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Yeah, ready afternoon Everyone. Thank you so much for hearing this afternoon. First. I wanna make sure that everyone is help staying put at this time. I wanna extend my thanks to Bill who's the director of the small administration from here and for all the work that she's doing so to support our local small businesses in the beginning of this is I have been hearing from businesses all over across South Florida who have been disproportionately affected by this crisis. We rely on tourism on cruise ships on the Earth. Industry and thousands of workers have already lost their jobs due to this man, and if you look around us, we don't have many open businesses in and it comes very cost to all of us. These small and mid size are finding themselves in a goal in the difficult decision asking how they can use this crisis and understand, and I understand how important it is to support our small businesses. They boy almost 50 percent of American workers and they are the heart of our economy. Congress. We moved to minimize the impact all businesses and we authorize an almost seven billion. But it's just two weeks ago and load inter loans to affected small businesses. I was also very proud to lead the charge to call on Governor DeSantis to make sure that he followed the guidelines and issue a declaration so that these loans would be easily available to on medium sized businesses and I'm proud to support her. in addition to the tea also approved additional help for small business form of 50 to a hundred thousand dollar loans. I also signed on to a bill calling for the expansion of SBA. Zero interest zero feel affected small businesses and this also provide debt repayment relief for small business and expand the amount of eligible businesses apply for these loans. Now, all of this is great small businesses. don't know get there. It didn't at all. so that is why we are here to launch an important out information effort called the Corona virus Small and Means Recovery two in the South, Florida, local business owners and entrepreneurs have information necessary apply and receive emergency aid. Now I have launched. A website with resources to help small and medium businesses learn how to apply the SBA's economic disaster loans. I will also be hosting a weekly virtual events, business owners and entrepreneurs to enjoy know how to use these resources to answer their questions. I'm also support a small business administration and FIU Small Business Development Center will be hosting webinars concessions for Apple tomorrow. I'm seeing my first event for its fall with local businesses make them aware of these resources. answer any questions interest bit owners can go. And register at my website at Mel Dash Powell dot have to RSVP and for those interested in the SP Comic injury disaster loans to help small fit been affected. You can also visit my website to find out if you're in an area and learn how to apply or you can reach out to your local CPA District office in your small business needs an application. This development centers can assist with the process and just call 3077993 zero when our small businesses are are intense and why. All to know that I stand by us community and we were as a resource to make that we can to get through this prices and a strong way and I'm gonna turn it over to Victoria afternoon. Everyone foremost. I wanna say thank you for women and her staff are putting this together all that you do small business. so thank you very much so I want to speak directly business owners in our community. We know that you've been want you to know that you're not the SBA 11 resource partners all of the DC's Malbis Development Centers are women businesses in our sport chapters. We are all to assist you are also working closely. With all of our congressional staff and with the palettes of information out on our economic injury, disaster loans so our economic injury to loan is alone that business owners can apply for it allows you to request up to two million dollars in funding at a three point, 75 percent rate and the rebirth is up to 30 years and, of course, this will be on case by case now what you use the funding for the funding is utilized to help you keep your operations running so you can use it to pay your pick. You can use it to pay any fixed asset you need just to. Continue but play for them you would need to go to for disaster. It's an online application again. That website is SBA dot Gov forward slash Disaster state, but this is an event when there's a disaster or localizes astro effect a few counties. This is the first time we've had a virus as a National disaster Nation, so that world that I gave you at times. it will slow down it may fees and we just added please many business owners. Able to applications a different after night at midnight, one or two, but you can also upload your patient there how long does that thing I get that asked a lot typically it would take about three to four weeks, so it takes about 10 to 10 days and so your application is complete and Bowl for them to revision to decide whether you're approved or not once you are approaching documents or some except five businesses to receive now. what if I'm offending a little bit quicker or you're looking for more of a short-term, the state of Florida. And the governor, they called the small business in Bridge Loan. it's on because it in essence it bridges the time that the practice occurred to the time that the small business owners receives their full funding or federal loan. This is a one year low. It's for short, it's zero percent for the first. It does go up to 12 percent you can request up to $50000 and it is a hundred thousand dollars and what I really urge the owners to do is apply from a fewer into the Florida. Richland go to Florida after Loan dot org Florida Disaster Loan dot org The reason I say it's time for brothers once you reach that will keep you running and then once you get the federal, the economic injury disaster that one will pay off the previous stone that you see so I had to encourage everyone to do that. you wanna give you some additional phone numbers that you can contact Email addresses If you do have some dreams and reference to any of these, you can contact Hundred 6295 again. 6592955. That's. Phone number for our next disaster customer service For those of you that are hearing you can contact 18 eight 77398 779, and for those of you that rather send an Email Email Disaster Customer service at SBA dot Gov designer Service at SBA dot Now my local office Warda. We are also finalized twice a day to help the camp process information and win this webinars will be and our virtual office out go to SBA dot Gov forward slash South Florida as vehicle for South Florida. Can I sign up for our Email distress on that page towards the bottom on the right? make sure to send information as soon as we receive it. Thank you again. and we all want you to know that we'll overcome this and we will be one of the way. Thank you excuse me your name. My name is Victoria Guerrero Last name is Ben he. GUY ER. Thank my tax district direct US South strict. Victory will be very busy. She is already thank you. I was trying to memorize everything that was good. My first press.











