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“We closed on March 18, Hopkins recalled. It was a Wednesday. I will forever remember that date.
As a new business owner, she said she hadn’t started taking an income yet. I was right on the edge of doing that in March when everything kind of turned upside down, she added.
So, Hopkins, like others in her position, immediately applied for the PPP loan and other grants. While she was able to get funding through the PPP, she was able to support her two employees but ran into other issues.
Hopkins said her monthly rent is three times more than her monthly payroll expense and added the loan wasn t as helpful as it was for other businesses.