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Heather Papinchak said the $20,000 hospitality grant she recently received from Westmoreland County will certainly help her business in the months ahead, but the financial hardship caused by coronavirus pandemic over the past year will linger for some time.
“It’s been an unbelievable challenge to operate, being in the hospitality business and (having) no customers or a very limited number of customers,” Papinchak said.
Her business, Polymath Park Resort in Mt. Pleasant Township, has been hit hard two times over. She, along with her husband Tom, have operated the tourist destination at the edge of the Laurel Highlands since 2007. The resort serves as a gateway to the popular Fallingwater resort. Polymath Park features rental homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and his apprentice, Peter Berndtson, as well as a small restaurant.