SBA RELIEF STILL AVAILABLE TO MISSISSIPPI BUSINESSES, PRIVATE NONPROFITS, AND RESIDENTS AFFECTED BY TROPICAL STORM ARTHUR

JACKSON, Miss., Sept. 8 -- The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency issued the following news:

The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding eligible businesses, private nonprofit organizations, homeowners, and renters in Mississippi of the Oct. 3 deadline to apply for low-interest federal disaster loans to offset physical damage caused by Tropical Storm Arthur occurring June 18 - 20.

The declaration covers the primary Mississippi counties of Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River, and Stone which are eligible for both physical damage loans and Economic Injury Disaster Loans from SBA. Small businesses and most private nonprofit organizations in the following adjacent counties are eligible to apply only for SBA Economic Injury Disaster L...