{"id":210127,"date":"2015-09-10T06:06:01","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T20:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=210127"},"modified":"2015-09-10T06:06:01","modified_gmt":"2015-09-09T20:06:01","slug":"chamber-and-fema-host-business-recovery-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/chamber-and-fema-host-business-recovery-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Chamber and FEMA host Business Recovery Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Saipan Chamber of Commerce, in collaboration with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, hosted a Business Recovery Fair at Fiesta Resort and Spa Saipan\u2019s Hibiscus Hall yesterday.<\/p>\n

The event sought to provide information to the business sector on the opportunities available to them to be able to recover from the damage brought by Typhoon Soudelor.<\/p>\n

\u201cFEMA came and asked us if we would host it,\u201d Chamber executive director Jill Arenovski said. \u201dTan Holdings was willing to sponsor the venue to make it easy for us. All we had to do was arrange the participants and invite people.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Various public agencies and private entities offered help and information to businesses yesterday at the Business Recovery Fair hosted by the Chamber of Commerce and Federal Emergency Management Agency at the Fiesta Resort and Spa. (Frauleine S. Villanueva)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Government agencies as well as private sector entities were present to offer information and solutions.<\/p>\n

Among them were FEMA\u2019s Office of External Affairs\u2019 private sector liaison Susan Langhoff and the U.S. Small Business Administration\u2019s public information officer, William Koontz.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe way we help our business owners that have been impacted by a disaster is to share information with them about recovery\u2014different avenues of recovery\u2014the primary being business owners\u2019 recovery options through SBA,\u201d Langhoff said.<\/p>\n

Koontz reminded businesses that not only those who suffered physical damage can be eligible for disaster loans.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe SBA can loan them money not just to pay for their damaged business, damaged equipment,\u201d Koontz said. \u201cWe can also loan them the lost income that they\u2019re suffering. That might go on for several months.\u201d<\/p>\n

Representatives of the U.S Department of Agriculture were also present. According to USDA Saipan Service Center\u2019s Jay Doronilla, farmers can get help on having the damage to their farms inspected and advice on how to proceed.<\/p>\n

Those who are interested and eligible can also join their Environmental Quality Incentives Program, which could help them cost share expenses but certain requirements will have to be met by the farmers.<\/p>\n

The Commonwealth Utilities Corp. offered information regarding the status of power supply so that businesses can plan ahead.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now the best thing that we can do for them is give them an idea of where power is in relation to their businesses and give them an idea what it might take for them to get back online,\u201d public information officer Brad Ruszala said.<\/p>\n

Also present were the Saipan Mayor\u2019s Office, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Labor, Commonwealth Development Authority, Small Business Development Center, Zoning Office, Department of Public Works, Bridge Capital, First Hawaiian Bank, Bank of Hawaii, AON, CTSI, and N15, among others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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