The U.S. Small Business Administration has opened a disaster loan outreach center in Kelso to assist Southwest Washington residents affected by December’s sever winter storms.
Assistance in the form of low-interest loans are available to residents and business in Clark, Cowlitz, Lewis, Skamania and Wahkiakum counties affected by the stormy weather Dec. 1-14.
The outreach center, in the council conference room at Kelso City Hall, 203 S, Pacific. Ave., is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and will remain open on weekdays from Tuesday through Feb. 11.
The low-interest federal disaster loans are available to businesses of all sizes, most private nonprofit organizations, homeowners and renters whose property was damaged or destroyed in December’s severe weather.