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HOLLIDAYSBURG Blair County expects to exhaust its COVID-19 Hospitality Industry Recovery Grant Program allocation in the first round of funding.
The Altoona Blair County Development Corp., which is administering the county’s CHIRP, identified 60 eligible entities that submitted applications for a share of the county’s $1.38 million allocation before deadline.
ABCD indicated that if applications fell short of exhausting the county’s allocation, then additional applications would be accepted.
“It appears that all funds will be used,” commissioners Chairman Bruce Erb said Tuesday.
It’s also expected, Erb said, that ABCD will work through April on grant agreements that the applicants will sign before checks are distributed before the end of April.
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Blair County hospitality businesses seeking help to address COVID-19 financial losses can apply for a grant starting Tuesday.
The Altoona-Blair County Development Corp., which is administering the county’s COVID-19 Hospitality Industry Recovery Grant Program, referred to as CHIRP, has posted a grant application and related information on its website at www.abcdcorp.org/chirp.
Based on the rules set within state legislation, hospitality businesses can ask for grants between $5,000 to $50,000.
The money is available because the county received $1.38 million of the $145 million that state lawmakers authorized in early February to help protect and preserve the state’s hospitality industry.