Archinect - Features2024-12-11T16:26:53-05:00https://archinect.com/features/article/150194354/architecture-firm-owners-share-their-ppp-woes
Architecture Firm Owners Share Their PPP Woes Antonio Pacheco2020-04-21T12:11:00-04:00>2020-05-03T11:46:04-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/81/811eeab66dd1361756429439e85dbab3.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>“Tiring,” “Mismanaged and not communicative,” “Disappointing, but not surprising,” “Time consuming, anxiety riddled, frustrating,” “Horrendous.”</p>
<p>These are some of the words that architecture firm leaders have used to describe their experiences, via <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1sEwbJ90aGrwZ9H4cgVWmxvyFYYUschVllZL39Li5nk4/edit" target="_blank">Archinect’s COVID-19 Economic Relief Survey</a>, while attempting to access the small business relief programs crafted by the federal government in response to the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1534026/covid-19" target="_blank">COVID-19</a> crisis. The botched roll-out of the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150191483/aia-survey-covid-19-pushes-architecture-industry-into-uncharted-waters" target="_blank">emergency economic aid package</a> and its attendant Payment Protection Program and Small Business Administration-backed loan initiatives has accelerated an already fast-burning financial crisis among small businesses across the country, including within the architecture community, where many firms operate on thin margins even in good economic times. </p>