Geekhouse Bicycles: Federal Loan Gets Business Rolling

From: Cathy Corman
Length: 03:36

Marty Walsh of Boston's Geekhouse Bicycles received $70,000 in state-monitored federal money in November. Geekhouse is thriving, giving listeners a chance to hear how the recently passed stimulus package may affect small businesses. Read the full description.

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Playing: Geekhouse Bicycles: Federal Loan Gets Business Rolling
From: Cathy Corman

Gh_walsh_sign1_small Host Lead:
The stimulus package has passed, but does reviving the economy seem huge and impossible? Are you convinced that, in addition to the Dow, the sky is falling? Reporter Cathy Corman thought so, too, until she talked with Marty Walsh of Geekhouse Bicycles.

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Host Lead:
The stimulus package has passed, but does reviving the economy seem huge and impossible? Are you convinced that, in addition to the Dow, the sky is falling? Reporter Cathy Corman thought so, too, until she talked with Marty Walsh of Geekhouse Bicycles.

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Geekhouse Bicycles: Federal Loan Gets Business Rolling

Cathy Corman: 617-549-5756
catherine.corman@verizon.net

Host:
The stimulus package has passed, but does reviving the economy seem huge and impossible? Are you convinced that in addition to the Dow, the sky is falling?
Reporter Cathy Corman thought so, too, until she talked with Marty Walsh of Geekhouse Bicycles.

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It’s a blustery winter morning. The wind is so fierce that it’s blown away the sign at Geekhouse Bicycles. That’s got owner Marty Walsh in a bit of a state.

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The sign represents my business. If someone just picked up the sign, then, maybe they’ll bring it back. But if not, it’s like…it needs to be there.

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Walsh, 29, is passionate about his newly capitalized small business – Geekhouse Bicycles, a custom-made bike factory in a scruffy section of A...
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