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Downtown ambassadors guide visitors, aid unhoused residents in West Palm Beach
Summary
A WPB TV segment highlights the city’s Downtown Ambassador program — run by the Downtown Development Authority with contractor Block by Block — noting ambassadors assist visitors, perform cleaning and pressure-washing, and connect unhoused people with outreach services.
Alan Gonzalez, a downtown ambassador in West Palm Beach, walked a visiting couple across a busy block and confirmed their lawyer’s office on the phone in Spanish so they would not get lost, a local news segment reported.
The segment, produced by Cheryl Kahn of WPB TV, said the ambassador program was brought to West Palm Beach by the Downtown Development Authority in partnership with Block by Block, a private company that provides similar services in other cities. It described three core…
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