Valley Economic Development Partners Belmont Ave, Youngstown

Valley Economic Development Partners Reviews

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  Stacieey Diamond
  5

  I loved working with my advisor at Valley Partners. She was absolutely amazing. She was extremely responsive. There was no limit to questions and answers she gave me. She always went out of her way to make sure I was taking the proper steps in my financial future.

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  Ryan Scullen
  5

  I have had a great experience working with Valley Partners. Maureen has been so great to work with. She has always been quick to respond and has gone above and beyond to make sure that our business was taken care of.

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  Edward Villone
  5

  All levels of Valley Economic Development Partners are the epitome of a five star rating. During the height of Covid19 tensions were high and money was low. There were not many places to turn for assistance and then I found out about Valley EDP. My initial phone inquiry was met with enthusiasm and answers to all my questions. I felt that all I had worked for was NOT going to slip away as I hung up the phone with a sigh of relief! Do not hesitate to call upon my now new friends at Valley EDP, as they will not disappoint !!

  Response from the owner

  Thank you so much! We're happy we were able to help and bring a sense of relief.

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  matt brooks
  5

  Hello Teresa, I just wanted to let you know that I have been working with Mureen Stenglein on our PPP application and have been so pleased with her help in this process. She has been so helpful, patient and responsive to every request for assistance. I know you all are under a lot of pressure as the forgiveness process gets underway and Maureen has been just awesome and always cheerful - something that seems to be in short supply these days. Matt Brooks

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  Reveille Enterprises LLC
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  Applied for my 2nd PPP loan. Sent in paperwork requested. Called every week to check the status. We were told nothing else was needed, everything was submitted, and that they were just waiting on the SBA… I got this response for 6 weeks straight. Called today to find out my application never made it to the SBA because “they could not locate my business articles with the state.” We’ve been in business for over 5 years. I just did a simple search on the State’s database and found the articles within seconds. Their excuse was that they had hundreds of applications to process. Long story short, my company missed out on funds needed to stay afloat during the pandemic. Their incompetence and lack of communication has put a small/disabled veteran/black/woman-owned business at a further disadvantage during this tough time. I WOULD NOT recommend that any minority owned business utilize their services.

  Response from the owner

  Sorry to hear you feel you had a bad experience working with our company. You applied through our website in early May and at that time we advised anyone who called that we were 2 weeks out from even reviewing applications because our office is small and we were doing the best we could to keep up with the amount we received. At that time, we were one of the few organizations across the country still accepting applications at all. A loan officer was in touch with you on May 20th with the information we needed (which you responded with on the 21st) and then again on May 25th to request your articles. Therefore, we were in communication with you throughout the process. The application was not even pulled from our system for review for a 6 week period for phone calls regarding the status to be received (May 20th-May 28th). To clarify, you provided a different business name on your application and we therefore were unable to find your articles with a "simple search" on the State website. I assure you that we tried to find it on our own before requesting the additional information from you on May 25th. Unfortunately, the SBA closed off the PPP loan portal early (on very short notice) May 28th before the requested information was provided. An email was sent to all open applicants (including you) on May 28th explaining the portal had closed and the applications of those we had emailed had not been submitted to the SBA in time. The next time we noted a call from you was June 22nd. We did the best that we could with the information that you provided to us and the timeline constraints by the SBA. Please keep in mind, PPP is a one-time loan program/process and not one of our regular small business lending programs.

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  Josh Langenheim
  5

  An amazing experience. They were so much help, we couldn’t have done this without them. Cannot speak higher of this organization.

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  Lori Lukco
  5

  Had a lot of questions and Maureen answered everything right away. Very professional