Businesses urged to apply for relief funds | News, Sports, Jobs
bcox@lewistownsentinel.com LEWISTOWN — More than $419,000 in relief money for hospitality businesses whose bottom lines in 2020 were negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic is available now in Mifflin County and the Mifflin County Commissioners urged businesses to apply as soon as possible. The program administered by SEDA-Council of Governments, called the COVID-19 Hospitality Industry Recovery Program, or CHIRP, awards grants ranging from $5,000 to $50,000 to businesses in the hospitality industry — such as hotels and restaurants — that suffered losses in 2020 due to the pandemic...