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Pratt County staff outline limited federal and state aid options after windstorm; industrial revenue bonds discussed
Summary
County staff reviewed federal and state programs available to businesses and homeowners after last week’s storm, said the disaster was not large enough to trigger a governor-requested disaster declaration for Pratt County, and flagged industrial revenue bonds and a local economic-development housing incentive as possible recovery tools.
Heather, a county staff member, told the Pratt County Commission that she has been contacting state and federal agencies about assistance for residents and businesses damaged in last week’s storm. “I reached out to the Kansas Department of Commerce, the Kansas Department of Agriculture, the Farm Service Agency, the Small Business Administration, and USDA Rural Development,” she said.
Heather said several programs may be available to businesses with uninsured losses, and that the Farm Service Agency’s Farm Storage Facility Loan Program — administered out of the Concordia FSA office — is intended for replacing hay or grain…
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