Dealing with disaster following bridge collapse

Опубликовано: 04 Апрель 2024
на канале: WMAR-2 News
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Trucking companies and independent truckers like Andrew Stanford, who serve as key cogs in the supply line, are feeling the effects of the bridge collapse and the closure of the Port of Baltimore.

“When this happened, it just shut everything down,” said Stanford. “So now, this is the first time we were living like check to check doing trucking, so now with this happening, we don’t know what’s going to happen next.”

Business Recovery Centers like this one on South Clinton Street in Canton and a new one opening at CCBC Dundalk are offering small businesses and non-profits directly impacted by the disaster, low-interest, long-term loans of up to two million dollars to help them pay fixed debts, payroll, and other bills to keep them in business.

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