The  U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced on February 14, 2023, that Pike County, Georgia, is now considered a primary county for the disaster declaration for severe storms, straight-line winds and tornadoes that occurred Jan. 12. This gives eligibility for Pike County businesses and residents to apply for SBA’s low-interest physical disaster loan program.

The disaster declaration now includes Butts, Henry, Jasper, Meriwether, Newton, Pike, Spalding and Troup counties in Georgia, which are eligible for both Physical and Economic Injury Disaster Loans from the SBA. Small businesses and most private nonprofit organizations in the following adjacent counties are eligible to apply only for SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs): Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette, Harris, Heard, Jones, Lamar, Monroe, Morgan, Putnam, Rockdale, Talbot, Upson, and Walton in Georgia; and Chambers and Randolph in Alabama.

If you have questions, please contact Terrell Perry, Public Affairs Lead for GA 17761, at 404-387-8716 (cell) or terrell.perry@sba.gov.

Applicants may apply online using the Electronic Loan Application (ELA) via SBA’s secure website at https://disasterloanassistance.sba.gov/ela/s/  and should apply under SBA declaration # 17761.