{"id":4654,"date":"2019-11-14T11:05:55","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T16:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=4654"},"modified":"2019-11-14T11:06:11","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T16:06:11","slug":"sba-loans-available-to-residents-affected-by-october-tornado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2019\/11\/14\/sba-loans-available-to-residents-affected-by-october-tornado\/","title":{"rendered":"SBA loans available to residents affected by October tornado"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/sba-loans.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/sba-loans.jpg 900w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/sba-loans-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/sba-loans-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Polk County\u2019s Emergency Management division has been notified thatlocal businesses and residents affected by tornadoes as a result of Tropical Storm Nestor on Oct. 18, 2019 can apply for low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Residents and business owners have several ways that they can apply for assistance. They include applying online at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/disasterloan.sba.gov\/ela\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/disasterloan.sba.gov\/ela<\/a>, by calling SBA\u2019s Customer Service Center at&nbsp;(800) 659-2955&nbsp;or emailing&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:disastercustomerservice@sba.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">disastercustomerservice@sba.gov<\/a>&nbsp;for more information on SBA disaster assistance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beginning Friday, Nov. 15, the Salvation Army, located at 2620 Kathleen Road in Lakeland, is hosting the SBA Disaster Loan Outreach Center.&nbsp; SBA staff will be onsite to answer questions about the disaster loan program and help individuals complete their applications through Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019. Hours are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Friday, Nov. 15&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 11 a.m. \u2013 6 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Monday \u2013 Friday&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 9 a.m. \u2013 6 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saturdays&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 10 a.m. \u2013 2 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sundays&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Closed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tuesday, Nov. 26&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Closes at 4 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Application filing deadlines for these SBA loans will be Jan. 13, 2020 for physical damages to property and August 13, 2020 for economic injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Businesses and individuals may obtain more information by calling the SBA\u2019s Customer Service Center at 1-800-659-2955 or by emailing&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:disastercustomerservice@sba.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">disastercustomerservice@sba.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polk County\u2019s Emergency Management division has been notified thatlocal businesses and residents affected by tornadoes as a result of Tropical Storm Nestor on Oct. 18, 2019 can apply for low-interest&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4655,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}