Businesses affected by the water main breaks, which occurred from May 31 to June 6, 2024, in 11 Georgia counties, may now apply for low-interest Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). The SBA will open a Business Recovery Center (BRC) on Monday, July 22, 2024 at 11:00 a.m.
Georgia received the SBA Economic Injury Declaration for the primary county of Fulton and the 10 contiguous counties of Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth and Gwinnett, in response to a request made by Governor Brian Kemp’s authorized representative, Deputy Director of Recovery at the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency (GEMA/HS), Valarie Grooms. All counties included in the SBA declaration are eligible to apply.
Applicants may apply online using the Electronic Loan Application (ELA) via SBA’s secure website at https://lending.sba.gov. Please contact the SBA disaster assistance customer service center by email at disastercustomerservice@sba.gov or by phone at 1-800-659-2955 for further assistance. The address and hours of operation for the BRC are provided below.
14 Marietta St NW
Suite #G110
Atlanta, GA 30303
Opening: Monday, July 22, 2024, from 11:00 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Hours: Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Closed on Sunday.
The BRC will permanently close on Monday, August 5, 2024, at 4 p.m.
The deadline to return economic Injury disaster loan applications is April 10, 2025.
JR Lott
July 20, 2024 at 3:00 pm
Do not get money from sba they lie they steal and you will never get the loan paid off after a few yrs of paying your loan on time and every month they will all of sudden lose all info of any payments and charge you $36000.00 in fees then garnish your wages without a judgement because its government im told they can do it and have no proof money is still owed other than someone in sba office says so