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**Release Date:** June 13, 2007 **Contact:** Michael Lampton

**Release Number:** 07-458, NJ 10855/10856 **Phone:** 404-347-3771

**SBA OPENS A DISASTER LOAN OUTREACH CENTER**

**IN SOMERSET COUNTY**

**PISCATAWAY, N.J.** -- The U. S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
announces that a Disaster Loan Outreach Center will open **Thursday,
June 14** at 8 a.m. in St. Paul's Episcopal Church**,** 214 Church
Street, Bound Brook, New Jersey in Somerset County to assist victims who
received damage from severe storms and flooding April 14 -- 20, 2007.
This Center's operating hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday -- Friday.

"SBA thought it was important to have staff in Somerset County as well
as other locations throughout the disaster area to assist those
homeowners, renters, business owners and non-profit organizations who
received damage from the storms and flooding. We are encouraging those
affected by this disaster to visit any of the Centers below and obtain
individual assistance with their applications from our representatives,"
said Frank Skaggs, Director of SBA Field Operations Center East.

SBA Disaster Outreach Centers are located in the following communities
and are open as indicated:

> **[Bergen County]{.underline} [Gloucester County]{.underline}**
>
> **Lodi Municipal Building Gloucester County Government Services**
>
> One Memorial Drive 1200 N. Delsea Drive (Rte. 47)
>
> Lodi, NJ 07644 Clayton, NJ 08312
>
> Open: Monday-Friday; 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m**.** Open: Monday-Friday; 8
> a.m. to 5 p.m.
>
> **[Burlington County]{.underline} [Middlesex County]{.underline}**
>
> **Lumberton Municipal Building Piscataway Township Fire Training
> Center**
>
> 34 Municipal Drive Corner of Baekeland & Clawson Rd.
>
> Lumberton, NJ 08048 Piscataway, NJ 08854
>
> Open: Monday-Friday; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Open: Monday-Friday; 8 a.m. to 5
> p.m.
>
> **[Camden County]{.underline} [Passaic County]{.underline}**
>
> **Pennsauken Fire Dept. Thomas Roger Building**
>
> 8362 Stockton Avenue 2 Market Street -- 2^nd^ Floor
>
> Pennsauken, NJ 08109 Paterson, NJ 07501
>
> Open: Monday-Friday; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Open: Monday-Friday; 8:30 a.m.
> to 4:30 p.m**.**
>
> **[Essex County]{.underline} [Somerset County]{.underline}**
>
> **Fairfield Community Center St. Paul's Episcopal Church**
>
> 376 Hollywood Avenue 214 Church Street
>
> Fairfield, NJ 07004 Bound Brook, NJ 08805
>
> Open: Monday-Friday; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. **Opens: Thursday, June 14 at 8
> a.m.**

**Opens: Monday--Friday; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m,**

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**SBA OPENS A DISASTER LOAN OUTREACH CENTER**

**IN SOMERSET COUNTY**

[Business Assistance Center]{.underline}

> **[Somerset County]{.underline}**
>
> **Middle Earth Recreation Center**
>
> 405 Main Street -- 2^nd^ Floor
>
> Bound Brook, NJ 08805
>
> **Open: Wednesday, June 13 -- Friday, June 15**
>
> **Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.**
>
> **Closes: Friday, June 15 at the close of business**

SBA urges business owners who were impacted by this disaster to visit
the Middle Earth Recreation Center for assistance before it closes or
any of the Centers.

"We want to express our sincere gratitude to the staff of the **Middle
Earth Recreation Center** in Somerset County," said Frank Skaggs,
Director of SBA Field Operations Center East. "By providing the facility
for our Disaster Loan Outreach Center, they have helped disaster victims
in their community. We deeply appreciate their generosity."

Anyone unable to visit one of the Centers may obtain an application by
calling the SBA's Customer Service Center at 1-800-659-2955
(1-800-877-8339 for the hearing-impaired), Monday through Friday from 8
a.m. until 9 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. EDT.
Business loan applications can also be downloaded from the SBA website
at
*[www.sba.gov/services/disasterassistance](http://www.sba.gov/services/disasterassistance).*
Completed applications should be returned to one of the Centers or
mailed to: U.S. Small Business Administration, Processing and
Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport Road, Fort Worth, TX. 76155.

The deadline for returning applications for physical property damage is
**[June 25, 2007]{.underline}**; the deadline to return economic injury
applications is **[January 28, 2008]{.underline}**.

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*For more information about the SBA's Disaster Loan Programs, visit our
website at
[www.sba.gov/services/disasterassistance](http://www.sba.gov/services/disasterassistance).*