Our Town Santiam: January 1, 2018

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Recovery help

Fire-impacted businesses can apply for low-interest loans

By Mary Owen

staff members who worked on canceling reservations. Despite the impending fire danger, a skeleton staff kept the resort secure.

Detroit area businesses impacted by recent wildfires may get a hand-up from Marion County Emergency Management.

“We gave back over $100,000 in refunds,” said Peter Moore, the retreat center’s business manager. “This fire costs us a half a million in income because it happened in high season. We usually take in $4 million a year, so it was a huge economic hit.”

The U.S. Small Business Administration is offering low-interest loans for working capital to small businesses economically impacted by the Milli and Nash fires that occurred in August and September. Assistance is available in 11 counties, including Marion and Linn. “We greatly appreciate the efforts of the county’s Office of Emergency Management to make sure our local businesses have the opportunity to access low-interest loans if they need them to help recover from losses related to fires late this summer and early fall,” said Allison McKenzie, executive director of GROWEDC. “While some businesses actually benefitted from the firefighters being in town, several businesses experienced a downturn during August in particular, usually the peak month of the summer, with Breitenbush the hardest hit of all

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Originally, Moore said the worker-owned coop would just “suck up” the loss, but the SBA loans may provide an alternate solution.

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since they had to close for several weeks.” Breitenbush Hot Springs is a retreat and conference center near Detroit. It attracts visitors from all over the world, many of whom spend money at nearby establishments. Forced to evacuate when air quality became poor, Breitenbush set up an emergency operations center at the coast just north of Lincoln City with 10

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