HARRISBURG – The Department of Environmental Protection has awarded $290,010 in grants to help 36 small businesses across Pennsylvania invest in energy-efficiency or pollution-prevention projects.
“Since 2004, DEP has invested $7.5 million in 1,756 small businesses statewide,” DEP Secretary Mike Krancer said. “We are committed to investing in energy and pollution-saving measures in small businesses.”
Pennsylvania’s Small Business Advantage Grant program, funded through the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act, helps businesses with 100 or fewer employees. It provides 50-percent matching reimbursement grants of up to $9,500 to implement projects that will save 25 percent annually in pollution-prevention or energy-related costs.
Of the $1 million in grants budgeted for the current fiscal year, this is the last of three announcements of selected grantees. The 36 new grants will create more than $1.1 million in private-sector investment in small businesses.
Examples of eligible projects include high-efficiency HVAC and insulation upgrades, high-efficiency lighting to save energy, installation of energy-efficient heat pumps and new auxiliary power units that help large trucks reduce time spent with idling engines.
For more information about the Small Business Advantage Grant program, contact DEP’s Office of the Small Business Ombudsman at 717-772-8909 or via email at epadvantagegrant@pa.gov.
Editor’s note: The 36 businesses that were awarded grants are listed below, alphabetically by county, with the business name and award amount.
Allegheny Carl Colteryahn Dairy – $9,500 Ruby’s Drycleaners – $9,500
Armstrong Kenneth E. Eckman – $4,350
Berks E.M. Kutz – $9,500 French Creek Veterinary Hospital – $9,500
Bucks Lady Patriots Hockey – $9,500
Butler Mars National Bank – $9,500
Cambria Richland Veterinary Hospital – $6,180
Centre Snavely Associates – $7,113
Clinton Casper’s Custom Designs – $8,727
Crawford Starn Tool and Manufacturing Co. – $7,345
Dauphin Hal’s Hauling – $5,000 Terry J. Motter – $5,000 Vartan Group – $9,500
Franklin EarthNet Energy – $9,500
Indiana Environmental Service Laboratories – $9,500
Lackawanna Gerrity’s Save A Lot – $4,935 Lewith and Freeman Real Estate – $9,500 Schiff’s Food Service – $9,500
Lancaster Musselman Lumber – $8,520 Refreshing Mountain Camp – $5,900
Lebanon Sunset Wholesale – $9,500
Luzerne Berger Family Dealership – $9,500 Pine Road Realty – $4,750 Rayco Eurospec Motorcars – $9,500 Ron Caccese State Farm Insurance Agency – $5,870 Wet Paint T-Shirts – $9,500
Monroe Personal Touch Cleaners of East Stroudsburg – $9,500
Montgomery 42 W. Lancaster RE Partnership – $9,500
Northampton Fluortek – $9,500
Susquehanna B&D Stone Co. – $4,230
Venango Engles Rentals – $9,500
Westmoreland McCali Manor – $9,500 Michael Phillips Holding – $9,500
Wyoming T.O.J.E. Inc. – $8,990
York Fawn Industries – $3,600