Lancaster County hospitality businesses receive Industry Relief Funding
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More than 300 Lancaster County restaurants, bars, hotels and bed-and-breakfast inns have received more than $6 million in state grants to help them cope with the impact of COVID-19, the
Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 Hospitality Industry Relief Program (CHIRP) provided funding for 5,860 restaurants and hospitality businesses in 2021.
Apr 16, 2021 No sector of society will escape the COVID-19 pandemic unscathed, but there are certain parts of our economy that have borne the brunt of the economic devastation it has wrought, and among those is the hospitality industry. With restrictions on things like travel and gathering sizes imposed in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus, it made it very difficult, if not impossible, for places like hotels, restaurants and bars to remain open without hemorrhaging money. Some made the unpleasant choice to reduce hours and/or furlough staff. Some made the even more unpleasant ch...