SBA Opens Business Recovery Center in Fulton County

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ATLANTA--(Business Wire)--
The U.S. Small Business Administration announces today that a Business Recovery
Center in Fulton County is open to help businesses impacted by the severe storms
and flooding in Georgia that began on September 18, 2009. The Center opened
today at the Government Services Center, 2741 Roswell Road, Atlanta, GA 30350.
The hours of operation are from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday until
further notice.

The disaster declaration covers the counties of: Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa,
Chattooga, Cherokee, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton, Gwinnett, Heard,
Newton, Paulding, Rockdale, Stephens and Walker in the State of Georgia, which
are eligible for both Physical and Economic Injury Disaster Loans from the SBA.

Small businesses and most private non-profit organizations in the following
adjacent counties are eligible to apply only for SBA Economic Injury Disaster
Loans: Banks, Barrow, Butts, Clayton, Dade, Dawson, Fayette, Floyd, Forsyth,
Franklin, Gordon, Habersham, Hall, Haralson, Henry, Jackson, Jasper, Meriwether,
Morgan, Pickens, Polk, Spalding, Troup, Walton and Whitfield in Georgia;
Cherokee, Cleburne, DeKalb and Randolph in Alabama; Oconee in South Carolina;
and Hamilton County in Tennessee.

Businesses and non-profit organizations of any size may borrow up to $2 million
for physical losses. For small businesses, and most private non-profit
organizations of all sizes, the SBA offers Economic Injury Disaster Loans to
help meet working capital needs caused by the disaster. Economic Injury Disaster
Loan assistance is available regardless of whether the business suffered any
physical property damage.

Interest rates are as low as 4 percent for businesses, with terms up to 30
years. The SBA sets loan amounts and terms based on each applicant`s financial
condition.

SBA`s representatives will be on hand at the Business Recovery Centers to issue
loan applications, answer questions about the disaster loan program, explain the
application process and help individuals complete their applications. The
Business Recovery Centers are located in the following communities and will open
as indicated below:

FULTON COUNTY
Government Services Center
7741 Roswell Road
Atlanta, GA 30350
Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday - Friday,
until further notice

Existing Business Recovery Centers:

DEKALB COUNTY DOUGLAS COUNTY
Wesley Chapel-William C. Brown Library Douglas County Chamber of Commerce
2861 Wesley Chapel Rd. 6658 Church Street
Decatur, GA 33034 Douglasville, GA 30134
Hours: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday - Thursday Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday - Friday,
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday, until further notice until further notice

Disaster loan information and application forms may be obtained by calling the
SBA`s Disaster Assistance Customer Service Center at 1-800-659-2955
(1-800-877-8339 for the hearing impaired), Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m.
to 9 p.m. EDT, (including the holiday, Monday October 12) or send an email to
disastercustomerservice@sba.gov. Business loan applications can also be
downloaded from the SBA Web site at www.sba.gov/services/disasterassistance.
Completed applications should be returned to the Centers or mailed to: U.S.
Small Business Administration, Processing and Disbursement Center, 14925
Kingsport Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155. Businesses may apply for disaster loans
from SBA`s secure Web site at https://disasterloan.sba.gov/ela/.

The filing deadline to return applications for physical property damage is
November 23, 2009. The deadline to return economic injury applications is June
24, 2010.

For more information about the SBA`s Disaster Loan Programs, visit our Web site
at www.sba.gov/services/disasterassistance.

Release Number: 10-013, GA 11886/11887

SBA
Michael Lampton,404-331-0333

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