BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – Some small businesses across Central Florida have been trying to stay afloat after government funding ran out. “It was tough there was very little answers, in the beginning, it was frustrating,” said Michael Zarella, owner of Zarella’s Italian Wood Fired Pizza in Cape Canaveral.
He said when the Payment Protection Program was rolled out he was one of the businesses that missed out on aid. “We applied for all of the loans available, anything that we could get our hands-on, we said every little bit helps,” he said.
On Tuesday, round two of the federal small business loan program known as PPP was announced during the daily White House briefing.