VENANGO COUNTY, Pa. — Three Venango County businesses — God’s Little Garden, Klapec Auto Body, Inc., and Withrup House, LLC — were awarded Small Business Advantage Grants provided by the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).

Governor Tom Wolf yesterday announced that nearly 140 businesses across Pennsylvania will soon install energy-efficiency or pollution-prevention projects by using DEP’s Small Business Advantage Grants.

This year, DEP awarded more than $980,000 to 139 small businesses.

In Venango County, the following businesses were awarded grants:

Klapec Auto Body Inc. – $8,211

God’s Little Garden – $3,302

Withrup House LLC – $9,500

“Improving energy efficiency helps small businesses and helps improve quality of life for all residents,” Governor Tom Wolf said. “These grants will help small businesses, improve the environment and grow the economy.”

Pennsylvania’s Small Business Advantage Grant Program, funded through the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act, helps businesses with 100 or fewer employees. It provides 50 percent matching reimbursement grants of up to $9,500 to implement projects that will save 25 percent annually in pollution-prevention or energy-related costs.

The grants will create more than $2.5 million in private-sector investment in small businesses.

“Funding projects like these not only improves the environment, it helps small businesses become more efficient,” Acting DEP Secretary John Quigley said. “I am pleased to support worthwhile projects that make our air cleaner while making our economy stronger.”

Examples of eligible projects include high-efficiency HVAC and insulation upgrades, high-efficiency lighting to save energy, installation of energy-efficient heat pumps and new auxiliary power units that help large trucks reduce time spent with idling engines.

Since 2004, the program has awarded nearly $9.5 million to 1,915 small businesses statewide.

For more information about how the DEP supports small businesses or about future grant opportunities, contact DEP’s Office of the Small Business Ombudsman at 717-772-8909 or epadvantagegrant@pa.gov.

Below is the list of additional grant awards, organized by county. Grants have been rounded to the nearest whole dollar.

