Small business owners are struggling to receive money from paycheck protection programs despite assurance from the government that the process would be fast and easy.
Consumer Reporter Susan Hogan is following three business owners — Jeff Rogers of CrossFit Bethesda, Jules Clifford of Event Photography North America and Marialy Escobar of Cervantes Coffee Roasters in Springfield — as they navigate the process.
Check out their video diaries below.
Jules Clifford, Event Photography North America
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Jules Clifford, Event Photography North America, Part 14
Jules Clifford, Event Photography North America, Part 15
Jeff Rogers, CrossFit Bethesda
Jeff Rogers, CrossFit Bethesda, Part 4
Jeff Rogers, CrossFit Bethesda, Part 6
Jeff Rogers, CrossFit Bethesda, Part 7
Jeff Rogers, CrossFit Bethesda, Part 8
Jeff Rogers, CrossFit Bethesda, Part 9
Jeff Rogers, CrossFit Bethesda, Part 10
Jeff Rogers, CrossFit Bethesda, Part 11
Jeff Rogers, CrossFit Bethesda, Part 12
Jeff Rogers, CrossFit Bethesda, Part 13
Marialy Escobar, Cervantes Coffee Roasters
Marialy Escobar, Cervantes Coffee Roasters, Springfield, Part 5
Cervantes Coffee Roasters in Springfield, Virginia, got its paycheck protection.
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Small business owners are struggling to receive money from paycheck protection programs despite assurance from the government that the process would be fast and easy. Consumer Reporter Susan Hogan reports.
Small businesses are struggling, and many of them are hoping loans from the federal government's Paycheck Protection Program will help keep them afloat, but the launch had a rocky start. Consumer Reporter Susan Hogan follows three businesses through the process.
