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V O L . X X V I I N O. V I I A P R I L 5 , 2 0 2 1 4 PUBLISHER Donna Brassard EDITOR Peter Van Allen DIGITAL EDITOR William Hall SENIOR WRITER Renee Cordes SENIOR WRITER Maureen Milliken SENIOR WRITER Laurie Schreiber ADVERTISING SALES DIRECTOR Andrea Tetzlaff SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGER Ken Hanson SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGER Betsy VanderPloeg ACCOUNT MANAGER Bonnie Dougherty MARKETING/OPERATIONS DIRECTOR Alison Nason CONTRIBUTING WRITER Mark Jeanneret, Jim Milliken, Carrie Yardley RESEARCH DIRECTOR Timothy Doyle RESEARCH ASSISTANT Heide Martin ART DIRECTOR Matt Selva HOSPITALITY EMERITUS Zoey A division of New England Business Media LLC C E O Peter Stanton PRESIDENT Tom Curtin C F O / C O O Mary Rogers GROUP PUBLISHER Donna Brassard DIGITAL DIRECTOR Jan Holder C O N T E N T S Loan rangers Behind the scenes of the Paycheck Protection Program in Maine 16 22 Financing bust turns into boon When financing fell apart with the pandemic, GO Lab got creative 26 Good deal For small businesses, SBA 504 loans lower the price of entry to real estate B A N K I N G / F I N A N C E / I N S U R A N C E F O C U S I N D U S T R Y T H U M B N A I L O N PA G E 1 5 ยป Not FDIC Insured Not a Deposit Not Insured By Any Federal Government Agency No Bank Guarantee May Lose Value Insurance products and services oered by Paquin & Carroll Insurance are: sbsavings.bank | (207) 284-4591 insurancepc.com | (207) 283-1486 Member FDIC HERE FOR YOU YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMORROW. STRONGER TOGETHER. C M Y CM MY CY CMY K ai16166031709_MaineBiz Banking and Insurance.pdf 1 3/24/2021 12:26:11 PM P H O T O / T I M G R E E N WAY P H O T O / T I M G R E E N WAY 16 Steve Lachance, owner of Hallowell's Quarry Tap Room, with the outdoor dining "igloos." Ian Dorsey, left, president and CEO of Mast Landing Brewing Co., and Paul Collins, VP of Granite State Development Corp., at the Westbrook brewery. 26