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U.S. SBA Offers Economic Injury Disaster Loans for Red Tide Impacts

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As the red tide bloom along the southwestern coast of Florida persists -- it’s almost in its second year now -- the U.S. Small Business Administration is offering some small businesses and private nonprofit organizations located in the declared counties of Florida, which include all of the counties in our listening area, what are called Economic Injury Disaster Loans. These are the same loans offered in the wake of natural disasters, like hurricanes and floods. We’re joined by Edward Gregory Dawson, he’s Public Affair Specialist with the U.S. Small Business Administration.

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Julie Glenn is the host of Gulf Coast Live. She has been working in southwest Florida as a freelance writer since 2007, most recently as a regular columnist for the Naples Daily News. She began her broadcasting career in 1993 as a reporter/anchor/producer for a local CBS affiliate in Quincy, Illinois. After also working for the NBC affiliate, she decided to move to Parma, Italy where she earned her Master’s degree in communication from the University of Gastronomic Sciences. Her undergraduate degree in Mass Communication is from the University of Missouri at Kansas City.
Mike Kiniry is producer of Gulf Coast Live, and co-creator and host of the WGCU podcast Three Song Stories: Biography Through Music. He first joined the WGCU team in the summer of 2003 as an intern while studying Communication at Florida Gulf Coast University.