Scalise: SBA Opens Business Recovery Centers for Small Businesses in Aftermath of BP Oil Spill

Washington, DC -- Congressman Steve Scalise today announced that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has opened Business Recovery Centers in Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard and St. Tammany Parishes.

Small business owners can visit the Business Recovery Centers to discuss Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) which have been made available to small businesses in Louisiana affected by the BP oil spill. This includes those businesses that operate on revenue from fishing, recreational and sports fishing and coastal business. SBA is also providing loan deferments to fishermen and others affected who are still paying back loans taken out after Hurricane Katrina.

The Business Recovery Centers in Southeast Louisiana are:

Jefferson Parish
UNO Jefferson Center
3330 N. Causeway, Suite 442
Metairie, LA 70002
Monday – Friday, 8:30 am – 5 pm

Jefferson Parish
Grand Isle Community Center
3811 Highway 1
Grand Isle, LA 70358
Monday – Friday, 8 am – 5 pm

Lafourche Parish
South Lafourche Public Library
16241 East Main Street
Cut Off, LA 70345
Monday – Friday, 9 am – 6 pm

Orleans Parish
4655 Michoud Blvd., #D6
New Orleans, LA 70129
Monday – Friday, 8 am – 5 pm

Plaquemines Parish
St. Patrick’s Church
28698 Highway 23
Port Sulphur, LA 70083
Monday – Friday, 9 am – 5 pm

Plaquemines Parish
Venice Boat Harbor Office
Tiger Pass Road
Venice, LA 70091
Monday – Friday, 9 am – 6 pm

Plaquemines Parish
212 Avenue G
Belle Chase, LA 70037
Monday – Friday, 9 am – 5 pm

St. Bernard Parish
1801 East Judge Perez Drive
Chalmette, LA 70043
Monday – Friday, 9 am – 4 pm

St. Bernard Parish
7801 Hopedale Highway
Hopedale, LA 70085
Monday – Friday, 9 am – 6 pm

St. Tammany Parish
1330 Bayou Lane
Trailer 102
Slidell, LA 70460
Monday – Friday, 8 am – 5 pm

The EIDL loans are available for businesses in the following Parishes: Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Evangeline, Iberia, Iberville, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Lafourche, Livingston, Orleans, Plaquemines, Pointe Coupee, Rapides, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. Helena, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Landry, St. Mary, St. Martin, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Terrebonne, Vermillion, Washington, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana.

The deadline to apply for an EIDL loan is February 7, 2011. Those interested in applying can obtain forms by calling the SBA at (800) 659-2955, e-mailing disastercustomerservice@sba.gov, or visiting SBA’s website at www.sba.gov/services/disasterassistance.

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Contact: Stephen Bell
202-226-9113