Dan Williams from Central Atlanta Progress and Dagmar Epsten of The Epsten Group join hosts Dana Barrett & Elizabeth Gordon to discuss the business headlines and to share the latest on what is happening in downtown Atlanta.

Dagmar shared the work of the Epsten Group and talked about green initiatives in Atlanta including the Better Buildings Challenge.

Elizabeth and Dana are joined in-studio by playwright and producer Lolita Snipes to talk about her new production at the 14th Street Playhouse, Good God A’Mighty! starring Melba Moore, Dante Carter and Just June.  The show opens this Thursday night 2/14 and promises to be a wonderful experience.

World Trade Center members, Joseph Walker, Executive Director of ITMS (International Travel Marketing Solutions) and Matilda Arhin, President Ghana World Chamber of Commerce and of DuxDuchy (a consulting firm) joined the usual headline coverage and banter and shared a bit about their companies and their take on the global marketplace.

Some highlights of the show include Dana making sure everyone understands that theater is not football and clarifying why and how Atlanta got the questionable title of “Sexiest City”!

World Trade Center members Mohamed Elsawah and Sasha Grujevski join hosts Dana Barrett and Elizabeth Gordon to discuss the Atlanta business headlines and their work in the global community.

Sasha Grujevski heads up the InvestMacedonia initiative for the Embassy of the Republic of Macedonia here in Atlanta. He discussed the benefits of doing business in Macedonia along with just sharing a bit about the country itself.

Mohamed Elsawah of Cobb Business Solutions is currently working with the Legal Shield Corporation and GoSmallBiz.com, as an Independent Manager to increase sales and promote the company to small businesses in North America and Canada.  He joined in the fray with Dana and Elizabeth on the headlines and also shared his views on helping small to mid-size business make the move into working globally.

Jason Swenk, creator of Goalvator and business coach Gene Hammett (Core Eleveation) join Dana & Elizabeth for a discussion of the top business headlines and an update on their businesses!

Goalvator is a wellness app that enables a you to start a health goal with your friends. By taking photos of everything you eat and then selecting how you feel throughout the day, you are able to start changing your eating habits. By taking the focus off of calories, and refocusing on how your body actually feels by having a visual record of what you ate that day on a single picture wall, you start reconditioning how you feel toward certain foods and activities.

Core Elevation uses a combination of services to meet their clients where they are with their business.  Their primary work is business coaching.  Coaching is a very powerful way to make shifts in your current thinking and it is personalized and unique to you and your business.  Core Elevation clients will tell you that the experience of coaching is what has transformed their business.

As always Dana’s featured top ten list was good for a laugh and the group managed to share their opinions on all things Atlanta.

Do music and business intersect?  They do on Good Morning Atlanta!  Hosts Dana Barrett & Elizabeth Gordon kick off 2013 with two members of the band The Sagamores and author/musician Justin Honaman who moonlights as a Vice President at Coke!

Along with the usual headlines, guest Justin Honaman was in to talk about his new book Be Extraordinary: Crush Mediocrity. Spark Curiosity and his philosophies on self-promotion among other things.  The Sagamores band members Dimitrious Hondroulis and David Tulis joined the usual headline banter and then talked about their backgrounds, their music and their performance this coming Saturday night, January 12th at Jerry Farber’s Side Door.  The show starts at 8:30PM and you can purchase tickets online here: https://www.xorbia.com/e/laffs/sagamores.

Hosts Dana Barrett and Elizabeth Gordon visit with Central Atlanta Progress Membership Manager, Dan Williams and Pablo Henderson, the Marketing Manager at the W Atlanta Downtown.

The group talks about holiday season in Atlanta and clears up which holidays are for women and which are for men!   They run down the business headlines, CAPs happenings, and then turn their attention on the new Rooftop Garden at W Atlanta.

Beginning this winter, fresh herbs, select fruits, and vegetables will be home-grown in the Rooftop Garden and used in seasonal craft cocktails served at the property’s two bars: Drinkshop and the Living Room Lounge. The Rooftop Garden aims to incorporate a regional and southern harvest that will introduce guests to native plants and nurture a sustainable environment.

Good Morning Atlanta Hosts Dana Barrett and Elizabeth Gordon are joined in the studio by Lilia Postolachi, the Director of international Services & Membership for World Trade Center Atlanta and her co-worker Catering Manager Miriam Demande.

The group focused on the relationship side of business, the meaning of 12-12-12 and also reviewed 2012 and looked forward into the new year at World Trade Center Atlanta.

Jay Bailey, the CEO of Operation HOPE in Atlanta joins Dana and Elizabeth to talk about the 20th anniversary of the organization and the recent Global Summit.

Operation HOPE is a non-profit that describes itself as the private banker for the working poor, the underclass and the struggling middle class. Their mission is ‘silver rights,’ which they define as making free enterprise and capitalism work for all.  Financial literacy is the tool, financial dignity is the goal and financial inclusion is the way.

Following the interview with Jay,  Dana and Elizabeth cover the local and national business news with their usual aplomb!

Co-hosts Elizabeth Gordon and Dana Barrett are joined with Natalie Thomas from Cultivation Five about the Fashion Rocks event and the first day of sales for her new company.  Cultivation Five is a signature T-shirt line that joins style, comfort and class with giving back to the community. Its main focus is to unite fashion and charity while incorporating high-end products at an affordable price. Partnered with local children’s charities in Atlanta, Cultivation Five donates $5 to the charity of your choice with each T-shirt sold. Cultivation Five also provides each customer with a handmade drawstring bag.

As always, Dana and Elizabeth also hit the headlines with smiles on their faces and sarcasm in their hearts!  Today’s discussion includes the idea of high speed rail between Atlanta and Savannah, the new Porsche plant in Atlanta, Twinkies and the $500 million Powerball jackpot.