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2010 Table of Contents 4 Front Cover Features 14 Spark Plug Radio 15 PowerfulLatinas.com 16 The Mayor of Sweet Auburn 17 April Holmes Foundation, Inc. 18 Pristine Technology Solutions 19 AgingBackwards.com 20 KIPP: Metro Atlanta 21 Grow Through It & Lead 22 Accountant 24 Advertising/Marketing 30 Attorneys 40 Credit Union 42 Event Planning

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THE MAYOR of Sweet Auburn

By Petula Renee Wright

Johnson says, “When I originally took over the festival, to some extent, it was a big flea market. Over the years, we’ve developed various venues of the festival that include arts and literature, business and technology, a Dream Home Showcase, International Film Festival, Just For Women Expo, Car and Bike Show, the Fantastic Family Fun Zone, and last but not least, the Health and Fitness Fair. We want people to come to the festival to discover new things. We want them to see what folks are achieving. Those who come to the festival also have an opportunity to rediscover Auburn Avenue.” “When I speak of Sweet Auburn, I’m not just speaking of Auburn Avenue, I’m speaking of Edgewood, JW Dobbs, Jesse Hill Jr., the community, Johnson says. And if you look on Edgewood, you’ll see there are a lot of new and exciting businesses background photograph ubikcan, (c) 2009 opening: young Black visionaries, entrepreneurs are opening businesses. And that is what we celebrate.” “It’s wonderful when you can do The Founder of the Spirit of Sweet Auburn and something that you love to do and it’s the Executive Producer of the Sweet Auburn Springfest - The Big Show Tour successful. It’s not a job,” he explains. “When you see people are pleased association. In 1993, he spearheaded r. Johnson’s passion and people come out to the festival the production of the festival and confor Atlanta’s Auburn and the businesses on the street prostinues the tradition, year after year. Avenue began when per, the vendors make money and the Today, his voice is as vibrant as he moved to the city artists who entertain are discovered, ever while detailing Auburn’s expanin 1984 from Philadelthat’s fantastic.” sions, developments and happenings phia. At that time, he didn’t know any“More important is that people reon what he calls the greatest street on thing about Auburn Avenue or its “great discover Auburn Avenue and see it as a the planet. “We want to promote the history” and walking the street was his destination, a place to live, shop, dine, spirit that makes Auburn Avenue great. introduction to the community. work, play and worship.” Johnson’s It’s a universal spirit,” says the Stone “It’s been a love affair ever since,” vision is to expand the festival to Mountain resident. “The says the founder of the include Lucky Street (NW Auburn same spirit that the Spirit of Sweet Auburn “We want to Avenue) and extend activities to Cenpeople of South Africa (formerly the Friends tennial Olympic Park, encompassing promote the had to fight apartheid... of Sweet Auburn). In all of downtown, making the Sweet the late 1980s, Johnspirit that makes that’s the spirit of Sweet Auburn Springfest one of the largest Auburn. That’s what son participated in street festivals in the world. Auburn Avenue makes the spirit great. the Sweet Auburn FestiComplete information about the That’s why 350,000 to val as a vendor and in great.” Sweet Auburn District may be found at 500,000 people come later years he became www.sweetauburn.com. to the Sweet Auburn Festival.” involved in Sweet Auburn’s business

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