Gov. Wolf Will Be In Bucks Co. Friday To Talk Restaurant Grants

LEVITTOWN, PA — Governor Tom Wolf will speak at the Bristol Wharf Friday afternoon to highlight the $7 million in grant funding recently awarded to Bucks County restaurants affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The funding was awarded to 196 Bucks County restaurants through the COVID-19 Hospitality Industry Recovery Program. Grants ranged in amount from $5,000 to $40,000, and came from state funding of $145 million secured by Wolf to aid restaurants harmed during the pandemic.

Speakers will include State Representative John Galloway;, Bucks County Commissioner Bob Harvie, Executive Director of the Bucks County Economic Development Corp. Robert Cormack, and Deputy Secretary of Technology & Innovation for the Pennsylvania Department of Economic & Community Development Steve D’Ettorre.

Dana Pezza, owner of the nearby Itri Wood Fired restaurant in Bristol Borough, will speak, too. Her business received $40,000 in CHIRP funding.

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