By ERIC MEYER

Staff writer

Tabor College and the Historic Elgin Hotel are among the county’s biggest recipients of federal COVID-19 funding.

Overall, businesses and governments in Marion County have received more than $40.8 million, or $3,457 per resident, so far, according to a new report by the Institute for Policy and Research at the University of Kansas.

Through March, the top 10 recipients in the county were:

ALL AID COMBINED

Tabor College $2,715,500

Marion County 2,390,276

Historic Elgin Hotel 1,511,633

Barkman Honey 1,470,630

St. Luke Hospital 1,153,700

Western Associates 924,097

Hillsboro Community Hospital 886,500

Peabody Main Street 740,000

Hillsboro Industries 714,700

Parkside Homes 620,300

Statewide, according to the KU institute, the vast majority of money — $37.4 million — has been earmarked for economic revitalization.

Next are health expenditures ($2.4 million), housing ($397,367), education ($396,845), and connectivity ($282,819).

Money listed in the institute’s report was awarded under the CARES Act and ARPA program. Totals may not be final, as many recipients have until the end of next year to complete expenditures.

The report breaks down Marion County recipients by specific program and lists the top 10 recipients for each:

PAYROLL PROTECTION PROGRAM

Tabor College $ 2,715,500

Barkman Honey 1,470,630

St. Luke Hospital 1,153,700

Hillsboro Community Hospital 886,500

Western Associates 818,265

Hillsboro Industries 714,700

Parkside Homes 620,300

Container Services 573,700

Cooperative Grain and Supply 557,500

Marion Manufacturing 480,504

CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND

Marion County $ 2,390,276

City of Marion 143,540

Parkside Homes 109,618

Western Associates 105,832

Bethesda Home 97,921

Peabody Health and Rehab 94,913

(Payments to individuals) 83,000

Salem Home 79,540

St. Luke Hospital 67,175

Peabody Sausage House 50,000

RESTAURANT REVITALIZATION FUND

Historic Elgin Hotel $ 1,585,931

Subway of Marion 40,396

Wagon Wheel Express 23,606

Willy J’s 9th Lane 21,800

Bill & Essie’s BBQ 8,406

STATE FISCAL RECOVERY FUND

Peabody Main Street $ 740,000

Tabor College 371,521

Hillsboro Community Hospital 59,696

Parkside Homes 43,812

St. Luke Hospital 39,797

Westview Manor 34,589

Bethesda Home 34,589

Peabody Health and Rehab 34,589

Salem Home 34,589

St. Luke Hospital (again) 24,596

KANSAS HOMEOWNER
ASSISTANCE FUND

(Payments to individuals) $ 155,656

Emily Sharp, communications director for Kansas Housing Resources Corporation, said Kansas Homeowner Assistance Fund payments were awarded to people who were at least 30 days behind on property taxes, mortgage payments or utility payments. Awards were given to the service provider, Sharp said.

ECONOMIC INJURY DISASTER LOANS

Affordable Street Rods $ 150,000

Andrew Hajek 150,000

Arlie’s Collision Specialist 150,000

Chisholm Trail Farms 150,000

Flaming’s Plumbing, Heating
and Air Conditioning 150,000

Gann Cattle Company 150,000

Hett Hay Grinding 150,000

James Watkins 150,000

Jarold Koehn 150,000

Jason Wiebe Dairy 150,000

ECONOMIC INJURY DISASTER GRANT

Christina Greany $ 10,000

Container Services 10,000

Town & Country Café 10,000

Donald R. Harris Jr. 10,000

Elcon Services 10,000

Flaming’s Plumbing, Heating
and Air Conditioning 10,000

Glickman Foundation 10,000

Historic Elgin Hotel 10,000

Jason Wiebe Dairy 10,000

Hillsboro Free Press 10,000

KANSAS EMERGENCY
RENTAL ASSISTANCE

(Payments to individuals) $ 191,586

As large as Marion County’s share was, some neighboring counties did even better per resident.

COUNTY TOTALS PER PERSON

McPherson County $ 4,459

Saline County 4,054

Chase County 3,679

Morris County 3,691

Marion County 3,457

Harvey County 3,009

Butler County 2,753

Dickinson County 2,752

The Kansas county benefiting the most was Gove County (Gove Center, Quinter) at $9,130 per person. Geary County (Junction City) benefitted the least, $1,416.

Hoch Publishing, which publishes this newspaper, received a total of $40,000, all under the PPP program.

Homeowner Assistance Fund criteria inadvertently were listed as Economic Injury Disaster criteria in some editions.