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***Loans for Homeowners, Renters and Businesses of all Sizes***

SBA Disaster Assistance -- Field Operations Center- East - One Baltimore
Place, Suite 300 - Atlanta, GA 30308

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**Release Date:** November 6, 2007 **Contact:** Mark Ihenacho

**Release Number:** 08-086, MN 11004/11005 **Phone:** 404-347-3771

**SBA Continues to Provide Assistance;**

**Urges Disaster Victims to Visit the Centers Prior to Closing**

**ATLANTA** -- The U. S. Small Business Administration announces today
that due to a steady decrease of activity, the Disaster Loan Outreach
Centers in Fillmore, Olmsted and Winona Counties will cease operations
on Thursday, November 15 at close of business. Additionally, all three
centers will be closed on Monday, November 12, in observance of Veterans
Day.

The Small Business Administration urges disaster victims of the August
18 -- 31, 2007 storms and flooding to visit these Centers before they
close to obtain one-on-one assistance and information about SBA's
disaster assistance program.

"We want to express our sincere gratitude to the staff of the TRW West
Automotive Building in Fillmore County, the staff of the Rochester
Community & Technical College in Olmsted County, and the staff of the
J.C. Penney Building in Winona County," said Frank Skaggs, Director of
SBA Field Operations Center East. "By providing the facilities for our
Disaster Loan Outreach Centers, they have helped disaster victims in
their community. We deeply appreciate their generosity."

The Centers are located in the following communities:

**[SBA Disaster Loan Outreach Centers]{.underline}**

**Open: Monday -- Friday; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.**

**(Centers will be closed Monday, Nov. 12 for Veterans Day and will
reopen Tuesday, Nov. 13)**

**All centers close Thursday, November 15 at close of business**

> **[Fillmore County]{.underline} [Winona County]{.underline}**
>
> **TRW West Automotive Building JC Penney Building**
>
> 901 Home Street 1858 W Service Dr. (Hwy 61 & Hwy 14)
>
> Rushford, MN 55971 Winona, MN 55987 .
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> **[Olmsted County]{.underline}**
>
> **Rochester Community & Technical College**
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> Heintz Center. Bldg. HA -- Room 112
>
> 1926 Collegeview Road SE
>
> Rochester, MN 55904

SBA urges anyone who has not registered for assistance to call FEMA at
1-800-621-FEMA (3362), regardless of the status of any insurance claim.
FEMA will refer you to the agency best able to meet your
disaster-related needs.

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**SBA Continues to Provide Assistance;**

**Urges Disaster Victims to Visit the Centers Prior to Closing**

Anyone unable to visit one of the Centers who has registered with FEMA
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. to 10 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from noon
to

10 p.m. EST. 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 filing deadline to return applications for physical property damage
is **[November 14, 2007]{.underline}**. The deadline to return economic
injury applications is **[May 23, 2008]{.underline}**.

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