Businesses directly impacted by the June 12 mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando can now apply for low-interest economic injury disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Gov. Rick Scott announced Thursday that the SBA has made a disaster declaration for Orange, Brevard, Lake, Osceola, Polk, Seminole and Volusia counties. Scott requested Wednesday that the SBA make the loans available for Orange County.
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The state has already made its Small Business Emergency Bridge Loan Program available for emergency, short-term, interest-free loans to small businesses impacted by the Orlando massacre.