.

During the two day event, 50 colleges and universities will offer college scholarships on the spot to high school seniors.  Last year, students who attended the event received $39 million dollars in awarded scholarships.

October 18, 2019
OneUnited Bank is a Black owned bank that operates primarily online.  The bank is well known for promoting the concept of African Americans banking and shopping with Black owned establishments. 

The bank has a new initiative called 'BankBlack X' that seeks to educate the Black community using a new online training portal.

BankBlack X has 3 main components.

1. A free Online Financial Education Center
2. A new BankBlack Card
3. BankBlack Early Pay - (Where card holders can get paid 2 days early.)

OneUnited Bank is supported strongly by rapper/activist, Killer Mike, and other celebrity endorsers.

Teri Williams, President & COO of OneUnited stated, "We have many weapons to affect change, starting with the truth. The reality is that almost everything we have been taught about Black Americans and money has been wrong. We have been bamboozled and led astray…for 400 years. We need to share the truth to make financial literacy a core value of our community!"

We visited the free online training portal and it seems to be easy to use and very informative.  This may be a great tool in order to spread financial literacy in our community.

Learn more about the new program at https://www.oneunited.com/

Author
Stephen Wicks
Founder, BlackBusinessList.Com