Category Archive for: ‘Disaster Preparedness’
President Declares Major Disaster for Florida
WASHINGTON –The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Florida to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the area affected by Hurricane Hermine during the period of August 31 to September 11, […]
Read More →Deadline Approaching in Florida for SBA Working Capital Loans
ATLANTA – The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private nonprofit organizations that Oct. 17 is the filing deadline for federal economic injury disaster loans in Florida as a result of excessive rain […]
Read More →Hurricane Hermine – Business Disaster Assessment Survey
The Florida Virtual Business Emergency Operations Center http://flvbeoc.org/ has activated its damage assessment survey for all businesses to register the impact from the storm http://flvbeoc.org/index.php?action=bda Please help us get this information to the local businesses so that they can register their damages and help the […]
Read More →SBA Offers Disaster Assistance to Residents of Florida Affected by Severe Storms and Tornado in Sarasota County
WASHINGTON Florida businesses and residents affected by the severe storms and tornado in Sarasota County on Jan. 15-17, can apply for low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, SBA Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet announced today. Contreras-Sweet made the loans available in response to a […]
Read More →Florida SBDC at USF to provide assistance to businesses affected by recent floods
TAMPA (August 28, 2015) – In an effort to help businesses and families recover from the severe storms and flooding in the Tampa area, Governor Rick Scott activated Florida’s Small Business Emergency Bridge Loan Program. The Florida SBDC at University of South Florida will provide […]
Read More →Florida SBDC Urges Businesses to Take Precautions for Tropical Storm Erika
Disaster Preparedness Assistance Available through SBA, FSBDC FSBDCN State Office: (August 27, 2015) – Charley, Ivan, Jeanne, Dennis and Wilma are names not forgotten in Florida. These five hurricanes made landfall between August 2004 and October 2005, resulting in over $100 billion in damages and […]
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