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Come join the group today and check out our Membership Directory program if you're a local business looking to expand your outreach!

Episode 3 of The Southern Shmooze Podcast is out now! Thanks to Michelle with for joining me on this one :) Special sho...
04/15/2026

Episode 3 of The Southern Shmooze Podcast is out now! Thanks to Michelle with for joining me on this one :) Special shout out to my dog Clarence for making an appearance and my boy Gus for joining me on the intro. Also, fun fact, we just passed over a hundred streams so that means y’all are actually listening 🙃 Which is great news because I intend to keep these rolling out every week!

Just type in The Southern Shmooze wherever you get your podcasts and holler if you got someone in mind for the next one!

Quick shout out to the .atlanta Earth Day event coming up this weekend! 🌎
04/13/2026

Quick shout out to the .atlanta Earth Day event coming up this weekend! 🌎

Episode two of The Southern Shmooze Podcast is out now! Big thanks to Lane with Eso.Projects for joining me on this one....
04/08/2026

Episode two of The Southern Shmooze Podcast is out now! Big thanks to Lane with Eso.Projects for joining me on this one.

If you missed last week’s announcement I’m officially hosting a podcast where each week I interview one of our small ATL businesses that you’ve come to know and love on our group. If you’re interested in being a part of the journey just let me know otherwise I’ll be back next week with Episode 3 with special guest Michelle Parranvani!🥰

If you’re interested in listening just type The Southern Shmooze into whatever podcasting app you use! Toss it a subscribe if you want to get weekly alerts🙃

hey y'all! I'm reeeeaally excited to share some shmooze news with you that our Southern Shmooze Podcast is officially up...
04/04/2026

hey y'all! I'm reeeeaally excited to share some shmooze news with you that our Southern Shmooze Podcast is officially up and running! nearly 6 years ago I posted in here that I was going to start one up in a couple weeks and nearly 260 weeks later I finally did it😅🥳🙃 Just one of those lessons that you should never give up something. It'll find its way eventually.

This has been just one of the small dreams I've been wanting to do with the group for so long and couldn't have done it without our Shmooze Certified businesses helping fund this endeavor. so once again, from the bottom of my heart, thank you to everyone who has taken part of our Membership program as it continues to allow me to do fun things for our Atlanta community.

On that note, lets give it up for Forrest Smith who is guest #1! Next week will be Lane Thurman and the following week is Michelle Parravani! Give me a little grace as I get more into the swing of things with this but I'm confident we'll find our rhythm and flow sooner than later. Just search for The Southern Shmooze on any of your podcasting apps and it should pop up!

Have a badass easter!
~ Grant 🐣

Shout out to for hosting us for March’s Shmooze Meetup! Our next meetup won’t be a public one but we’re very fortunate ...
03/27/2026

Shout out to for hosting us for March’s Shmooze Meetup! Our next meetup won’t be a public one but we’re very fortunate to have host us at their HQ in ATL for the upcoming meetup next week! If you’re a local business and you’d like to join us just holler down below and i’ll shoot you some details on it 🙂 If you know a business who might be a good fit for The Shmooze team please tag them down below as well!

bit of an awkward selfie but the message is good hearted! one of our day-one members could use a bit of a financial help...
03/08/2026

bit of an awkward selfie but the message is good hearted! one of our day-one members could use a bit of a financial help so I got together with another shmooze member Michelle to help create a GoFundMe for her. She’s been a huge help to this group and easily one of our MVP members so I felt like it would be nice to try and help her and her family out during this trying period. I’ve donated $100 to start things off. she’s very prideful of her work and company and didn’t feel comfortable setting this up on her own (I get that) but Michelle and I felt otherwise and wanted to help support her since she’s done so much for a lot of us here (six years with the group giving recommendations, referrals and just helping it grow and thrive). no pressure obviously but thank you for reading and I’ll drop the link in our Facebook group if you felt inclined to donate🥰

02/18/2026

The Shmooze is in the news!! Thank you to Josh at Atlanta News First for seeing what this community is all about. Helping local small businesses thrive in our city. We shot this yesterday and it aired a few times already so welcome new members that found us in TV land!

