SBA Disaster Relief

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Event
September 24, 2024
11:00am to 6:00pm
Published on
September 21, 2024

SBA Announces Low-Interest Disaster-Relief Loans for Orangeburg Businesses

Administrator Guzman made the loans available in response to a letter from South Carolina Governor Henry Dargan McMaster on Sept. 16, requesting a disaster declaration by the SBA. Businesses and residents in the declared area can now apply for low-interest disaster loans from the SBA.

The declaration includes the primary counties of Berkeley and Orangeburg and the adjacent counties of Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Charleston, Clarendon, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Lexington and Williamsburg in South Carolina.

“The SBA is strongly committed to providing the people of South Carolina with the most effective and customer-focused response possible to assist businesses of all sizes, homeowners and renters with federal disaster loans,” said Guzman. “Getting businesses and communities up and running after a disaster is our highest priority at SBA.”

The SBA will open Disaster Loan Outreach Centers (DLOCs) at the Berkeley County Administration Building in Moncks Corner and the Bowman Library in Bowman, to assist businesses and residents complete their disaster loan application, accept documents, and provide updates on an application’s status. Walk-ins are accepted, but you can schedule an in-person appointment at an SBA Disaster Loan Outreach Center in advance.  

The filing deadline to return applications for physical property damage is Nov. 18, 2024. The deadline to
return economic injury applications is June 18, 2025.

The Centers will operate as indicated below.

Disaster Loan Outreach Center (DLOC)

Orangeburg County

Bowman Library

7105 Charleston Hwy  

Bowman, SC 29018

Opening:  Tuesday, Sept. 24, at 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Hours:        Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

                     Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Closed:      Sunday

Permanently Closes: Wednesday, Oct. 9, at 4 p.m.

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