Small nonfarm businesses in 10 Arizona counties and neighboring counties in Colorado, New Mexico and Utah are now eligible to apply for low‑interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Director Jeffrey Lusk of SBA’s Disaster Field Operations Center-West. These loans offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused by drought in the following primary counties that began Sept. 5.
Primary Arizona counties: Apache and Yavapai;
Neighboring Arizona counties: Coconino, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, La Paz, Maricopa, Mohave and Navajo;