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Centre County to Receive $1.8 Million for Hospitality Industry Recovery Grants

Some more financial assistance will be on the way for Centre County hospitality businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and related shutdowns. The Centre County Board of Commissioners on Thursday approved the application for the county’s designated $1,839,232 from Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 Hospitality Industry Recovery Program. Gov. Tom Wolf on Friday signed into law the bill creating the $145 million program to provide relief grants for lodging, food and drink establishments. On Wednesday he announced the funds would be distributed to all 67 counties in the form of block grants based on population. Counties had until 5 p.m. on Thursday to submit the formal application to the Department of Community and Economic Development signifying their interest in receiving the block grants.

County awards $1.7 million in CARES funds

SUNBURY — The Northumberland County Commissioners on Thursday doled out more than $1.7 million in County Relief Block Grant (CRBG) funding through the federal CARES Act to municipalities, schools, businesses and nonprofit organizations. Commissioner Chair Sam Schiccatano said SEDA-COG accepted applications on behalf of the county from the entities applying for the funds. After SEDA-COG reviewed the applications to see if funding criteria was met, Schiccatano said the commissioners made the final decisions on how to award the funding. He noted that many municipalities received funding to replace radios and related equipment for police and fire personnel. This (pandemic) was a reason to improve communication, Schiccatano said. A lot of the radios that were replaced were old radios.