Allegheny

Copper Properties LP – $6,706

Danielle Jesensky DMD PC – $9,500

Diane Cleaners Inc. – $9,500

JMR Operations LLC – $6,150

Berks

AMR Trading Corporation – $4,212

Eagle Brass Company – $7,243

Heidelberg Family Restaurant Inc. – $9,500

Lacey Electric Inc. – $4,357

Lincoln Hotel LP – $9,304

Bucks

Bensalem Dental Group – $6,477

MAR & SAR LLC – $7,526

Min’s Lino’s Dry Cleaning Inc. – $9,500

Cambria

Hopes Villa – $3,030

Carbon

Maple Shade Meadows – $9,500

Centre

Bakers Construction Inc. – $6,307

Chester

243 World Domination LLC – $9,500

Casmos Liquor LLC – $9,500

Deer Creek Malthouse LLC – $9,500

Greg A. Vietri Inc. – $3,841

Paoli Cleaners Inc. – $9,500

Swann’s Pantry Inc. – $6,902

The Clean Store LLC – $1,597

Clearfield

Kurtz Bros. – $9,500

Orner Farms Inc. – $9,500

Strishock Coal Company – $9,500

Clinton

Databit Solutions – $9,500

Crawford

Firth Maple Products Inc. – $9,500

Starn Tool & Manufacturing Company – $9,500

The Tapco Tube Company – $9,500

THG & Associates – $7,310

Cumberland

4550 Lena Drive LP – $8,300

Colt Plumbing Company – $5,886

Cummings and Bricker Inc. – $9,500

Dotrich Enterprises LLC – $5,680

Dreamers Transport LLC – $5,700

Glace Associates Inc. – $9,500

Kidz Quarterz Childcare Center Inc. – $1,117

ShedMar Partners – $2,107

Dauphin

Dan’s Auto Body Inc. – $3,041

IWI US Inc. – $7,576

M & D Truck Sales & Service Inc. – $671

Nehamarwasafa Inc. – $2,332

Elk

ASMAC INC. – $3,292

E Carbon America LLC – $9,500

Enhanced Sintered Products Inc. – $4,144

Erie

GeorgeKo Industries Inc. – $9,500

Great Lakes Metal Finishing Inc. – $9,500

Franklin

Banyan Investments LLC – $9,500

Chambersburg Waste Paper Company Inc. – $9,500

Franklin Feed & Supply Co. Inc. – $2,887

Local Exposure LLC – $4,430

Waynesboro Water Works LLC – $2,524

Juniata

Dean’s Store – $3,104

Lackawanna

John F. Erhard III – $9,500

Mesko Glass and Mirror Co. Inc. – $9,163

Naro Enterprises Inc. – $9,500

Lancaster

American Clothing Restoration LLC – $9,500

Metzler Mower – $2,788

Executive Coach Inc. – $9,500

Hometown Provisions Inc. – $9,500

Optimal Wellness for Life Chiropractic Center LLC – $9,500

Lawrence

Knot Korrekt LLC – $4,600

Lebanon

Bamberger’s Inc. – $2,533

Lebanon Valley Cycles Sales Inc. – $874

Rubin Development Associates – $7,765

Timothy Bahner Food Corporation – $4,832

Umbergers of Fontana Inc. – $4,080

Zeigler’s Distributor Inc. – $3,470

Lehigh

JC Cleaners – $9,500

Spring Cleaners Inc. – $9,500

Suh’s Sun Cleaners Inc. – $9,500

Lycoming

Hill Terrace Estates Associates – $3,802

1st Choice Realty – $7,672

Mercer

Mercer Hospitality Management Corp. – $3,165

Mifflin

Monument Square Center LLC – $9,500

Penn State Construction J&D LLC – $9,500

Monroe

Brite Cleaners – $3,964

Montgomery

Chiropractic Wellness Associates LLC – $9,500

Kim’s Bethlehem Pike Cleaning – $9,500

David C. Weigle DMD PC – $9,500

Five Saints Distilling and International Spirits LLC – $9,500

GMS Cleaners LLC – $9,500

Jang’s Ace Cleaners Inc. – $9,500

Leto Cleaners – $9,500

Park’s Glenside Custom Cleaners Inc. – $9,500

Boaz Cleaners – $9,500

Sang Oh’s Village Cleaners Inc. – $9,500

Vetro Molding and Design LLC – $9,500

Warminster Frankford Cleaners Inc. – $9,500

Northampton

Smitty’s Collision Repair & Design Center Inc. – $3,273

Tencza Dental Associates PC – $9,500

Tower Products Inc. – $7,188

Bath Mini Market – $1,800

Northumberland

Shrawder Financial Services – $4,512

Perry

The Market Place – $7,111

Susquehanna Trading Post – $972

Philadelphia

Choice Cleaners Inc. – $9,500

An’s Broad Street Cleaners – $8,015

Suburban One Hour Cleaners – $9,500

Stanton Cleaners – $9,500

Orange Cleaners – $9,500

JMT Family Inc. – $7,000

Lee’s Cleaners & Laundry Inc. – $9,500

Big Save Cleaners – $9,500

Re Vision Architecture PC –$9,500

Anton Dry Cleaners – $9,500

S. M. & Jake Inc. – $3,250

Payless Cleaners – $9,500

Pike

Pickerel Inn Inc. – $9,500

Schuylkill

Brok-Sel Markets Inc. – $5,090

Fanelli Warehousing & Distribution Center Inc. – $6,055

Tuson’s TV and Appliances – $7,939

Twin Valley Farmers Exchange Inc. – $9,200

Sullivan

Endless Mountains Lodging – $5,169

Susquehanna

Resource Environmental Management Inc. – $9,500

Union

Q-E Manufacturing Inc. – $9,500

SAWCO LLC – $2,793

Wayne

Jacem Inc. – $9,500

Westmoreland

Buck Transportation LLC – $9,500

Heirloom Industries LLC – $9,500

JMS Fabricated Systems Inc. – $7,052

Milton and Sons Trucking – $4,600

Rockey Trucking Company LLC $6,150

RE Uptegraff Manufacturing – $9,500

TJM2 Trucking LLC – $9,500

Wyoming

Bruce McKennas Transport – $5,700

York

Airborne Contamination Identification Assoc. LTD – $6,226

Golden Rentals LLC – $1,612

H & H Castings Inc. – $9,500

Joseph DePasquale DMD PC – $8,605

Molly’s Washhouse – $9,500

S & E Auto Reconditioning Inc. – $2,753

York Haven Fabricators Inc. – $4,450

Zech’s Service Center LLC – $4,112