Small business around the region received quite a boost thanks to the Payroll Protection Program.
According to data from the U.S. Small Business Bureau, the area, which includes Elizabethtown, Radcliff, Vine Grove, Hardinsburg, Leitchfield, Hodgenville, and others, saw over $43.6 million in loans under $150,000 to small businesses.
Elizabethtown saw the largest amount of loans provided, with a combined amount of almost $25 million. Leitchfield was second with roughly $6 million, and radcliff was third at $5.18 million. The program is part of the $2 trillion CARES Act, which was signed into law this spring.
| Elizabethtown | $24,963,054.00 |
| Leithfield | $6,004,700 |
| Radcliff | $5,186,641.00 |
| Hardinsburg | $2,635,440 |
| Hodgenville | $2,335,776.53 |
| Vine Grove | $1,742,494 |
| Upton | $464,558 |
| Sonora | $289,405 |
| White Mills | $27,670 |
