More bars, restaurants and other hospitality industry businesses in western Pennsylvania are getting COVID-19 relief funds.
On Monday, the Wolf administration announced several counties in the region will receive more $15 million combined as part of the COVID-19 Hospitality Industry Recovery Program (CHIRP).
“The CHIRP program is doing exactly what we intended: provide more than $100 million to our state’s hospitality industry to help these important businesses to recover and retain and create jobs,” said Gov. Wolf. “This program is allowing many small businesses to get back on their feet as more people get fully vaccinated and customers increasingly return to the industry. This is an important investment in our businesses and workers as we look to build a stronger economy for everyone.”
The funding breakdown is as follows:
• $4 million to Westmoreland County
• $1.5 million to Cambria County,
• $1.35 million to Blair County
• $1.2 million to Mercer County
• $968,000 to Lawrence County
• $958,539 to Crawford County
• $952,241 to Indiana County
• $897,671 to Clearfield County
• $851,888 to Somerset County
• $733,00 to Armstrong County
• $542,397 to Bedford County
• $491,847 to Jefferson County
• $460,134 to McKean County
• $410,388 to Greene County