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WATERTOWN — The Clinton company that took over Freeman Bus last year will add about a dozen jobs after completing a major expansion at its Marble Street garage.
Local businesses benefitting from Paycheck Protection Program
WWNY Local businesses benefitting from Paycheck Protection Program By Abbey Buttacavoli | January 25, 2021 at 4:27 PM EST - Updated January 25 at 6:20 PM
WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) - The second round of the Paycheck Protection Program has begun and some North Country businesses are getting a portion of the $285 billion set aside for federal pandemic relief.
For 8 decades, Freeman Bus Corporation has operated in Watertown. But in 2020, President Leif Petterson says business nearly stalled.
“Being in the people transportation business has been pretty severely impacted by COVID-19,” he said.
Petterson says he employs about 45 workers. To keep them on the payroll and to pay the bills, Freeman Bus applied for the second round of PPP.