Aspire: IN THE PRESS


  • Madame Noire

    Aspire Construction & Design was honored to receive a shout out in Madame Noire’s listicle, 5 Construction Companies Owned by Black Women.

    May 2023

  • Atlanta Voice

    Amber Lawson, principal and founder of Aspire Construction & Design, moderates construction education panels for members of the Atlanta Black Chambers at Pittsburgh Yards.

    March 2023

  • black enterprise

    Pittsburgh Yards co-working members demonstrate the principles of Kwanzaa through cooperative economics. Aspire Construction & Design provided architectural design and construction services for the offices of fellow co-working member Women Engaged, a social non-profit advocating for the advancement of women’s rights.

    December 2022

  • icic award

    The Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) recognized Aspire’s phenomenal revenue growth and landed at #6 as one of the fastest growing small businesses in the inner city. In addition, Aspire was the 2022 Chevron Dorothy A. Terrell Community Impact Award recipient. The award quantifies tangible ways that thriving businesses from under-served areas invest in and enhance their communities.

    December 2022

  • NPR Wabe feature

    Local Black-Owned Build-Design Firm Helping Women Entrepreneurs Move Into Commercial Real Estate Spaces

    August 2021

  • Chicks into sports

    Amber Lawson chats with host, Yakiri Thomas, of Chicks Into Sports Podcast on her social responsibility to support the Black Lives Matter movement as a businesswoman, and more!

    July 2021

  • Business Mogul Magazine

    Aspire Construction & Design was featured in Business Mogul Magazine’s Fall 2020 issue as a ‘Business to Watch’. Check it out!

    November 2020

  • Beyond the built environment

    Aspire Construction & Design is honored to have their design for the Big Little Tiny House featured in the exhibition at the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Architecture, Beyond the Built Environment.

    October 2020

  • wei highlight

    The Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative a program within Invest Atlanta which provides resources and networking for women owned- businesses in Atlanta. Aspire was selected as a participant in the 2020 cohort. Check out Aspire’s highlight below!

    October 2020

  • Rolling Out

    Aspire Construction CEO Amber Lawson is building a new reality.

    August 2020

  • wei 2020 cohort

    Aspire Construction was recognized as a member of WEI’s 2020 cohort of strong, female business owners.

    May 2020

  • Atlanta Task force

    Former Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has appointed, Amber Lawson of Aspire Construction & Design as a member of the Atlanta Task force to reimagine and redevelop the Atlanta City Detention Center.

    July 2019