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Hub City Now: Interview with Liliana Tschanett

June 18, 2023

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In this episode of Hub City Now with Tyrone Tony Reed Jr., the hosts interviews: Liliana Tschanett, Public Affairs Specialist, Field Operations Center – East, Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience (ODR&R), U.S. Small Business Administration.

Tschanett was on the show to talk about disaster assistance offered by SBA in Tennessee in your area after the natural disaster that occurred from March 31 – April 1, 2023.

The disaster declaration covers Cannon, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, Lewis, Macon, McNairy, Rutherford, Tipton and Wayne counties in Tennessee, which are eligible for both Physical and Economic Injury Disaster Loans from the SBA.

Small businesses and most private nonprofit organizations in the following adjacent counties are eligible to apply only for SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs): Bedford, Chester, Clay, Coffee, Crockett, Davidson, Decatur, DeKalb, Fayette, Henderson, Hickman, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Madison, Marshall, Maury, Perry, Shelby, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Warren, Williamson and Wilson in Tennessee; Lauderdale, in Alabama; Crittenden and Mississippi in Arkansas; Allen and Monroe in Kentucky; and Alcorn, Benton, Tippah and Tishomingo in Mississippi.

What’s available:

Only Primary Counties, including Mobile in the declaration can apply for the following loans with SBA:

1. Business Physical Disaster Loans – Loans to businesses to repair or replace disaster-damaged property owned by the business, including real estate, inventories, supplies, machinery and equipment. Businesses of any size are eligible. Private, non-profit organizations such as charities, churches, private universities, etc., are also eligible. Max. loan 2 million dollars.

2. Home Disaster Loans – Loans to homeowners or renters to repair or replace disaster-damaged real estate and personal property, including automobiles. Residents that sustained physical damages need to register with FEMA first. Max. loan $200,000 for homeowners (primary residence) & $40,000 for personal property including renters.

The filing deadline to return applications for physical property damage was June 6, 2023, but late applications are being accepted until Thursday, June 22,2023, in case you were unaware of the original deadline or the information about the loan.

For small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private nonprofit organizations, the SBA offers Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) to help meet working capital needs caused by the disaster. Economic Injury Disaster Loan assistance is available regardless of whether the business suffered any physical property damage.

All businesses and private non-profit organizations qualifying in primary counties (including Tipton and Haywood) and contiguous counties (including Shelby (Memphis), Lauderdale and Fayette) may apply with SBA for EIDL without any proof of physical damages.

1. Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) – Working capital loans to help small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and most private, non-profit organizations of all sizes meet their ordinary and necessary financial obligations that cannot be met as a direct result of the disaster. These loans are intended to assist through the disaster recovery period. Max. loan 2 million dollars.

The deadline to return economic injury applications is January 8, 2024.

SBA is operating since April 11, 2023 one Business Recovery Center to assist business owners and residents in filling out a disaster loan application and providing one-on-one help and program information. The center is operating as indicated below until further notice:

Late applications for physical damage loans until June 22 accepted online and the opened Business Recovery Centers

For applications online please use the Electronic Loan Application (ELA) via SBA’s secure website at https://disasterloanassistance.sba.gov/ela/s/ and should apply under SBA declaration # 17866. For assistance, please call our Customer Service Center at 1-800-659-2955.

Business Recovery Centers opened in Tennessee now are located as indicated below with their scheduled operational hours.

Business Recovery Center - McNairy County

The Latta Theater Visitor Center

205 W. Court Avenue

Selmer, TN, 38375

Hours: Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Closed: Sunday

Business Recovery Center - Rutherford County

Rutherford County Historic Courthouse

One Public Square Suite 303

Murfreesboro, TN, 37130

Hours: Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Closed: Sunday

Business Recovery Center- Tipton County

Dyersburg State Community College

Jimmy Naifeh Center Learning Resource and Student Center, Room 183

3149 Highway 51 S.

Covington, TN, 38019

Hours: Monday to Thursday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Closed: Sunday

Two major events that SBA are preparing for in Tennessee.
- Tuesday, June 27 at 11 a.m. CDT/12 noon EDT, will present information on EIDL loans. Business owners can sign up for the webinar at the TSBDC website, www.tsbdc.org or www.Eventbrite.com .
- Wednesday, June 28 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. CDT, a business recovery fair will be held at the Jimmy Naifeh Center at Dyersburg State Community College in

Covington. Several local and state agencies will be on-site to answer questions and provide one-on-one consultation to business owners.

For public inquiries and questions – information and application forms can also be obtained by calling the SBA’s Customer Service Center at 800-659-2955 (if you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability, please dial 7-1-1 to access telecommunications relay services) or sending an email to DisasterCustomerService@sba.gov.

Applicants may apply online using the Electronic Loan Application (ELA) via SBA’s secure website at https://disasterloanassistance.sba.gov/ela/s/ and should apply under SBA declaration # 17866.

To be considered for all forms of disaster assistance, applicants should register online at DisasterAssistance.gov or download the FEMA mobile app. If online or mobile access is unavailable, applicants should call the FEMA toll-free helpline at 800-621-3362. Those who use 711-Relay or Video Relay Services should call 800-621-3362.

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Hub City Now: Interview with Shayla Michelle Reaves

September 24, 2023

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In this episode of "Hub City Now with Tyrone Tony Reed Jr.", the host interviews Emmy award-winning TV news journalist Shayla Michelle Reaves, nearly a week before her Sept. 30 book signing in Jackson, Tennessee.

Floral Cakes, 210 East Lafayette Street, in Jackson, Tennessee, will host Reaves' book signing event from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, September 30, 2023. This event is FREE. You can purchase your copy or copies of “Echo in the Distance“, get them autographed, take pictures and enjoy light refreshments.

Reaves spoke about her new book “Echo in the Distance” and the journey she took from enjoying creative writing as a child to winning a writing competition as a freshman in college to publishing her first book.

Sixty years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic "I Have A Dream" speech Wednesday, Aug. 28, 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.

Forty years later, Northwestern University freshman Shayla Michelle Reaves, entered the Written Expression Competition, which was held in honor of Dr. King. Shayla the competition with “Do You Hear the Echo in the Distance,” first performing the piece during the university’s Martin Luther King Jr. program before an audience which included keynote speaker Dr. Cornel West. Dr. West was so impressed that he asked Shayla if he could use the line “People are people, not color-coated crimes” in his future speeches.

Twenty years later, Emmy-award-winning TV news journalist Shayla Michelle Reaves turned that piece, which wouldn’t remain silent, into a children’s book named “Echo in the Distance”, written by Shayla Michelle Reaves and illustrated by Kprecia Ambers.

“Echo in the Distance” written by Shayla Michelle and illustrated by Kprecia Ambers, is a moving tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream shared from the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963.

Millions watched as the civil rights leader delivered his hope for the future, his dream for what America could be.

Decades later, the iconic “I Have A Dream” speech has continued to transcend time.

“Echo in the Distance” reflects on the speech, the history that followed and serves as a reminder that each individual can play a role in realizing the dream first shared in 1963.

In the words of author Shayla Michelle, “It’s not too late. Dreams can come true. It starts with you.”

Learn more about Echo In The Distance at www.echointhedistance.com.

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Hub City Now: Interview with William “Bill” Rawls, Jr., First Black Mayor of Brownsville, Tennessee

August 14, 2016 Uncategorized

In Episode 8 of "Hub City Now", Tyrone speaks with Mayor Rawls about making history as the first African American mayor of Brownsville, Tenn., what his vision for the city and its people is, how the city recently honored a local civil rights advocate and much more.

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