Small Business Loans Available in Middleburgh

MIDDLEBURGH - The Village of Middleburgh Small Business Loan Program has aided many local businesses in the past and is ready to help more.

The loan program, which has helped local businesses with repairs and expansions, has funding available, Mayor Tim Knight said Monday. The program has $22,420 available.

Mayor Knight said he reached out to several businesses in the village, but thus far has not heard much back.

Loans are available at an interest rate of one percent, he noted. Any business owner interested in the program should contract the village clerk.

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In other action, board members:

* Scheduled the Heritage Day concert for Friday, August 22 at 7pm at the M&S Depot on the corner of Wells and Maple avenues.

* Gave permission to the American Legion to sell poppies from May 19 to 25 and to the VFW to sell poppies from May 26 to 30.

* Gave permission to the Middleburgh Rotary to hold the annual Memorial Day service on Monday, May 26 at the village Memorial Park on upper Main Street.

* Heard that there would be a ribbon cutting for the Forget Me Not Soda Shoppe at the corner of Main Street and Railroad Avenue on Saturday.

* Heard that the main fire truck is out for inspection. The inspection is for two years.

* Heard that building permits were issued on Main Street for repairs, 104 Wells Avenue for a fence and a sign, a new modular on Scribner Avenue, on Main Street for a pool, on Main Street for a fence, a deck on Main Street, and remodeling on Main Street.