On that note I’m just here to keep tooting the horns of our Shmooze Certified businesses that are making all of this possible. Without them I wouldn’t have the time or energy to focus on this as a small business for myself and therefore I need to always send my gratitude out 🙏 Coming very soon will be a Shmooze podcast so you can get to learn about our team members on an even more personal level. If you value this group, show them some love and hire one of them for your next project!

and if you’re new here I can give you a few hints on how to find them 🙂

1) check our directory on our website
2) look for a badge next to their name in here
3) If you see any promo posts in the group, that’s them!
4) come to a meetup and meet them IRL! next one is March 5th at Reds Beer Garden 🍻

❤ Grant

02/18/2026

Fun Fact: When Atlanta stopped curbside glass recycling, this dad stepped up for his newborn son's future. 3 years and 34,000 lbs of glass later, he still going. Absolute legend.

📸- r/BeAmazed/reddit

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Here is his website if you want to become more involved.

02/16/2026

Building Community Through The Southern Shmooze When Atlanta’s neighborhoods were searching for connection and reliability in uncertain times, Grant Thoma

Shmooze Shoutout to some of new members to the team! Welcome! Feel free to meet some of them at our next Shmooze meetup ...
02/16/2026

Shmooze Shoutout to some of new members to the team! Welcome! Feel free to meet some of them at our next Shmooze meetup March 5th at Red’s Beer Garden as well 🙂

A-AAcess Oline Payments Systems Inc ~ Nelda has been helping cut credit card costs for small businesses since 1998 and I’m excited to keep the conversation going with them about reducing my fees for my businesses as well!

RST Roofing and Renovations ~ Jeffrey Teitelbaum is based in Decatur and can help with all your residential and commercial roofing/roofer, repairs, and storm damage services.

Prodigy Movers is a licensed and insured Atlanta moving company ran by Nick Simmons specializing in local and long-distance moves, office/commercial relocations, and add-on services like packing/unpacking, junk & trash removal, and specialty moving for pianos and hot tubs. 

Bookkeeping by Andrea ~ Andrea Perry provides virtual accounting, bookkeeping and business services. I’ve used her services for my business with Grantlanta Lawn so definitely recommend!

Just a reminder you can find all of our Certified businesses on our website directory so take a peek at your leisure.

02/12/2026

Hey, I’m Grant! I started The Southern Shmooze during the pandemic as a local community group to help neighbors connect with small businesses. Today it’s grown into 15,000 members supporting each other across metro Atlanta.

Need a contractor, plumber, painter, landscaper… or someone to fix that “quick DIY project” that got out of hand?

I’ve watched side hustles turn into full-time careers because of this community. I’ve seen businesses book out months from a single strong referral. That’s why I love building this.

We host monthly meetups like this one to keep it personal and rooted in real relationships.

If you’re a local business owner, I’m offering a free two-week trial to experience the membership team and see how it works.

By neighbors, for neighbors.

Don’t Google it. Shmooze it. 🙂

The Southern Shmooze - Connecting Atlanta Homeowners with Local Experts

good afternoon shmooze fam ☀️ this weeks meetup was a banger, new and old businesses coming out to meet n greet at our m...
02/06/2026

good afternoon shmooze fam ☀️ this weeks meetup was a banger, new and old businesses coming out to meet n greet at our monthly hangouts!

we’re almost a year into when I first started hosting these back in March of last year and it’s just a real treat to get to go offline and meet everyone IRL. these meetings are always open to y’all as well so everyone is welcome in case you’d like to meet your next favorite ________. Or you can just come say hi, we don’t bite!

I’d love to continue meeting more neighbors and businesses alike so if you want to join it’s on the first Thursday of every month. I’m always looking for new restaurants to meet at so shout out to Petit Chou and Woods Chapel BBQ for hosting the the last two🥰 if you’re a restaurant owner and would like to host us we’d love to continue to support local!

If you’re a member in here and you want to support the shmooze I recommend supporting the businesses that make this group possible. They’re putting their money where their mouth is and helping me spend my time and energy keeping things smooth and fun in here. Just check our our website directory or look for the “group expert” badge while using the group to find those that are making all of this possible 🙏

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