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Maine 2024 Small Business Person of the Year, Matt Polstein, New England Outdoor Center
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/maine-2024-small-business-person-year-matt-polstein-new-england-outdoor-center… all of the plans he had put on hold since 2008. With a 7a loan from Katahdin Trust in 2021, New England Outdoor Center … -
Small businesses are the heart of our communities
https://www.sba.gov/blog/small-businesses-are-heart-our-communities… the business in 2015 with the help of an SBA-guaranteed loan that helped them renovate an old warehouse in an … -
Prepare Your Small Business for Winter Weather
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READOUT: SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman Visits Seattle, Washington to Highlight Economic Recovery of Small Businesses, and Speak at Amazon’s Accelerate Conference
https://www.sba.gov/article/2021/oct/21/readout-sba-administrator-isabella-casillas-guzman-visits-seattle-washington-highlight-economic… Salon, all recipients of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Administrator Guzman also joined Mayor Durkan's … Protection Program and the COVID Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL). With that assistance, the business was able to … -
SBA Microlending Success Story: Miriam’s Earthen Cookware Bootstrapped and Built in Her Own Backyard
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/sba-microlending-success-story-miriams-earthen-cookware-bootstrapped-and-built-her… Director of Economic Development and Brenda Bobadilla, Loan Officer at Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corp., … Miriam get lender-ready by working with her to put the loan paperwork together. The process was streamlined, fast … -
SBA’s 2022 New Hampshire Minority Owned Business of the Year Nizar Jhaver of Global American
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/sbas-2022-new-hampshire-minority-owned-business-year-nizar-jhaver-global-american… pandemic, received two SBA Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans for each of the rounds, which helped them retain … -
Security Guard to Security Services Provider
https://www.sba.gov/success-stories/security-guard-security-services-provider… she has leveraged the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) during the Covid-19 pandemic. She has also participated … Agency (FEMA). Bankhead has been able to utilize the PPP to keep her team of 18+ security officers employed during … -
Bare Life, Promoting Good Health
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/bare-life-promoting-good-health… pandemic in which the SBA Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) Advance also came into play, allowing for … -
NC 15696 - SBA Business Recovery Centers Closed in Honor of National Day of Mourning for President George H. W. Bush
https://www.sba.gov/article/2018/dec/06/nc-15696-sba-business-recovery-centers-closed-honor-national-day-mourning-president-george-h-w-bush… on the locations of Disaster Recovery Centers and the loan application process can be obtained by calling the SBA … on the locations of Disaster Recovery Centers and the loan application process can be obtained by calling the SBA … -
READOUT: Administrator Guzman Meets with Hawaii Native Business Owners & Community Partners to Highlight Economic Recovery & Local Impact of American Rescue Plan & Inflation Reduction Act
https://www.sba.gov/article/2022/aug/31/readout-administrator-guzman-meets-hawaii-native-business-owners-community-partners-highlight… sourced ingredients and benefited from COVID EIDL and PPP funds to overcome the pandemic’s challenges. … Maui for over 20 years. During the pandemic, Scott used a PPP loan and did not lay off any staff. During the construction … -
The SBA Reaffirms Its Dedication to Growth in the Black-Owned Business Community
https://www.sba.gov/blog/sba-reaffirms-its-dedication-growth-black-owned-business-community… financing, the SBA reduces lender risk through its loan programs . SBA-guaranteed loans carry competitive terms … -
U.S. Small Business Administration Releases 2025 Annual Report
https://www.sba.gov/article/2026/01/20/us-small-business-administration-releases-2025-annual-report… implemented citizenship and age verification checks on all loan applications, launched a full-scale audit of our 8(a) … -
SBA Finalizes SBIC Reforms to Fuel Private Investment in Critical Industries
https://www.sba.gov/article/2026/01/14/sba-finalizes-sbic-reforms-fuel-private-investment-critical-industries… SBA capital comes in the form of, a government-guaranteed loan to the fund to match privately raised capital. The SBA-guaranteed loan, paired with private capital, increases access to … -
Preparing to Pivot a Generational Family Business
https://www.sba.gov/success-stories/preparing-pivot-generational-family-business… Grant along with the $150K Economic Injury Disaster Loan, Frank made sure to secure the funding which ended up … debt capital from the SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan next to help pay for the masonry work that needed to get … -
SBA to Honor America’s Fastest-Growing Entrepreneurial Segment this Women’s History Month
https://www.sba.gov/blog/2023/2023-03/sba-honor-americas-fastest-growing-entrepreneurial-segment-womens-history-month… self-assessments, visit the Ascent website . Funding: SBA loan programs can help women entrepreneurs start and sustain growth. The loan programs reduce lender risk, making them ideal for … -
SBA Awards Illinois Entrepreneur as 2018 National Small Business Person of the Year
https://www.sba.gov/article/2018/may/03/sba-awards-illinois-entrepreneur-2018-national-small-business-person-year… she applied for and was approved for an SBA-backed 7(a) loan that provided the capital she needed to expand her … taught by SBA, and a $4.8 million SBA international trade loan to build a 35-mile high-capacity fiber ring around … -
Strength, Resilience, and a Little Sauce are the Ingredients for a New Beginning in Oregon
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/strength-resilience-and-little-sauce-are-ingredients-new-beginning-oregon… the job. Facing a decrease in revenue, they applied for a loan under the SBA Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) which provided a lifeline so they could continue to … -
SBDC Helps Gourmet Cookie Company Out of a Sticky Situation and Into a New and Bigger Production Facility
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/sbdc-helps-gourmet-cookie-company-out-sticky-situation-and-new-and-bigger-production… $1,655,000 in financing, including an SBA backed 7(a) loan for $660,000 through Readycap Lending, LLC, to purchase the building, and a 7(a) SBA Express loan for $120,500 through Banner Bank to assist with cash … -
Riverside County Woman Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison for Running $1.7 Million COVID-19 Benefits Fraud She Advertised on Instagram
https://www.sba.gov/article/2025/06/18/riverside-county-woman-sentenced-7-years-prison-running-17-million-covid-19-benefits-fraud-she… General COVID EIDL, Disaster, Pandemic Oversight, PPP …