Notice No. 02-21
January 10, 2002

To:		All Exchange Members and Member Firms

From:		J. Robert Collins, Jr., President

Subject:	Business Assistance to the Membership


In order to keep members updated on possible avenues of financial
assistance, we have listed below the phone numbers and contact information
to both the NYS and NYC Economic Development Corporations.  Both NYS and NYC
are making funds available to small businesses in the form of Grants and
Bridge Loans with participating banks.

The requirements for a grant is as follows (must fulfill all points listed
below):
	1.	Must have had a business as of September 11, 2001 south of
Houston Street,
	2.	Employ 50 or fewer people,
	3.	Provide professional  or business services; or engage in
manufacturing, distribution or other non-retail business,
	4.	Submitted a complete application to the U.S. Small Business
Administration or other approved lender for disaster recovery.

To apply for a grant, call the EDC hotline at 866-227-0458.  To obtain an
application online visit www.newyorkbiz.com.  Or you may visit the walk-in
center at 110 Maiden Lane Monday ?Friday, 9 a.m.- 5 p.m.  In addition, you
can visit The New York State Economic Development Corporation at
www.empire.state.ny.us/.

A brief summary of other grant and loan programs are also listed below as
follows:

Grant Programs:

Charitable Organizations
*	New York City Partnership/Civic Capital Corporation Financial
Recovery Fund.  Provides grants of $ 25,000 to $ 250,000. (212) 493-7760
www.nycif.org/recoveryfund.
*	Seedo Grant/Lower Manhattan Small Business and Workforce Retention
Project.
	Provides grants of up to $25,000 for retailers and manufacturers.
(212) 473-0255 ext. 378, or visit www.seedo.org.
*	Safe Horizons.  Provides grants of up to $1,500 for small business
owners of displaced workers.  (212)-577-7777 or (800) 621-HOPE.
*	Nonprofit Financial Fund.  Provides grants to non-profit
organizations.  (212) 868-6710 or visit www.nonprofitfinancefund.org.

Other
*	Manhattan Chamber of Commerce Small Business Recovery.  Provides
emergency grants of $500- $1,000 to businesses with fewer than 10 employees.
(212) 410-1071 or visit www.manhattancc.org.

WTC Disaster Recovery Bridge Loan Participating Banks and Lenders:

Accion New York City (718) 599-5170
Banco Popular (212) 445-1991
The Bank of New York (800) 621-3443
Chase (888) 842-8786
Citibank, N.A. (800) 328-2484
Community Capital Bank (718) 802-1212
Fleet (212) 703-1850
Fund for City of New York (212) 925-6675
HSBC Bank USA (800) 975-4722
Nonprofit Finance Fund (212) 868-6710
REDAC (718) 522-4600
Renaissance EDC (212) 964-6022
SEEDCO (212) 473-0255
Washington Hts. & Inwood Dev. Corp. (212) 795-1600

*	Eligible Applicants: Businesses and non-for-profits that have
suffered economic or physical damage due to the WTC disaster.
*	Loan Amount: Up to $100,000 from banks; up to $50,000 from other
lenders.
*	Eligible Uses of Funds: Loans may be used for working capital, for
acquiring or improving real estate, machinery or equipment, or for physical
rehabilitation of business.
*	Terms: Lenders use more relaxed lending criteria and charge lower
interest and reduced or zero closing fees.  Interest payments may also be
deferred.

Small Business Administration (SBA) Loans

The SBA offers disaster loan programs, and has representatives taking
business information and distributing applications at 110 Maiden Lane
(between Pearl and Water).  Call the SBA at (800) 659-2955 or visit their
Web site: www.sba.gov/disaster/newyorkfires.html for more information on
financial assistance for disaster recovery.