WASHINGTON — Victims of the recent flooding in Maryland are eligible for low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).
The loans can be used to repair or replace damaged or destroyed items such as personal property, machinery and equipment, business inventory and assets as well as real estate.
A physical disaster declaration has been approved for Frederick County because of the multiday flooding that began May 15.
People from adjacent Maryland counties — including Carroll, Howard, Montgomery and Washington — can also apply for the loans, according to a news release from Maryland’s Emergency Management Agency.
People can apply for assistance at disaster loan outreach centers that will be opening in Frederick and Sharpsburg.
In Frederick County:
Public Safety Training Facility
5370 Public Safety Place, Frederick
Open June 25—29 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; June 30 from 10 a.m. — 2 p.m.
In Washington County:
Sharpsburg Fire Department
110 W. Chapline St., Sharpsburg
Open June 19—22 and June 25—26 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; June 23 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Gov. Larry Hogan has also requested a presidential disaster declaration for the state because of flooding from the heavy rains that devastated Frederick and Washington counties May 15—19.
State officials still are collecting and validating damages from the second flooding incident the over Memorial Day weekend in May, which primarily impacted Howard and Baltimore counties and Baltimore City.
