Madison County has received an official Small Business Association (SBA) Disaster Declaration as a result of the damage from the storm and floods of June 22..
The declaration qualifies residents and small businesses to apply for SBA disaster loans to resolve damage suffered from the storms.
Those who sustained damage can apply for assistance by going to the online portal: MySBA Loan Portal. Also, a Disaster Loan Outreach Center has been set up for Madison County at the Village of Canastota offices for people who may have questions or need assistance.
The villlage of Canastota offices are located at 205 South Peterboro Street.
The center opens on Saturday, August 23, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. It will then be open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. through Friday September 5, when it will close permanently at 4 p.m
It will be closed on Labor Day and on Sundays during that date range.
Storm impact
The storms drenched the region during the predawn hours on Sunday, June 22, leaving thousands of county residents without power as wind gusts of up to 100 mph downed trees and power lines while between 2.5 and 3.5 inches of teeming rain prompted a National Weather Service Flash Flood Warning.
The alert covered Madison County towns including Hamilton, Morrisville, Nelson, Cazenovia, Brookfield, Waterville, Lebanon, Georgetown and Earlville, where “life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams…was imminent or already occurring.”
In the storm’s aftermath, Madison County reported the hardest hit areas to include the city of Oneida, village of Canastota, and the towns of Lincoln, Eaton, Madison, and Nelson. 911 operators received over 900 calls from the county on Sunday morning, according to a statement announcing the SBA loans.
This article originally appeared on Observer-Dispatch: Madison County disaster declaration by SBA offers relief in the form of SBA disaster loans
Reporting by Cara Dolan Berry, Utica Observer Dispatch / Observer-Dispatch
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