Business owners chase loans to make payroll, survive

With confusion at the top of the list, entreprenuers and bankers in the region muddled through the first two weeks of financial relief.

  • By Mark Gordon
  • | 12:24 p.m. April 23, 2020
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File. Sean Dotson is seeking around $1 million from the Paycheck Protection Program, for his company, RND Automation
File. Sean Dotson is seeking around $1 million from the Paycheck Protection Program, for his company, RND Automation
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Vacation resort owner Garrett Kenny believed so much in 2020, what he thought was going to be “a very very good year,” he broke ground on a $3.5 million events and wedding center in 2019. On the grounds of Balmoral Resort in Polk County, the facility was going to complement some other new projects there, including a $5 million sports facility that opened last year. 

 

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