Panel at National Association of Personal Financial Advisors Event on Feb. 27 to Cover Best Practices

Emily Sanders, CPA, CCM, Chairman & CEO of Sanders Financial Management, will join other top financial advisors in a panel discussion -- focused on helping financial advisors build their business -- at the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA) South Region Winter Symposium at the Hilton Garden Inn in Atlanta on Feb. 27.

The symposium, “Aim Higher, Grow Better: Power Up Your Practice in 2012,” begins at 8 a.m. and concludes at 4:45 p.m.  It includes speakers and interactive sessions on:

• Sharpening Your Marketing Focus
• Marketing Your Services
• Building Your Online Presence

Sanders’ panel will cover both best practices and pitfalls for building your business.

ATLANTA -- Gas prices are higher than ever for this time of year with the Metro Atlanta average for a gallon of regular reaching $3.54, according to AAA South.

Sunday's average was up 14 cents from a month ago and 44 cents from a year ago.

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"The pressure for gas prices is up," said certified financial planner Wes Moss of Atlanta-based Capital Investment Advisors. "We have seen oil prices go up for the last four months faster than gasoline prices. The trend is certainly higher.

Sidewalks, a streetscape in your community or repaving of nearby streets.  This is a small sample from a comprehensive list of transportation planned projects that our citizens would like to see in their community.  The question remains.  How do we fund them? This summer voters within the ten-county Atlanta metropolitan area will decide whether to fund local and regional transportation projects (from an existing list of projects developed from public input) through a regional transportation referendum.

The City of Atlanta is expected to receive a little over $9.0 million per year for ten years to spend on local projects. The City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office, the Departments of Planning and Community Development and Public Works, in coordination with the Atlanta City Council, are working to develop a rolling five-year list of projects to be funded by the 15-percent local allocation, if the referendum passes in July.