Small Business Information Session:

Financial Recovery Cheat Sheet

FEMA

FEMA Disaster Assistance for Individuals and Businesses: Grants for temporary housing, home repairs, and low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses. Register online at DisasterAssistance.gov, by calling 1-800-621- 3362, or by using the FEMA App.

Small Business Administration | SBA.gov

Home Disaster Loans: Loans to homeowners or renters to repair or replace disaster-damaged real estate and personal property, including automobiles.

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.

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.

Mountain Biz Works | mountainbizworks.org/helene/

Mountain BizWorks: The WNC Strong: Helene Business Recovery Fund offers rapid relief loans up to $100,000 with 1% interest to small businesses impacted by Hurricane Helene. Administered by Mountain BizWorks and supported by The Golden LEAF Foundation and other partners, this fund bridges the gap between the disaster’s impact and the arrival of federal aid, insurance payouts, or business recovery.

Explore Asheville

Always Asheville Fund: Explore Asheville has established the Always Asheville Fund to support our small, independent travel and hospitality businesses across Buncombe County as they work to recover and rebuild. This fund will provide emergency grants—not loans—to help sustain the vibrant, creative, and deeply rooted community that makes the Asheville area unique.

Love Asheville from Afar is designed to help Buncombe County businesses connect with supporters by creating a centralized space where people near and far can easily find local businesses’ e-commerce platforms and direct donation options—such as GoFundMe pages—making it easier for everyone to show support during this challenging time.

Chamber of Commerce

Business Recovery Center in the Asheville Visitor Center (36 Montford Ave) to provide local businesses with the resources they need to recover including representatives from the SBA, Mountain Biz Works, Small Business & Technology Development Center and Colton Groome Financial.