The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced today that certain Private Non-Profit organizations (PNPs) in Minnesota are eligible to apply for low-interest disaster loans for damages as a result of severe storms and flooding that occurred on June 16 through July 4.
The disaster declaration now covers the counties of Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cass, Cook, Cottonwood, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Itasca, Jackson, Lake, Le Sueur, Martin, McLeod, Mower, Murray, Nicollet, Nobles, Pipestone, Redwood, Renville, Rice, Rock, Sibley, St. Louis, Steele, Wabasha, Waseca, Watonwan and Winona in Minnesota. Examples of eligible non-critical PNP organizations include, but are not limited to, food kitchens, homeless shelters, museums, libraries, community centers, schools, and colleges.
PNP organizations may borrow up to $2 million to repair or replace damaged or destroyed real estate, machinery and equipment, inventory, and other business assets. The interest rate is 3.25%, with terms up to 30 years.
Apply for the SBA Disaster Loans
Get the help you need today!
The Small Business Association Disaster loans apply for businesses of all sizes, homeowners, renters, and private non-profit organizations. So if you have incurred damages from the rain earlier during the Summer of 2024 between June 16th through July 4th, you may be eligible to receive a loan to help in repairing them!
Visit the SBA Loan Disaster application page to submit you loan application and get started on rebuilding today!
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United Way Lunch Buddies Mentor
Applications are currently being taken to become a United Way Lunch Buddies Mentor! The United Way of Northeastern Minnesota’s Lunch Buddies Mentoring Program currently serves grade school students at Cherry School, Keewatin Elementary, Merritt Elementary, Northeast Range School, and Vaughn-Steffensrud Elementary who would benefit from additional support, encouragement and a positive & caring adult mentor.
Mentor Role
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Become a United Way Lunch Buddies Mentor and be a positive influence on the youth of our community! If you would like to know more about UWNEMN, the program and other programs that they run visit their website. And if this is something you are interested in you may apply now! Applications are due on October 10th.
City of Chisholm
Chisholm Candidate Forum
The Chisholm Candidate Forum for School board candidates, Mayoral candidates, and Chisholm Council candidates will be taking place Thursday, October 27th at 6pm. The Forum will be held in the Chisholm Senior Citizens Center at 319 West Lake Street. The Forum will be hosted by Chisholm Area Chamber of Commerce & Chisholm Community Foundation. All residents are invited to attend the forum and we hope to see everyone there! The vote will be held on November 8th, and now is your best opportunity to gauge the candidates to determine which platform YOU feel serves the Chisholm area best!
The forum will take a few hours and will cover several topics of great importance to our city and it will be exciting to hear where our candidates stand on each of them, why they do, and to hear their plans moving forward!
The moderator is Steve Potts and the candidates for the Chisholm Candidate Forum are as follows:
Schoolboard Candidates:
City Candidates
Mayoral Candidates:
Council Candidates:
Read a little bit more about the candidates in this article by The Mesabi Tribune.
May the best candidates win!
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Lake Street Trick or Treat
On October 28th we will be having our Lake Street Trick or Treat event throughout downtown Chisholm! Kids will trick or treat storefront to storefront through downtown Chisholm dressed up in their costumes to transform Lake Street into the spookiest place on The Range and will collect their treats from all participating storefront locations in a safe and fun environment! Local businesses will open their doors and provide a variety of candies, snacks, and treats for the kids to grab (and we hope all of you adults will be dressed up too, it is the reason for the season!)
Last year’s Lake Street Trick or Treat was a smashing hit and we filled Chisholm with all manner of witches, ghosts, ghouls, heroes & villains. We hope to see everyone having just as much fun (if not more) as last year’s event. A full list of participating locations will be made available as the date approaches and will be available here or on our socials!
More information to come, but save the date and make sure that your costumes are set for Halloween the way that you remember it when you were a kid! Nothing brings more joy than seeing kids having fun on Halloween!
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