U.S. Small Business Administrators visit Macon small businesses

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Officials with the U.S. Small Business Administration made a stop in Macon to share the latest on the Paycheck Protection Program.

Victim was treated and released.

Anyone with any information in this case can call crimestoppers at 1-877-68crime.

Officals with the u-s small business administration made a stop in macon, to share the latest on the paycheck protect program for local small c1 3 b13 businesses 41nbc jatrissa has more.

41nbc jatrissa businesses 41nbc jatrissa has more.

Sot: jovita carranza administrator small business administration "there 31 million small businesses in the united states" and collins manufacturing in macon is one of them.

Husband and wife --larry and gwen collins say-- the company has been open nearly 15 years under the name greene machine & manufacturing, inc.

Gwen says when she and her husband become the president and vice president, they changed the name and added workers.

Collins says during the pandemic they needed to keep their employees, because like most essential workers, they could'nt close.

"we do a lot of government contracting for the department of defense which makes us essential so really we have not shut down" collins says without the s-b-a paycheck protection program, they would have to furlough employees.

"even though we were still working and manufacturing the product.

We werent going to get paid until we can deliver and have it inspected so that really c1 3 b13 help provide that cushion during that time of uncertainty" according to jovita carranza carranza