Findlay-Hancock County Economic Development will be distributing PPE to businesses.

The kits containing personal protective equipment will be distributed on Friday from 8 a.m. to noon in the parking lot of the Marathon Center for the Performing Arts.

“The tool kits create a safer business environment and are an important reminder to business that they need to continue to take the appropriate precautions,” said Economic Development Director Tim Mayle

Mayle says their top priority is the retention and expansion of existing businesses, and that they’ve been assisting many businesses through the pandemic.

“Our office has worked on making sure businesses understood the Stay at Home Order, apply for Payroll Protection Program, operate in a digital economy and many other ways.”

Each business will be limited to one tool kit.

For more information people can contact the Findlay-Hancock County Economic Development Office at 419-788-0490 or email tmayle@findlayhancocked.com.

Mayle says PPE is not only being distributed in Hancock County but across the State of Ohio.

In collaboration with Jobs Ohio Network Partners, Jobs Ohio is distributing 15,000 safety tool kits across the state throughout this week.

Each toolkit, valued at $100, provides PPE that at times have been in short supply for small businesses during the pandemic.

Jobs Ohio has partnered with its six regional economic development organizations to coordinate the distribution.