Mayor Gavin Newsom visited Bubbles and Shampoo, a new Noe Valley salon, today to tout owner Claudia Ricarte's successful use of a $25,000 loan from the city to open her small business.No word on if the City helped Ms Ricarte obtain permits for construction.
...[She is one of the first] participants in the San Francisco Revolving Loan Fund that has $800,000 in federal funds to loan to San Francisco's small business owners who can't get a bank loan and pledge to create a job for a low-income person.
Update: Details on how to obtain a similar loan through TMC Development Working Solutions are available here.
[SFGate: City loans benefit purveyors of beauty products and granola bars]
[NVSF: MadKat Morphs, Neighbors Unhappy]
Yah... Mr. Newsom... About that paint job...
ReplyDeleteThe owner of MadKat is no other than a person that his real estate debacle is documented in
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And if you look at property records it's the same person involved in
http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2009/06/calling_all_contractors_that_still_have_cash_or_at_leas.html
Muhawieh sold to a woman named Claudia. She is not involved in his escapades.
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