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County committee hears ambassadors’ case for multi‑year hotel‑tax support
Summary
Presenters from Bethlehem and Easton outlined ambassadors programs that provide cleaning, safety and hospitality in downtown corridors and asked Northampton County to include the programs in a five‑year recurring hotel‑tax grant to stabilize funding beginning fiscal 2027.
Sean Ziller, deputy director of economic development for the City of Bethlehem and executive director of the Bethlehem Economic Development Corporation (BEDCO), and Jared Mast, executive director of the Greater Easton Development Partnership, told the Northampton County Economic Development Committee on April 2 that ambassador teams in South Bethlehem and downtown Easton provide cleaning, safety and hospitality services and need stable, multi‑year hotel‑tax funding.
Ziller said the Southside Bethlehem Ambassadors, a five‑person team operating under a contract with Block by Block since 2014, focus on trash pickup, snow removal, weed abatement, graffiti removal and visitor assistance and act…
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