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    Ohio's 13th Congressional District truly is a great place to live, raise a family and do business. Congresswoman Sutton has lived most of her life in and around the communities that make up much of the district, and she is proud to represent the people and places she knows and loves so much.

    Originally nicknamed the “Turnpike District”, the 13th Congressional District’s unique shape traces across the shoreline of Lake Erie in Lorain County, captures the “Emerald Necklace” of the Cleveland MetroParks and the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, and extends south to include the Portage Lakes State Park in Summit County. The 13th Congressional District is also home to institutions of higher learning such as Lorain County Community College and The University of Akron.

    The 13th Congressional District stretches across four of Northeast Ohio’s most populous counties, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Medina, and Summit, and it includes all or some of over thirty communities.


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Representative Sutton Announces New Small Businesses Lending Program

Jun 15, 2009

Washington, DC - Congresswoman Betty Sutton (D-OH) announced today that many local small businesses may soon be eligible for interest-free loans under a new program created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The newly launched America's Recovery Capital (ARC) program allows small firms to take out loans of $35,000 to pay down existing business debts.Borrowers pay no interest on the loans, and repayment begins after one year.

"There are many businesses throughout Ohio's 13th Congressional District that would be viable in the long term if they could just make it through this rough patch," said Rep. Sutton."The ARC program will help businesses retain employees and play their traditional role as job creators."

To qualify for the ARC loans, small firms must demonstrate that they are experiencing immediate financial hardship due to the economic downturn but are otherwise deemed viable by the Small Business Administration (SBA). The loans will be made by commercial lenders and can be used for payments of principal and interest for existing, qualifying small business debts like credit card bills, mortgages, and balances due to suppliers, vendors and utilities.

Rep. Sutton added that the ARRA contained other measures aimed at helping small firms access credit beyond the ARC loans.For instance, the new law increases the percentage of a loan that the SBA can guarantee, makes SBA-backed loans more affordable and provides tools to unfreeze the small business credit markets, helping small companies access capital at affordable rates.

"Small businesses have always been our country's most reliable job creators, generating seven out of ten new jobs," Rep. Sutton said. "We need entrepreneurs to start growing again, and the ARC program is one way to give businesses the tools they need to lead us back to prosperity."

To apply for ARC loans, businesses should visit their local SBA-approved small business lenders. The loans will be available through Sept. 30, 2010, or until appropriated funding runs out. Additional information about the ARC loan program is available at http://www.sba.gov/recovery/arcloanprogram/index.html