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Marcus JCC Receives $50K CARES Act Grant Atlanta Dentist Receives Prestigious The Marcus JCC of Atlanta is one of Fellowship
19 Georgia arts organizations recently awarded a $50,000 grant from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act from the National Endowment for the Arts. The NEA received more than 3,100 eligible applications for the direct assistance. A total of 855 organizations — from every state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico — received a total of $44.5 million in nonmatching funds to support staff salaries, fees for artists or contractual personnel, and facilities costs. “This funding will have a significant impact on the MJCCA and specifically, the Book Festival of the MJCCA,” said CEO Jared Powers. “Support from this grant will allow the Book Festival, one of the most highly regarded literary events in the South, to continue to serve the community in transformative ways – currently in a virtual format, and later, when it is safe, with the return of physical programming. We are grateful to the NEA for not only recognizing our need during this incredibly challenging time but for also recognizing the contributions our agency has made,
and will continue to make, to the community on an annual basis.” Established by Congress in 1965, NEA is the independent federal agency whose funding and support gives Americans the opportunity to participate in the arts, exercise their imaginations, and develop their creative capacities. Through partnerships with state arts agencies, local leaders, other federal agencies, and the philanthropic sector, the Arts Endowment supports arts learning, affirms and celebrates America’s rich and diverse cultural heritage, and extends its work to promote equal access to the arts in every community across America.
Crowdfunding Leader Adds Jamestown to its Platform StartEngine, one of the nation’s largest equity crowdfunding platforms, announced it was collaborating with Jamestown, a leading global real estate investment and management company, to introduce Jamestown Invest to its platform. Jamestown, which developed Ponce City Market, is led by CEO Matt Bronfman. The new online real estate investment vehicle represents the first and only Regulation A+ real estate investment opportunity StartEngine has featured among its listings, typically dominated by technology startups, according to a press release. The new listing comes in response to increasing interest for real estate investments, which are seen as helpful in developing balanced portfolios, according to the release. Since its launch in 2015, StartEngine has raised more than $150 million for over 350 companies on its crowdfunding platform. “We’re very excited to introduce Jamestown Invest to investors who have voiced a desire to invest in real estate,” said StartEngine co-founder and CEO Howard Marks. “With its focus on value-added real estate opportunities, Jamestown Invest offers our investors the ability to invest in real estate with a proven team.” Michael Phillips, a principal and president of Jamestown, said, “Today’s generation of investors want to have a sense that 22 | JULY 31, 2020 ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES
their investments are lifting communities and building their neighborhoods; they want to know that their investment managers share their values. We launched Jamestown Invest so individuals throughout the U.S. could have the opportunity to invest in commercial real estate through a platform where there is a multidimensional return. StartEngine is an ideal partner for Jamestown Invest because they understand the importance of this type of relationship.” Jamestown Invest is an online directto-consumer investment vehicle that offers the opportunity to invest in real estate for a minimum of $2,500. Backed by Jamestown’s more than 35-year track record of investing and managing real estate, the fund focuses on the acquisition of valueadd properties in urban locations with potential for repositioning or redevelopment, the release said. Since its launch in December 2019, Jamestown Invest has acquired a majority stake in Southern Dairies, a historic fivebuilding, 79,000-plus-square-foot creative office campus in Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward neighborhood. Located just steps away from Ponce City Market and the Atlanta BeltLine Eastside Trail, the former dairy distribution plant now houses a diversified tenant mix including architectural, advertising and real estate firms.
Dr. Marianna Kovitch recently received the prestigious Fellowship Award from the Academy of General Dentistry. The award recognizes an ACG member’s commitment to excellence in dental education. Kovitch was recognized with 340 other “dentists looking to provide the highest quality of dental care by remaining current in their profession,” according to a press release. To qualify, Kovitch completed 500 hours of continuing dental education, passed a comprehensive written exam and fulfilled three years of continuing membership with the AGD. She joins “an elite group of more than 17,105 members of the dental community who understand that great smiles and good oral health for their patients are the result of going above and beyond basic requirements. The Fellowship Award symbolizes excellence in the dental profession and a commitment to providing exceptional patient care.” AGD president Connie White said, “Only 6 percent of all dentists have achieved this designation, and we are proud to honor Dr. Kovitch for her commitment and dedication to provide her patients with advanced and exceptional oral health care. She is exceeding indus-
try requirements and paving a path of success, distinguishing herself professionally amongst her peers and exemplifying her allegiance to the dental community.” Kovitch is a member of Temple Sinai and her children attend Jewish schools in Cobb County. She is a Russian immigrant who came to the U.S. in 1989 “like so many others in order to have the chance of being a doctor and getting awards without having Jewish persecution at every step.” She graduated from the Medical College of Georgia in 2011, is board-certified in dental sleep medicine and holds a fellowship from the International Congress of Oral Implantologists.
Steinberg Receives Physician Hall of Fame Award Dr. Anna (Chanie) Steinberg has achieved the Physician Hall of Fame award from Emory Healthcare DeKalb operating unit. Steinberg’s practice is at Emory at Downtown Decatur. Out of a field of 30, she was one of six doctors chosen for the award. Steinberg received this coveted award for her sensitivity to patient needs and follow-up with patients, in addition to her contributions as a long-time volunteer at Physicians’ Care Clinic. She was also recently named among Atlanta magazine’s Atlanta Top Doctors 2020. ì
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