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To that end, Brown has reached out to Karen Mills of the U.S. Small Business Administration in Washington, D.C. "This is not a natural disaster in the sense that everything is wiped out," Brown said. "But it's been an unexpected blow to small businesses. Maybe they need a "bridge" loan to help them get through this. But we'll do whatever we can to help the business and the SBA to get together on something that can help. I suspect we'll hear back from the SBA fairly soon. We need to get going on this." Brown is also hoping that Columbus will receive the next All-Star Game to make up for the one they lost.