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SBA Announces Memorial Day Observance Schedule for the Mississippi Disaster Assistance Centers

SB Informer
Thursday, May 25, 2006; 02:23 AM

JACKSON, Miss. - Hurricane Katrina disaster assistance centers throughout Mississippi Memorial Day observance schedule:

FEMA/SBA Disaster Recovery Centers (DRCs)
Open: Monday-Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Open Memorial Day - Monday, May 29

HANCOCK COUNTY
South Coast Skate Park (Mobile Unit)
118 Auderer Boulevard
Waveland, MS

HARRISON COUNTY
Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Hall
2600 23rd Avenue
Gulfport, MS

Snyder Recreation Center
2520 Pass Road
Biloxi, MS

JACKSON COUNTY
former K-Mart Building
3176 Bienville Blvd. (SE corner of Hwy. 90 and Ocean Springs Hwy.)
Ocean Springs, MS

SBA DISASTER LOAN ASSISTANCE CENTERS

FORREST COUNTY                        
C. E. Roy Community Center            
300 East 5th Street                             
Hattiesburg MS                                  
Open Monday - Saturday from         
8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.                        
Closes Friday, June 9                         

HARRISON COUNTY
Warehouse Building
5244 A Avenue (corner of Pineville Road)
Long Beach, MS
Open Monday - Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. 

HINDS COUNTY (closed Monday, May 29 - Memorial Day)
Eudora Welty Library
300 North State Street - 2nd Floor
Jackson, MS
Open Monday-Friday; 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
Closes Friday, June 30

SBA Business Assistance Centers (BACs)
Open Monday-Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

HANCOCK COUNTY                    
Coast Electric Power Association    
Conference Center                            
302 U.S. 90                                       
Bay St. Louis, MS                            
                                                          

HARRISON COUNTY
(closed Monday, May 29 - Memorial Day)
Gulf Coast Business Technology Center
1636 Popps Ferry Road
Biloxi, MS

JACKSON COUNTY
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Math & Computer Science Bldg. - Room N109
2300 Highway 90 West
Gautier, MS

The Pearl River County Disaster Loan Assistance Center located in the Mississippi Mall, 1310 S. Haugh Street, Picayune, Mississippi will be open from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., until Friday, May 26 at which time it will cease operation. All other centers will continue to operation until further notice or as noted.

"If you have any questions or need assistance, we hope you will come to one of the centers and personally meet with a representative. The staff will be glad to answer any questions about the disaster loan program, and provide any extra help you may need," said Frank Skaggs, Director of SBA Field Operations Center East.

SBA program information is available by calling the SBA's National Customer Service Center at (1-800-659-2955 or 1-800-877-8339 for the hearing impaired): Monday through Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. EDT. Business loan applications may be downloaded from the SBA website at http://www.sba.gov/disaster. Applications may be returned to any of the disaster assistance centers or mailed to: U. S. Small Business Administration, National Processing and Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport Road, Fort Worth, Texas 76155.

The deadline for returning applications for economic injury is May 29, 2006; the physical applications deadline ended April 10, 2006.

For more information about the SBA's Disaster Loan Programs visit our website at http://www.sba.gov/disaster.

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