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Arts groups and service providers tell Bethlehem council cuts to CRF would be harmful
Summary
Dozens of residents and nonprofit leaders urged council to preserve Community Recovery Fund support during the final budget hearing, citing arts, transportation and shelter programs that rely on one-time CRF dollars.
Multiple nonprofit leaders and arts organizers spoke during the public-comment period of the city’s final 2026 budget hearing, asking council to avoid cutting the Community Recovery Fund (CRF) to pay for recurring personnel costs.
Scott Slingerland of CAT described CRF-funded bicycle education that reached more than 1,600 youth in 2024 and a holiday bike program that has distributed more than 1,000 bikes; he said CAT’s downtown operations…
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