Small Business Association Office of Advocacy Archives

SBA Re-Opens PPP to Community Financial Institutions First with dedicated access

January 12, 2021

The U.S. Small Business Administration, in consultation with the U.S. Treasury Department, re-opened the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan portal Jan. 11.

Standing from left: Lawrence Williams, owner, Gravity Indoor Trampoline Park; Melvin Everson, director of Business and Industry Training, Continuing Education, Gwinnett Technical College; Jeff Tweed, owner, Big Frog Custom T-Shirts and More of Snellville; Eric Van Otteren Snellville Economic Development Manager; Councilman Dave Emanuel; Barbara McClure, founder and chief executive officer of Snellville-based A Defined Image Med Spa; Karen Foote, owner, L.E.A.A.D.S; Debra Poirot, District director, Congressman Rob Woodall’s office; Christopher Blocker, business services specialist, WorkSource Atlanta Regional Commission; Doug Adams, president Greater Eastside Chamber of Commerce and Adams Financial Management owner; and Bruce LeVell, Small Business Association’s Office of Advocacy’s Region 4 advocate. Kneeling from left: Edward MacFarlane, owner FastSigns, and Joe Wilson, political activist.

President Trump’s Small Business Advocate kicks off Business Dinner Series; urges deregulation

April 14, 2018

SNELLVILLE – A group of small business owners had a direct line to President Donald Trump Tuesday and used it to voice their questions and comments about issues facing their businesses.