SEDA-Council of Governments      Your Resource for Business Solutions

USDA Intermediary Relending Program

SEDA-Council of Governments 201 Furnace Road Lewisburg, PA  17837 570-524-4491 570-524-9190 Fax 1-800-326-4086 finance@seda-cog.org http://finance.seda-cog.org Serving the following counties in PA: Centre Clinton Columbia Juniata Lycoming Mifflin Montour Northumberland Perry Snyder Union and Serving the entire State of Pennsylvania for the SBA 504 Program and USDA B&I Guaranty
		Any for-profit or non-profit small business.  Businesses with more than 100 employees may qualify.
		Land acquisition, site improvements, acquisition of existing building, building renovation, leasehold improvements, new construction, machinery & equipment, working capital, refinancing (restrictions apply), and certain soft costs.
		$250,000 or 40% of the eligible project costs, whichever is less.
		To be fixed for the life of the loan at two (2) percentage points under the highest Wall Street Journal Prime Lending Rate as published at the date of approval.  However, at no time can the rate be lower than 4%.
		Three (3) years for working capital; seven (7) years for machinery and equipment; 10 years for real estate.
		For existing businesses (more than two years of operations), borrower must provide a minimum of 10% of the project cost.  For start-ups or changes in ownership, borrower may be required to provide 15% of the project cost.
		One job to be created or in some cases retained for every $25,000 of Intermediary Relending Program funds in the project within three years of disbursement.
		SEDA-COG charges a 1% commitment fee, a 1% closing fee, and a minimum $500 legal fee.

If you feel that you meet these requirements, and your business is located (or will be locating) in one of the following counties in Pennsylvania:

Centre	Lycoming	Perry
Clinton	Mifflin	Snyder
Columbia	Montour	Union
Juniata	Northumberland

and are interested in exploring how this loan program can assist you, please fill out this form, and we will get back to you as soon as we can. You can also contact us through e-mail, although we request that for serious inquiries, completion of the form is desirable.