{"id":7079,"date":"2021-07-22T14:50:40","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T14:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/press-releases\/coweta-county-sens-ossoff-reverend-warnock-announce-relief-for-small-businesses-residents-affected-by-severe-storm-damage\/"},"modified":"2021-09-14T20:21:25","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T20:21:25","slug":"coweta-county-sens-ossoff-reverend-warnock-announce-relief-for-small-businesses-residents-affected-by-severe-storm-damage","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/coweta-county-sens-ossoff-reverend-warnock-announce-relief-for-small-businesses-residents-affected-by-severe-storm-damage\/","title":{"rendered":"COWETA COUNTY: Sens. Ossoff, Reverend Warnock Announce Relief for Small Businesses, Residents Affected by Severe Storm Damage"},"content":{"rendered":"

 U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) approved a disaster declaration for Coweta County and surrounding counties to provide financial assistance to businesses, residents within the region<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SBA assistance offers low-interest loans for businesses, homeowners, and renters; This Friday, SBA to open Disaster Loan Outreach Center (DLOC) in Newnan<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In April, Sens. Warnock, Ossoff <\/em>surveyed<\/em><\/a> the tornado damage<\/em> <\/em>in Coweta County, pledged to secure federal resources for recovery<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senators continue to work with Biden Administration, FEMA, the SBA, and federal agencies to advocate for additional federal resources for Newnan and surrounding areas<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the Declaration Fact Sheet <\/em>Here<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington, D.C.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Today, U.S. Senators\u00a0Jon\u00a0Ossoff\u00a0and Reverend\u00a0Warnock announced new federal resources to Newnan and surrounding counties following a tornado that touched down in Coweta County in March. The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) approved a disaster declaration for Coweta County and contiguous counties, including Carroll, Fayette, Fulton, Heard, Meriwether, Spalding, and Troup,that will offer low-interest loans for businesses, homeowners, and renters. Additionally,\u00a0the SBA is slated to open a Disaster Loan Outreach Center in Coweta County on Friday, July 23rd<\/sup>\u00a0through August 5th<\/sup>\u00a0to assist businesses and residents affected by the disaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the tornado\u2019s destruction in late March, Senators Warnock and Ossoff mobilized to deliver resources and support for impacted communities. The Senators observed the impacts of the storm, met with residents and local leaders, and committed to push for federal resources for a full recovery. Following direct engagement from the Senators, the Biden-Harris Administration granted a Major Disaster Declaration for the affected counties, triggering Public Assistance and Hazard Mitigation funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. On June 15th<\/sup>, the Senators renewed their call for Individual Assistance for Coweta County in a letter to President Biden, and have since been diligent in working alongside local officials to deliver additional federal resources. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAfter the devastating tornado, I met with Newnan residents, some who loss everything except their lives and abundance of faith.\u201d<\/em><\/strong> said Senator Reverend Warnock. \u201cSenator Ossoff and I pledged to do everything in our power to deliver resources for a full recovery in Coweta County and surrounding areas, and I am proud of these resources secured through the SBA to protect homeowners, renters, and small businesses. Our work does not stop here; I will keep fighting to make sure Newnan recovers and thrives better than ever before.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSenator Reverend Warnock and I continue to fight for relief for Coweta County and the people affected by the tornado earlier this year,\u201d <\/em><\/strong>said Senator Ossoff. \u201cWe thank the SBA for responding to our request and sending this much needed help.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read full declaration from SBA aqu\u00ed<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) approved a disaster declaration for Coweta County and surrounding counties to provide financial assistance to businesses, residents within the region SBA assistance offers low-interest loans for businesses, homeowners, and renters; This Friday, SBA to open Disaster Loan Outreach Center (DLOC) in Newnan In April, Sens. Warnock, Ossoff surveyed the tornado damage in Coweta County, pledged […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7079","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/7079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/7079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7351,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/7079\/revisions\/7351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}