Banks to the Rescue
Small businesses wait for banks to get federal money from the Paycheck Protection Program.
Like many business owners across Northern Virginia, Cyrille Brenac is still waiting to hear back from his bank about his application to the Paycheck Protection Program. That’s the $350 billion program that was part of the $2.2 trillion stimulus law designed to offer money to small businesses who can demonstrate they are keeping their employees. For Brenac, who lives in the Cherrydale neighborhood of Arlington, the money would help him rehire about 50 employees of his two French restaurants he laid off when the economy abruptly shut down as the result of the global COVID-19 pandemic.
A Little ‘TLC’ Makes All the Difference for Many Shelter Cats in Alexandria
TLC delivered by patient, resilient cat whisperers.
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Alexandria Budget 2.0
No property tax increase; capital projects delayed; MacArthur project to continue.
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