NEWS RELEASE
BOULDER SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER
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Boulder County Disaster Assistance Center
Boulder County has opened a Disaster Assistance Center (DAC) for people and businesses who have lost homes/structures or were displaced by the Marshall Fire. Assistance includes:
- Consultation on property loss and filing claims for assistance (including disaster loans)
- Gift cards for replacement of food and transportation costs
- Information and short- and long-term housing
- Help with vital records
- Referrals to emergency shelter
- Food assistance
- Mental health services
- COVID-19 tests
- Transportation vouchers
- Referrals for personal finance planning
Boulder SBDC consultants will be available, along with SBA representatives, to help businesses with disaster loan applications.
Boulder County DAC
1755 S. Public Rd.
Lafayette, CO 80026
7 days/week, 9 am – 7 pm
Low-Interest Federal Disaster Loans Available
- Low-interest federal disaster loans are now available to Colorado businesses and residents as a result of President Biden’s major disaster declaration covering Boulder County as a result of the wildfires and straight-line winds that began on December 30
- Businesses of all sizes and private nonprofit organizations may borrow up to $2 million to repair or replace damaged or destroyed real estate, machinery and equipment, inventory and other business assets
- SBA can also lend additional funds to businesses and homeowners to help with the cost of improvements to protect, prevent or minimize the same type of disaster damage from occurring in the future
- For small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private nonprofit organizations of any size, SBA offers Economic Injury Disaster Loans to help meet working capital needs caused by the disaster
- Economic injury assistance is available to businesses regardless of any property damage
- Interest rates can be as low as 2.83 percent for businesses and 1.875 percent for private nonprofit organizations with terms up to 30 years
The Boulder SBDC has specialists that can help walk you through the application. Please request assistance in one of the following ways:
- Meet with SBDC representatives at the DAC (info above).
- Register for an initial (virtual) consulting appointment. This is a short, one-time request. We will respond quickly.
- Email [email protected].
- Call our client coordinator, Terra Cibere, at (720) 438-8517.
Survey: Boulder County Fire Impacts to Business
Please complete this survey from our partners at the Northwest Chamber Alliance as many times as you need to communicate your short- and long-term impacts and needs, as well as ways you can help other organizations in our community in their recovery from this tragedy.
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