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PublishedApril 28, 2020
Facing uproar over small-business program, White House vows to review who’s getting loans
The Trump administration scrambled to address mounting criticism of a new program that some big companies used to obtain taxpayer-backed loans.
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PublishedApril 27, 2020
Federal loan program changes rules to benefit seasonal businesses
As of Monday, the federal Paycheck Protection Program is allowing seasonal businesses to calculate their loan amounts based on expenses from last summer.
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PublishedApril 21, 2020
Nearly 17,000 Maine small businesses have received federal emergency loans so far
Paycheck Protection Program funding totals nearly $2.25 billion in Maine to date, according to U.S. Sen. Susan Collins' office.
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PublishedApril 10, 2020
Emergency loans to Maine small businesses exceed $1 billion
More than 5,300 businesses had been approved as of Friday morning for federally backed Paycheck Protection Program emergency loans.
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PublishedJanuary 22, 2020
Three decades late, Small Business Administration eyes help for rural Maine
Federal bureaucrats never established the Office of Rural Affairs when it was mandated in 1990, but after a California representative took action to get it going, financial assistance for business development in states like Maine may finally get off the ground.
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PublishedDecember 5, 2019
Celebrating pies in Oxford
Cindy Johnston and Lisa Dunham bought Valley View Orchard Pies in August, 2018. Last year the company shipped over 67,000 pies, whoopie pies, crisp trays and tea cakes So far in 2019 they have produced more than 104,000 treats, with the Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s holidays still to come. They recently expanded to a larger facility on Madison Ave. in Oxford. On Nov. 13 the U.S. Small Business Association toured the facility and recognized Valley View Orchard Pies as a successful, women-owned small business supported by the SBA and local partners.
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PublishedOctober 24, 2019
US House passes Jared Golden’s bill to help a federal small business program
A measure by the 2nd Congressional District Democrat to increase funding for the Small Business Development Center program got bipartisan support this week.
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PublishedSeptember 13, 2019
Maine receives grant to help exporters
The SBA award is administered by the Maine International Trade Center to help Maine businesses boost sales overseas.
U. S. Small Business Administration
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