 Appalachian Wireless has a plan to make your life simpler. It's called forward pay. No contract, no credit check, no problem. Plans start in 1999 a month and include unlimited talk and text or ticket to the max with unlimited data plus for only 89.99, which has 50 gig of high speed data because we are you. We are Appalachian Wireless. Shaping our Appalachian region, also known as SOAR, in collaboration with seven other nonprofit organizations are taking actions to support small business recovery in the areas affected by the catastrophic flooding. Really in the hours after the disaster on July 28th, we all started communicating. We all worked together 365 days a year anyways. We're working advocating for small businesses and helping those with ideas launch businesses. And then really in the wake of this flooding disaster, we wanted to figure out a way that we could work with a sense of urgency to expedite and coordinate information specifically related to small businesses and emergency loans that were in place by a lot of our nonprofit partners that are CDFIs. And they are lenders that are working in the business community a year round. Those organizations worked immediately to set up emergency loans that are available. Some of these are no interest for a while, low interest, really good terms and things like that. So we wanted to get that information out to business owners that were impacted. SOAR, Mountain Association, Southeast Kentucky Economic Development, and many others are going into communities to spread information and resources to those in need of help in recovering their small business. You know, instead of operating in seven silos, we're in communities and we're at centers and we're working and when one individual is there for a small group, we are representing all seven of the nonprofits that are a part of this so that we don't operate in silos and that we can disseminate the information to those families and businesses that have been impacted in an efficient way and to be able to serve them, you know, if we can as quick as we can to get them the right information and to get them through the process to get their rebuilding started. Small businesses are the backbone of many communities and many who own small businesses have not only lost their business, but also their homes. You know, if we don't have small businesses, our communities lose their, they really lose their character and, you know, we can't recruit large industry, you know, into the region if we don't have a good small business backbone. So, you know, it's important to serve to serve these businesses and do everything we can to make sure that they can rebuild and that these main streets and streets in general can eventually come back to what it used to be. Those seeking information about the small business recovery effort can visit the SOAR website at sore-ky.org. There are resources there for both government and non-government assistance. For Mountain Top News, I'm Kelsey Dean.