For Pennsylvania's COVID-19 Hospitality Industry Recovery Program, or CHIRP, the Department of Community & Economic Development is in the process of distributing block grants to all 67 counties, allocations that must be complete by Feb. 28. See how much your county will receive.
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HOLLIDAYSBURG The state has notified Blair County that it will receive a $1.38 million grant to help local hotels, restaurants and bars offset financial losses linked to COVID-19.
Six days ago, commissioners authorized submission of an application for the state COVID-19 Hospitality Industry Recovery Program grant that lawmakers authorized with an allocation of $145 million, to be divided among counties, based on population.
During Tuesday’s commissioners meeting, Chairman Bruce Erb announced that the county’s application was approved.
“Why so fast when normally, processes with the state are not so fast?” Erb said. “In my opinion, it’s very late in the game and probably not fast enough.”
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Pennsylvania s House and Senate Appropriations Committees are holding a series of hearings through from mid-February to late April as part of the process to establish the next state budget.
Lawmakers from both parties will have opportunities to talk to department heads and key officials from across nearly all aspects of state government as they prepare a spending plan for the fiscal year that runs from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022.
In May and June, Gov. Tom Wolf and legislative leaders will attempt to negotiate a budget plan behind closed doors; if the negotiations are fruitful, lawmakers in the House of Representatives and Senate will be presented with a completed budget bill to approve before the end of the current fiscal year on June 30, 2021.
Pennsylvania Ballet Appoints Three Key Hires
Storied institution expands leadership and operations team to accelerate growth and evolution in 2021
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PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Pennsylvania Ballet announced today the expansion of its leadership and operations team. David Chambers will succeed interim chief development officer Laura Fredricks, as chief advancement officer and chief campaign officer. Kara Callahan has been appointed head of marketing and will be joined by digital promotions and marketing manager, Andrew Hungate. I m ecstatic to welcome this group of visionaries whose distinctive expertise and commitment to the arts make them well suited to lead Pennsylvania Ballet in its next phase of development, while meeting the long-term goals of this treasured organization, says Shelly Power, executive director of Pennsylvania Ballet. We have designed the organizational structure to combine marketing an
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Rex Fink, Code Enforcement Officer for the Borough of Lewistown and Downtown Lewistown, Inc. Design Committee member presents check to Ryan and Lillah Cherry, owners of East End Coffee Company, on Friday as partial reimbursement for work done to improve their business.
LEWISTOWN East End Coffee Company in Lewistown recently completed rehabilitation of the 18 East Market St. storefront aided in part by a reimbursement grant from Downtown Lewistown Inc.
The brick exterior was cleaned and painted by local painter Jeremy Croissette with recovering of the existing awning frame with a canvas replacement provided by Mid State Awning of Bellefonte. As a stipulation of the grant and in agreement with the Borough of Lewistown, all exterior elevations must be code compliant upon completion. Downtown Lewistown Inc. provided a $2,719 matching reimbursement grant for the facade improvement effort.