Westford Companies Received $52M In Federal Coronavirus Loans

WESTFORD, MA — Companies in Westford received $52.2 million in loan approvals under the federal Paycheck Protection Program, according to data released Tuesday by the Small Business Administration.

The loans went to 421 companies and ranged from $1,000 to $2.7 Million. Applicants said the loans would help them protect 4,542 jobs in Westford.

The data released this week includes all loans under the program passed in March as the coronavirus pandemic took hold and forced widespread business closures and layoffs. SBA released some loan data in July, but that data only showed loans over $150,000 and did not include specific dollar amounts.

The Washington Post, Bloomberg and other media companies sued the SBA to release the full data set. In November, a federal judge ruled in favor of the media companies and ordered the SBA to release the data by Dec. 1. The data released Tuesday was current as of Nov. 24 and includes updates to the data released in July.

PPP loans are part of the CARES Act, a comprehensive COVID-19 relief package Congress passed in the spring. The loans are forgivable as long as a certain percentage is used for payroll. The program stopped taking new applications in August, but business groups are pressuring federal lawmakers and the Trump administration to renew the program.

In Westford, the top loans went to:

• $2,743,400 MEDACUITY, LLC 210 Littleton Rd
• $1,819,000 GREEN INTERNATIONAL AFFILIATES, INC. 239 Littleton Rd Suite 3
• $1,661,800 PEDIATRICS WEST PC 133 Littleton Rd
• $1,521,800.00 CARNEGIE DARTLET LLC 210 Littleton Rd
• $1,380,400 HAWKINS POINT PARTNERS, LLC 1 Technology Park Dr
• $1,264,100 NATIONAL FACILITY SERVICES, INC. 239 Littleton Rd Suite 5A
• $1,052,250 APEX ENTERTAINMENT LLC 4 Lan Dr
• $1,010,712.50 DCD BH WEST INC 299 Littleton Rd
• $1,000,000 IDEAL CONCRETE BLOCK CO 45 Powers Rd
• $948,300 KIMBALL FARM HOLDINGS, LLC 400 Littleton Rd

Statewide, there were nearly 118,000 loans totaling $14.27 billion. In their loan applications, the companies that received the loans said they would help protect 1.17 million jobs in Massachusetts.