Rep. Larsen tours small businesses given federal PPP loans
EVERETT — A visit from her congressman has Evie De Simone, owner of The New Mexicans restaurant in Everett, hopeful that action will follow.
Rep. Rick Larsen stopped at the Hewitt Avenue restaurant Monday as he began a tour of local small businesses that received federal relief loans amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I think it’s important that the House and Senate leadership continues to hear from members of Congress about what we are hearing on the ground at home and all I hear is that we are not through this yet, we need more help,” said Larsen, a Democrat from Everett.
The New Mexicans, an authentic Tex-Mex restaurant at 1416 Hewitt Ave., received a $73,000 loan through the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), an incentive program for small businesses to keep workers on the payroll.
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