ATKINSON Comm. — Kelly Loeffler, Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and former Georgia U.S. Senator, took a tour Friday to see the devastation caused by Hwy. 82 Brantley fires.
Loeffler, who met with Brantley County officials and state representatives earlier May 15, voiced hers and the government’s committment to the disaster.
“This fire was a fast-moving fire, really unprecedented in this state,” she said. “The reason we’re here, from the SBA, is the SBA is the government’s largest federal disaster recovery agency. We’re not a response agency, we work on recovery, so we’re hear to listen and assess the situation.
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