LANA MUTHLER lmuthler@lockhaven.com
LOCK HAVEN Three more businesses in Clinton County have received funding through the COVID-19 Hospitality Industry Recovery Program (CHIRP).
Those receiving a total of $70,000 in grants in the second phase of the program are Twilight Diner of Loganton, $30,000; Variety Buffet of Mill Hall, $15,000 and Stella A’s Bar and Grill in Lock Haven, $25,000.
With the second phase of the COVID relief grant program now ended, applications are being accepted for the third phase of the four-phase program open to 10 counties and directed to help hospitality businesses that are struggling from the pandemic’s impacts.
Seven businesses in Clinton County received funds from the first phase of the program Lock Haven Motel, in Mill Hall, $25,000; Riverside Saloon in Lock Haven, $20,000; Main Street Grill in Lock Haven, $25,000; Quality Inn in Mill Hall, $35,000; Hampton Inn in Mill Hall, $30,000; Best Western in Lock Haven, $35,000, and Restless Oaks in
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The Life Center and Merit House, located at 330 E. Main St., Lock Haven, is where the Clinton County Housing Coalition offers county residents a place to stay when facing homelessness.
LOCK HAVEN Homelessness.
It’s a word that looms over many jobless renters’ heads as they struggle to pay their rent during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This threat is being kept at bay for now with an eviction moratorium, first put in place in September of 2020 by the Center for Disease Control (CDC), to prevent landlords from evicting renters due to non payment. However, this solution is only a temporary fix to a growing problem.