State Representative Jim Struzzi is sponsoring a bill that would help small businesses in the performing arts, spectator sports, amusement, gambling and recreation industries, who were all negatively impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
In a news release, Struzzi said that House Bill 878, also known as the Entertainment Venue Recovery Program, will provide grants to those businesses. The program would be similar to the Hospitality Industry Recovery Program established in Act 1 of 2021 and cover the entertainment venues that were not covered by that program.
Struzzi called the small entertainment businesses a “source of community and fellowship that the pandemic has taken from us” and said that not only do they supply a break from stressful routines, but also said they were “essential to the future of students that wish to pursue careers in arts, music and entertainment.”
He added that the bill must be in place in advance of future funding allocations from the federal government that the state would be allowed to use for these purposes, as the businesses may be skipped over if the bill is not in place.
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