Two Ohio Disaster Recovery Centers to Close

SBA Opens Loan Outreach Centers

September 12, 2007, FINDLAY, Ohio -- Only four days remain to visit a Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) in Bluffton or Carey. The DRCs there are closing Saturday - but customer services representatives from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) will remain in the area to help people with their SBA loan applications.

Bluffton
The DRC located at the Bluffton Baptist Church, 345 County Line Road, will close at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15; the SBA will open its Disaster Loan Outreach Center (DLOC) the following Monday, Sept. 17, at the Fire Station, 402 N. Main St., Bluffton, Ohio 45817.

The Bluffton SBA outreach center will be open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Carey
The DRC located at the Solid Waste Recycling Center, 11329 County Highway 4, Carey, Ohio 43316 will close at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15; the SBA will open its DLOC in the same location starting the following Monday, Sept. 17.

The Carey SBA outreach center will be open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

The SBA offers long-term, low-interest disaster loans to homeowners, businesses of all sizes and some non-profits, to help replace or repair uninsured disaster-damaged structures.

As always, the first step is to register with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) by calling toll free at 1-800-621-FEMA or TTY 1-800-462-7585 for the speech- or hearing-impaired, or go online at www.fema.gov. Phone lines are open 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. (EDT) every day.

FEMA coordinates the federal government's role in preparing for, preventing, mitigating the effects of, responding to, and recovering from all domestic disasters, whether natural or man-made, including acts of terror.

Source: FEMA