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

    JACKSON, Miss., May 24 /PRNewswire/ -- 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                         HARRISON COUNTY
    C. E. Roy Community Center             Warehouse Building
    300 East 5th Street                    5244 A Avenue (corner of Pineville
    Hattiesburg MS                         Road)
    Open Monday - Saturday from            Long Beach, MS
    8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.                 Open Monday - Saturday from 8:00
    Closes Friday, June 9                  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                       HARRISON COUNTY
    Coast Electric Power Association     (closed Monday, May 29 - Memorial
    Conference Center                     Day)
    302 U.S. 90                          Gulf Coast Business Technology Center
    Bay St. Louis, MS                    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


SOURCE U.S. Small Business Administration




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