Buckeye Hills Resource Conservation & Development Council makes low-interest business loans available to help spur regional job creation and retention
The Buckeye Hills Resource Conservation & Development (RC&D) Council announced this week that low-interest loans are available to existing and startup businesses in the nine-county Buckeye Hills region encompassing the following counties: Athens, Belmont, Hocking, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Noble, Perry and Washington, Pomeroy Daily Sentinel reports. Funding is available for projects that tie directly to "job retention, job creation or expanded job duties for existing employees." A project can get up to $15,000 per employee, with a maximum loan amount of $50,000. Qualified borrowers can receive "a five-year, fixed loan interest rate of four percent," the article said. For more, read the full story.
