PITTSBURGH — The salon industry in Pennsylvania is getting some pandemic relief to the tune of $20 million as American Rescue Plan funding for hair care and image professionals was announced Thursday by legislators, the Department of Community and Economic Development and Gov. Tom Wolf at a press conference in Philadelphia.
The grants are open to small businesses that applied to but did not receive assistance from the $225 million pandemic relief program the commonwealth announced last year. About 1,200 would be eligible, according to a release issued by DCED.
“As the pandemic spread last year, these small businesses did what we asked them to do and were among the hardest hit,” Senate Democratic Appropriations Chairman Vincent Hughes said in a prepared statement. “Unlike restaurants and other businesses, there were no regulatory work-arounds or socially distanced options. You can’t give a drive-through haircut. For some, this will mean survival.”
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