A company that employs more than 1,500 people in northern Dauphin County is expanding. MI Windows, a supplier of vinyl and aluminum windows and patio doors, is expanding its manufacturing capacity at its headquarters in Gratz. The company will construct a 90,000-square-foot addition to its existing facility, which will feature two additional vinyl window production lines, a new automated glass .
The manufacturer is adding vinyl window production lines, an automated glass room and a training center as well as raising starting pay at all its U.S. facilities.
Philly, ‘Burbs to Start Accepting Applications for Millions in Hospitality Grants Eligible businesses must have fewer than 300 employees, and priority will be given to businesses closed by Gov. Tom Wolf’s disaster designation By Kennedy Rose | Philadelphia Business Journal •
Published March 10, 2021 •
Updated on March 10, 2021 at 9:19 am
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The City of Philadelphia will begin accepting applications for a $17.9 million hospitality grant program on March 15, the Philadelphia Business Journal reports.
The Covid-19 Hospitality Industry Recovery Program, or CHIRP, will offer grants valued at between $5,000 and $50,000 to businesses in Pennsylvania s hospitality industry. Eligible businesses must have fewer than 300 employees, and priority will be given to businesses closed by Gov. Tom Wolf’s disaster designation.
A new grant program in Bedford County will benefit hospitality businesses that have been negatively impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
The COVID-19 Hospitality Industry Recovery Program (CHIRP), which was recently passed by the state Legislature, will allocate $547,000 to Bedford County. The funding is part of the $145 million that will be distributed statewide, with county allocations based on population.
âWeâre very pleased to offer this program to our hospitality businesses,â the county commissioners said in a joint statement. âThe industry has been devastated by the pandemic. Since the legislation was passed in early February, we have been diligently working access these monies and launch the application process.â
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Promising to have the backs of the local business and labor sector amid the COVID-19 pandemic, two state lawmakers and a Lycoming County commissioner delivered a message of optimism Tuesday to leaders of business and industry.
Commissioner Scott Metzger, chairman; state Sen. Gene Yaw, R-Loyalsock Township, and state Rep. Joseph Hamm, R- Hepburn Township each expressed their hopes as they work to deliver business-sustaining relief funding to many of those gathered for the 135th annual meeting of the Williamsport/Lycoming County Chamber of Commerce.
“I wake up and I feel like I am in the movie Groundhog Day and I’m Bill Murray,” Metzger said.