SBA Announces State Holiday Closing of Disaster Loan Outreach Center in Scott County

ATLANTA, April 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The U.S. Small Business Administration announces today that the Disaster Loan Outreach Center in Scott County located in the Scott County Courthouse; 100 E. Main Street, Forest, Mississippi, will close on Monday, April 28, in recognition of the State Holiday. The Center in Scott County will resume normal operations on Tuesday, April 29. The Centers in Newton, Rankin and Warren counties will remain open on the State Holiday. All Centers will cease operation at the close of business Thursday, May 1.

The Centers are located in the following communities and operating hours are as indicated:

   NEWTON COUNTY                         RANKIN COUNTY   ————-                         ————-   Newton County Election Committee      Rankin County Emergency Operations   77 Seventh Street                     601 Marquette Road   Decatur, MS 39327                     Brandon, MS  39042   Open:  8 a.m. to 5 p.m.  Monday –     Open:  8 a.m. to 5 p.m.  Monday –          Friday                                Friday   9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 26   9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 26   Closing: Thursday, May 1 at the       Closing: Thursday, May 1 at the            close of business                     close of business    SCOTT COUNTY                          WARREN COUNTY   ————                          ————-   Scott County Courthouse               Warren County Courthouse   100 E. Main Street                    1009 Cherry Street   Forest, MS  39074                     Vicksburg, MS  39183   Open:  8 a.m. to 5 p.m.  Monday –     Open:  8 a.m. to 5 p.m.  Monday –          Friday                                Friday   9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 26   9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 26   Closed:  Monday, April 28 in          Closing: Thursday, May 1 at the     recognition of the State Holiday             close of business   Open:  8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday,          April 29 – Thursday, May 1   Closing: Thursday, May 1 at the            close of business   

The SBA program information is available by calling the SBA’s Customer Service Center at 1-800-659-2955 (or 1-800-877-8339 for the hearing impaired) Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. EDT. Business loan applications may be downloaded from http://www.sba.gov/. Applications may be returned to any of the disaster assistance centers or mailed to: U. S. Small Business Administration, Processing and Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport Road, Fort Worth, Texas 76155.

The filing deadline to return applications for physical property damage is June 16, 2008. The deadline to return economic injury applications is January 16, 2009.

For more information about the SBA’s Disaster Loan Programs, visit our website at http://www.sba.gov/.

U.S. Small Business Administration

CONTACT: Mark Ihenacho of the U.S. Small Business Administration,+1-404-331-0333

Web Site: http://www.sba.gov/