On April 6, 2022 , Governor Tom Wolf and Representative Scott Conklin visited the The Nittany Quill in Downtown State College for a press conference to announce Wolf’s plans to use American Rescue Plan funds to help small businesses in Pennsylvania with pandemic recovery.
Wolf and Conklin were joined by Centre County Commissioners Mark Higgins and Michael Pipe along with Borough of State College Mayor Ezra Nanes.
“The time is still right for this program to do its magic,” Wolf said. “That’s why I’m calling on the General Assembly to invest another $225 million…to help small businesses right now.”
The Nittany Quill was a recipient of a COVID-19 Relief Statewide Small Business Assistance Program in 2021. Joy Rodgers-Mernin, the owner and operator of this unique gift store for over 38 years, expressed her gratitude for the funding that was critical in keeping her doors open during the pandemic. “It certainly has been a challenging couple of years and that grant was absolutely a lifeline,” Rodgers-Mernin said.
