Loans Still Available for Marion County Flood Victims
Residents and businesses affected by flooding between February 27 and March 1914 to meet with officials today and Thursday to find out whether they qualify for long-term, low interest loans. People who live in Marion and adjacent counties should go to Scioto Valley Fire District Station Dutton, 100 N. Front St., the location for the temporary loan outreach center for the environment. It is open from 9 am to 6 pm today and Thursday. About 90 people in central LaRue and another center in St. Marys in Auglaize County visited since they opened about one week ago, said Jack Camp, public affairs specialist for the American Small Business Act.
SBA employees have distributed 52 applications in person and got 34 back, with another 79 requests via telephone or online registration data, he said. Two bonds between the two centers have already been approved for a total of $ 23,800. “I encourage everyone in the many districts to go there. You will not know until you get what you could do,” said Harry Burdick, director of the Marion City / County Emergency Management Agency. Sudden floods in Marion City caused by melting snow storm on February 28 and damaged many houses.
