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In a massive effort to keep employers writing paychecks during the pandemic, the federal government pumped more than $80 million into Peoria businesses in a loan-forgiveness program. The loans protected 15,000 Peoria jobs. Businesses who maintain full employment will not have to pay back the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. Going out to construction companies, contractors, health care providers, car dealers, restaurants, churches and other businesses, the funds were to be used to protect at least 15,000 Peoria jobs— and avoid mass layoffs—as the economy reeled during COVID-19 shutdowns. Four Peoria businesses landed loans between $2 million and $5 million: OakCraft, a cabinet making and woodworking company with 275 employees; World Staffing,
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Peoria Times Managing Editor
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which employs 370; Immanuel’s Care Center, with 246 employees; and TYR Tactical, 297 employees. Six more Peoria companies were granted PPP loans between $1 million and $2 million: Arizona Training and Evaluation Center, with 373 employees; Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit that builds homes for low-income families and has 118 employees; One Step Beyond, which supports people with intellectual disabilities and has 488 employees; R. Directional Drilling and Underground Technology, which has 90 employees; TEJ Inc., with 224 employees; and Tucson Peah, which said it has 104 employees. Eighteen businesses in Peoria reSEE PPP PAGE 2
Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit that builds homes for low-income families, received a Paycheck Protection Program loan between $1 million and $2 million. (Peoria Times file photo)
APS explosion a painful lesson on solar batteries
The near-deaths of four Peoria firefighters may lead to dramatic changes in the way fires involving solar power systems are handled. “It’s a miracle all of them are alive,” said Bryan Jeffries, president of the 7,000-member Professional Firefighters of
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A photo in an APS report shows exterior damage shortly after an explosion at a solar energy storage system facility in Surprise. The explosion injured four Peoria firefighters. (Photos courtesy APS)
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