Monterey Park to host company assistance center as financial hit of mass shooting linger – San Gabriel Valley Tribune

The bustling Garvey Avenue firms are slow on Thursday, January 26, 2023 in Monterey Park given that the Monterey Park mass shooting at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio on the Lunar New Year. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Every day News/SCNG)

The U.S. Tiny Small business Administration is giving low-interest loans to smaller firms and nonprofits economically impacted by the Monterey Park shooting on Jan. 21.

For company owners needing guidance or help in applying for the loans, the city of Monterey Park is partnering with the SBA and Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment to host a no cost Financial Injury Disaster Loan Application Help Center from June five to June eight and from June 12 to June 15 at the Barnes Park Service Club Home.

Regardless of early resilence amongst company owners in the city, the mass shooting itself — which left 11 dead following a gunman opened fire inside of Star Ballroom Dance Studio on Garvey Avenue — also took a heavy toll economically.

The tragedy was followed by the investigation and road closures, which had lasting impacts, each in clients and income, according to Joseph Torres, Financial Improvement manager for Monterey Park.

Earlier this spring, representatives from the SBA took notice, and visited to hear straight from firms and offer you sources.

Two months following the shooting, President Joe Biden visited Monterey Park to speak with households of the victims and survivors. Through that trip, Biden also announced an executive order that seeks to enhance background checks to get guns, encourage protected storage of firearms and address the loss and theft of guns for the duration of shipping, amongst other issues.

But those  official visits, also, as substantial as they have been, also impacted company.

“We had dignitaries pay a visit to Monterey Park, from our governor, to our Assembly representative to our Congress representative, like our vice president and president of the United States,” Torres mentioned. “Now, preserve in thoughts that every time that these dignitaries visited, the whole location about that incident had to be blocked out which additional exacerbated the challenges that the company have been facing since for the duration of a lockdown, there was no targeted traffic permitted. Consequently, clients had no access to these firms.”

Such impacts have been compounded by the financial uncertainty facing the whole nation, Torres added. Economists have warned about the he danger of recession as the Federal Reserve regularly raises interest prices in an ongoing battle against inflation. Subsequently, the price of goods has gone up and clients are tightening their purse strings to guarantee daily bills are paid.

Congresswoman Judy Chu and Tiny Small business Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman pay a visit to Momo Bakery on Friday, February 24, 2023 as they tour Monterey Park smaller firms. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Every day News/SCNG)

The company loans becoming presented may well be employed to spend fixed debts, payroll, accounts payable, and other bills that cannot be paid since of the tragedy’s influence. Disaster loans can aid firms overcome the short-term loss of income they are experiencing, officials mentioned.

The Help Center will offer you application help and educational sessions to deliver facts and guidance on the Financial Injury Disaster Loan plan.

Tiny Small business Administration representatives will go over eligibility criteria, loan terms, application method and the forms of financial injury that qualify for help. Assistance will be obtainable in English, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Thai and Spanish.

In addition, there will be reside facts sessions with genuine-time translations obtainable twice a day. Guests are encouraged to ask queries for customized suggestions on distinct company conditions in these languages.

To schedule an appointment or for much more facts, speak to the city of Monterey Park Financial Improvement at 626-307-1385 or econdev@montereypark.ca.gov.

The Barnes Park Service Club Home is at 440 S. Mc Pherrin Ave. in Monterey Park.

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