SBA prompts businesses to ready PPP applications

Columbia’s Small Business Administration director Gregg White encourages business owners to ready Payroll Protection Program applications before lenders’ floodgates open Friday. It’s going to be a first-come, first-serve basis,” White said. 

Aiken launches $1 million small-business loan program

The city of Aiken has created a $1 million loan program to tide over small businesses until federal aid reaches them.The loan program, approved as an emergency ordinance by the Aiken City Council on March 23, will offer up to $10,000 for qualifying businesses.

Goose Creek sues Santee Cooper over electric service

Goose Creek has filed a lawsuit against Santee Cooper over the city’s right to provide electric utility service to Century Aluminum. A special referendum passed in December allows Goose Creek to establish a municipal electric utility.

 Coping With COVID

Medical University of South Carolina

Joshua Kim and a team of designers at the Medical University of South Carolina have developed a 3D-printed mask and filter cartridge system to address the shortage of personal protective equipment in fighting the new coronavirus.

At the Curbside

Restaurant 17 partners with farmers

Restaurant 17 will partner with local farmers affected by the market and restaurant closures to provide the public with fresh produce and other goods, the company said today in a news release. 

For the time being At the Curbside replaces our usual Upstate weekend feature each Thursday. Let us know what meals your eatery is making available, gsanews@scbiznews.com.