Emergency loans available for small businesses following Milton [Video]

TAMPA, Fla. — Millions of dollars are now available for small business owners who were impacted by Hurricane Milton.

The program aims to help small businesses recover and rebuild after back-to-back storms that devastated parts of the Tampa Bay region.

It provides short-term, zero-interest loans to businesses that experienced economic injury or physical damage due to the storm.

“Loans approved through the Emergency Bridge Loan Program are intended to ‘bridge the gap’ between the time a disaster impacts a business and when a business has secured longer-term recovery funding, such as federally or commercially available loans, insurance claims, or other resources,” states a press release from Florida Commerce.

Small businesses can apply for loans up to $50,000 and loans up to $100,000 are available for agriculture and aquaculture small businesses. Loans …