When the bar was completely shut down at the beginning of the pandemic, our biggest concern was for our staff of career bartenders, servers and cooks. Securing PPP funding through Iowa State Bank allowed us to bring our staff back quickly, and to pay them even through the worst of our business downturn. Flash forward to 2021 when many bars and restaurants were struggling to find staff, we were not in the same boat as we had been able to keep our team together with the help of PPP funds.