Kansas hospitality industry gets break in COVID-19 recovery

Businesses like restaurants and bars that were the hardest hit by pandemic closures won't have to pay back loans they got through emergency relief funding in Kansas.

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State News

February 24, 2021 - 9:37 AM

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Hospitality businesses who got loans through an emergency relief fund in Kansas at the beginning of the pandemic will no longer have to repay the money, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly said Tuesday.

Funding provided through the Hospitality Industry Relief Emergency Fund has been converted from bridge loans to grants, the governor said. The program was originally envisioned as a working capital loan program. Businesses that have made repayments will be reimbursed.

The fund was established last year to provide immediate help to Kansas hospitality businesses…

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