A disaster loan center opened in Salem yesterday to help local victims of the Oct. 4 floods.
The Small Business Administration, which issued a disaster declaration for Essex County, is providing low-interest loans to North Shore residents and businesses who qualify. It is issuing home, business and economic injury disaster loans.
The SBA Disaster Loan Center is in a third-floor conference room at 120 Washington St., the City Hall annex. It is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday; from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday; and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
The center will remain open through Saturday, Oct. 29.
There is public parking in the Church Street lot and in the Museum Place and South Harbor garages.
— Tom Dalton
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