Skip to content
Link copied to clipboard
Link copied to clipboard

These employers got $70M in federal coronavirus bailout money and still laid off 4,200 Pa. workers

The PPP loans were intended as a “job-saving program” for small businesses crushed by the pandemic. Thousands of workers lost their jobs anyway.

The Hilton Garden Inn at 11th and Arch, formerly run by GF Hotels and Resorts, laid off workers despite receiving a federal loan from what politicians called a "job-saving program" for small businesses hurt by the pandemic.
The Hilton Garden Inn at 11th and Arch, formerly run by GF Hotels and Resorts, laid off workers despite receiving a federal loan from what politicians called a "job-saving program" for small businesses hurt by the pandemic.Read moreTOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer