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THE MATHIS REPORT
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FEDERAL PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM JACKSONVILLE
About 14,000 Jacksonville businesses land PPP loans
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About 14,000 Jacksonville businesses, churches and organizations received federal Paycheck Protection Program loans, according to Small Business Administration data released July 6. About 1,800 were for more than $150,000. For a link to the full set of data, visit JaxDailyRecord.com. Some highlights:
$5 million-$10 million
n Cowford Chophouse n Driver, McAfee, Hawthorne & Diebenow
n Enhanced Recovery Company LLC n KLS-Martin LP n Nextran Corp. n Physicians Group Services PA n Stein Mart Inc. n Vesta Property Services Inc. n The Ware Group LLC
PLLC n Far East Brokers & Consultants Inc. n Firehouse Restaurant Group Inc. n First Baptist Church of Jacksonville n Impact Church of Jacksonville Inc. n Jacksonville Spine Center PA n JWB Property Management LLC n Office Environments & Services Inc. n Perry-McCall Construction Inc. n Restaurant Orsay Inc. n The PARC Group Inc. n We Love Avondale Mellow LLC
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$2 million-$5 million
n Acme Barricades LLC n Auld & White Constructors LLC n Beaver Street Fisheries Inc. n Celebration Church of Jacksonville Inc. n Brightway Insurance Inc. n England, Thims & Miller Inc. n Farah & Farah PA n Florida Proton Therapy Institute Inc. n Load King Manufacturing Co. n Morgan & Morgan Jacksonville
Management Inc. n Rogers Towers PA n Rowe’s IGA Management LLC n The Jacksonville Zoological Society Inc.
$1 million-$2 million n The Church of Eleven22 Inc. n The Dalton Agency Inc. n Danis Building Investments LLC n Edward Waters College Inc. n Finxact Inc.
$150,000-$350,000
n Firehouse of America LLC n Forcura LLC n Harden & Associates Inc. n Jacksonville Symphony Association Inc. n The Kenyon Company LLC n Live Oak Contracting LLC n Made In Space Inc. n Omni Jacksonville Corp. n Sleiman Holdings Inc. n Smith Hulsey & Busey
$350,000- $1 million n Ackerman Cancer Center PA n Black Sheep LLC n Bono’s of America Inc.
n Biscottis Espresso Cafe Inc. n Black Sheep Downtown LLC n Bold Bean Retailers Inc. n Group 4 Design Inc. n H. Stephen Jones and Associates Inc. n Hakimian Holdings Inc. n JWB Real Estate Capital LLC n Law Offices of John M. Phillips LLC n Museum of Contemporary Art
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Jacksonville organizations say they were able to keep their staffs employed because of loans they received from the federal Paycheck Protection Program. Nearly 135,000 Jacksonville jobs could be retained as a result of the Paycheck Protection Program, according to Small
Business Administration data. Only the identities of organizations that borrowed more than $150,000 were made public. The loans are forgivable if entities meet certain requirements. If the requirements aren’t met, the remainder of the loan must be paid back with 1% interest over two or five years, depending on when the application was approved. The PPP is an SBA loan designed to
City OKs Fortegra build-out in Southside
The Jacksonville-based insurance services firm will occupy space in Deerwood Park Center.
keep employees on the payroll. It can be forgiven if employees remain on the payroll and the money is used for eligible expenses, such as payroll, interest on mortgages, rent and utilities. The amount an organization can receive is equal to 2.5 times its average monthly payroll, or $10 million, whichever is lower. Most received loans of less
Fortegra Financial Corp. is working on new space in South Jacksonville. The city approved permits July 3 and 4 for the Jacksonville-based insurance services company to build-out space on the second and third floors of the three-story Deerwood Park Center at 10751 Deerwood Park Blvd. at a cost of $1.76 million. Tenant Contractors Inc. is the contractor for the project. Documents show it will buildout 54,000 square feet with a substantial completion date in October. Connie Turner Interiors Inc. is the designer. An Ash Properties-affiliated entity owns Deerwood Park Center, records show. An Ash Properties representative could not be reached for comment. Deerwood Park Center is a 99,000-square-foot building formerly anchored by CEVA Logistics, which moved. Fortegra now leases at 10151
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Jacksonville Inc. n Museum of Science and History Jacksonville Inc. n NAI/Hallmark Partners LLC n The Bearded Pig LLC n Tim Tebow Foundation Inc. n Wingard LLC
Most companies received less than $150,000; data shows 135,000 jobs could be retained. BY KATIE GARWOOD & MIKE MENDENHALL
KAREN BRUNE MATHIS EDITOR
City to replace balustrade at Memorial Park The city awarded Intron Technologies Inc. a $404,994 contract to replace the Memorial Park balustrade, according to a news release from the Memorial Park Association. The balustrade, at the foot of Margaret Street along the St. Johns River near Five Points, was extensively damaged during Hurricane Irma in September 2017. In addition, light fixtures on the original balustrade that had been removed over time will be replaced with new fixtures to the restored balustrade.
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