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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 26, 2021
Contact:
Maddy McDaniel, Communications Director
[email protected] or 914-471-7716
NEW VIDEO: SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS SHARE TESTIMONIALS, WHY THEY NEED AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN
National Survey of Over 1,200 Small Business Owners: Majority of Small Business Owners Want Robust Economic Relief — Even If Republican Lawmakers Fail To Come On Board; 69% Support the American Rescue Plan
Nearly 330 Small Business Owners and Leaders — Including Representatives From 30 Chambers Of Commerce — Sign Letter Urging Bold Action On The American Rescue Plan
At Least 400,000 Small Businesses Have Permanently Closed; Small Business Revenue is Down 33.1% Nationally
WASHINGTON, DC — As small businesses across the country fight to keep their doors open and employees on the job, small business owners shared their struggles to keep their heads above water during the pandemic and describe the need for the American Rescue Plan in a new video organized by Invest in America and Small Business for America’s future.
Small businesses employ nearly half of all Americans and account for two out of every three new jobs. In addition to the Biden administration’s expansion of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which would ensure that the nation’s smallest businesses have access to aid over massive corporations like Newsmax and Hallmark, small businesses need the $15 billion in grants and $35 billion for small business financing programs in the American Rescue Plan.
“If our federal government does not provide aid to small businesses and storefronts on the main streets across America, we will see more and more of these beautiful businesses disappear.”
— Jeni Britton Bauer, owner of
Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams
“We are the spine of the economy. No small business, no big business.”
— Subrina Collier, owner of Uptown Yolk
and Leah and Louise
“What another round of aid means to us, a stimulus package, is everything. We can stay open, I can keep my employees employed.”
— Candace Combs, owner of
In-Symmetry Spa
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