DCED releases business exemption list for county

KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL - Bugden's Hair in downtown Shenandoah on May 12, 2020.

SHENANDOAH – Late last week, the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development released the list of businesses which received exemptions from closure, including two in Shenandoah and dozens more in the county, primarily in the southern portion.

The county-by-county list DCED provided shows 73 Schuylkill County businesses were among the 6,123 statewide to receive an exemption. Though, eight businesses are duplicated on the list for Schuylkill County, leaving a total of 65 individual businesses on the exemption list.

Only 12 businesses are from within the Sentinel’s coverage area, including two in Shenandoah – Bugden’s Hair, 30 South Main, and Shustack’s Welding, 116 Cleveland Street.

However, a sign on the door of Bugden’s Tuesday afternoon notifies customers and passersby the business is closed “until the governor lifts the mandatory order to close all businesses.”

Other businesses receiving exemptions in our area are Gitman and Co., Evans Painting, and Payne’s Flower Shop in Ashland, Jake’s Fireworks in the Frackville Industrial Park, Gera Excavating and Wagner Industries, Frackville, JS Instrumentation and Calibration, Barnesville, CRS Powerwashing and J&S Landscape and Design, Zion Grove, and Lindenmuth Custom Sawing and Hardware near Lavelle.

DCED said nearly 43,000 businesses requested exemptions, with only 6,123 receiving them.

The following is the full list of business exemptions countywide.

Andy Geary Awnings
Ark Concrete
Arthur Pat Aungst Inc
Atkinson Industries
Behler Patterns
Big-B Manufacturing
Bugden’s Hair
CRS Powerwashing
Dan Meeko Electrical Contractor
Ebinger Iron Works
Empire Education Group
ERG Staffing Service
Eric Porter
Evans Commercial painting
Fisher Tree Service
Gera Excavating
Gitman and Company
Haines Fire Protection
Hetran-B
Hydro-Therapeutics
ITG Brands
ITG Cigars
J Smith Electric
J&S Landscape and Design
Jake’s Fireworks
JS Instrumentation and Calibration
Kepner Scott Shoe Company
Klean Keepers
Kramers Power Equipment
Lear Corporation
Lifelong Learning Center
Lindenmuth Custom Sawing and Hardware
Ludwigs Farm and Lawn
M&S Warner Trucking
Mae-eitel inc
Mayer and Kehler TV & Appliances
McNulty Building Supply
Miller Brothers Construction
Montgomery Truss and Panel
Newswanger Lawn Equipment
Nova Precision Castings
Paynes Flower Shop
Performance Construction Services
Phoenix Park Home Building
Pioneer Pole Buildings
Pivotal Interventions/Gym Jam
Pottsvile Materials
Red Creek Wildlife Center
Schuylkill Excavating
Shustack’s Welding
Solar Innovations
Spector Manufacturing
SR Sloan
Summit Trailer Sales 
Trubridge
Tukes Inc
USS Achey
Valley Precision Tool & Technology Inc
Wagner Industries
Walco Fabricating
White’s Machine Inc
WJP Engineers
Workforce Resources
Yeakleys Lot Clearing
Zimmerman Machine

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