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Please see the information below and attached regarding support for excessive rainfall. Please note that aquaculture is specifically mentioned. I do not have any more information at this time other than what is provided here, but I would be happy to chat with
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>Subject:</b> SBA Working Capital Loan Available in Ohio Following Secretary of Agriculture Disaster Declaration for Excessive Rainfall</font>
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Please see the attached SBA disaster assistance news release issued recently. <span style="color: black;">
The </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.sba.gov/disaster__;!!KGKeukY!lZ3sUkfau8SBLhYiCRALVFHAdm_oIDgbJB4yTCwlHG3Eq9c9z4Cdon9KgQECKZQOGLVPjw$">U.S. Small Business Administration</a><span class="x_normaltextrun"> (SBA)</span><span style="color: black;">
announced today that Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) are available to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and most private nonprofit organizations in
<b>Ohio</b> because of </span>excessive rain occurring Oct. 1 - 31, 2021.<i><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></i></p>
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<span style="color: black;">The declaration covers the primary county of Wood in </span>
<b>Ohio</b>, and the contiguous <b>Ohio</b> counties of Hancock, Henry, Lucas, Ottawa, Putnam, Sandusky, and Seneca.</p>
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<span style="color: black;">“When the Secretary of Agriculture issues a disaster declaration to help farmers recover from damages and losses to crops, the Small Business Administration issues a declaration to eligible entities, affected by the same disaster,”
said Kem Fleming, director of SBA’s Field Operations Center East. </span></p>
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Under this declaration, the SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan program is available to eligible
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farm-related and nonfarm-related entities that suffered financial losses as a direct result of this disaster. Apart from aquaculture enterprises, SBA cannot provide disaster loans to agricultural producers, farmers or ranchers.</p>
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The loan amount can be up to $2 million with interest rates of <b>2.855</b> percent for small businesses and
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<b>2 </b>percent for private nonprofit organizations, with terms up to 30 years. These working capital loans may be used to pay fixed debts, payroll, accounts payable, and other bills that could have been paid had the disaster not occurred. The loans are
not intended to replace lost sales or profits.</p>
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<span class="x_normaltextrun"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; background-color: white;">Applicants may apply online using the Electronic Loan Application (ELA) via the SBA’s secure website at </span></span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://disasterloan.sba.gov/ela/s__;!!KGKeukY!lZ3sUkfau8SBLhYiCRALVFHAdm_oIDgbJB4yTCwlHG3Eq9c9z4Cdon9KgQECKZQCNVpfQQ$" target="_blank"><span class="x_normaltextrun"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; color: blue; background-color: white;">DisasterLoanAssistance.sba.gov</span></span></a><span class="x_normaltextrun"><u><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; color: blue; background-color: white;">/</span></u></span><span class="x_spellingerror"><u><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; color: blue; background-color: white;">ela</span></u></span><span class="x_normaltextrun"><u><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; color: blue; background-color: white;">/s/</span></u></span><span class="x_normaltextrun"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; background-color: white;"> and
should apply under SBA declaration # 17322, not for the COVID-19 incident.</span></span><span class="x_eop"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; background-color: white;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p>
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Disaster loan information and application forms may also be obtained by calling the SBA’s Customer Service Center at 800-659-2955 (800-877-8339 for the deaf and hard-of-hearing) or by sending an email to
<a href="mailto:disastercustomerservice@sba.gov">DisasterCustomerService@sba.gov</a>. Loan applications can be downloaded from the SBA’s website at
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sba.gov/disaster</a>. Completed applications should be mailed to: U.S. Small Business Administration, Processing and Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155.</p>
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Submit completed loan applications to SBA no later than<b> <u>Sept. 19, 2022</u></b>.</p>
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<span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; color: black;">Jay MacKenna<br>
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Field Operations Center - East <br>
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Atlanta, GA 30303<br>
(404) 331-0333<br>
Cell (404) 805-7557<br>
Fax (202) 481-6263<br>
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