BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE GREATER EASTON DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP The BUSINESS BUGLER WINTER 2021 YOUR SOURCE FOR DOWNTOWN EASTON BUSINESS NEWS MEET THE AMBASSADORS They’re among our most essential workers and are Joaquin Jeffrey the first smiling faces greeting visitors and neighbors How long have you been an Ambassador? How long have you been an Ambassador? throughout the city. Throughout the year they can Since 2013 Since 2017 be seen cleaning the streets, filling and watering planters and emptying cigarette receptacles. Since the What do you love about Easton? What do you love about Easton? Its many pandemic started they’ve been disinfecting elevators The rivers attractions and parking meters, and helping to maintain social Favorite spot in Easton? Along Favorite spot in Easton? Centre Square distancing at Easton Farmers’ Market. Join us in the river and confluence, our most beautiful, thanking these tireless men and women who make Favorite team? Minnesota Vikings, Phillipsburg important natural resource, and the bridge Stateliners our city shine. connecting two towns, creating one. Sandra (Operations Manager) Joan Favorite team? Stateliners - P’burg! How long have you been an Easton How long have you been an Ambassador? Dan Ambassador? Since 2019 Since 2008 How long have you been an Ambassador? What do you love about Easton? Food What do you love about Easton? The Since 2019 Favorite spot in Easton? Mesa Modern people — they are very social and come Mexican together as a community by their ingenuity What do you love about Easton? and willingness to support each other. Restaurants, diversity, bars, bike trail Favorite Team? Pittsburgh Steelers Favorite spot in Easton? Centre Square, Favorite spot in Easton? Ocean, Scott Park and Hugh Moore Park Karl Stirner Arts Trail, Scott Main photo from left to right: Jeff, Joan, Dan, Park at the falls! Favorite team? New York Giants and the Joaquin, and Kevin driving the vehicle. Favorite team? Rovers! Barcelona Yankees FC, KC Royals Dan Kevin How long have you been an Ambassador? (Reminder: Ambassadors assist the city Since 2017 How long have you been an Ambassador? in shoveling crosswalks, fire hydrants and Since 2013 What do you love about Easton? The in front of mailboxes after a snowstorm. What do you love about Easton? The hospitable business owners Property owners are responsible for people and the vibe of the city downtown. Favorite spot in Easton? Separatist Bar + shoveling and salting their own sidewalks per city guidelines.) Favorite spot in Easton? Centre Square Bottle and the Easton Farmers’ Market on a Favorite team? New York Giants sun-drenched Saturday along the river. Favorite team? New York Mets and the New York Giants BUSINESS OPENINGS/ CLOSING/MOVES Openings: The following businesses have recently opened or are in the process of opening in the Main Street District. We’d like to welcome them to the Downtown Easton business community and wish them much success! Inner Shift Fitness 524 Pine St., fitness studio DeLeon Professional Services 106 S. Third St., staffing agency Sonny Daze 126 N. Fourth St., gift shop Freeland Contractors LLC. 400 Northampton St., contractor Surge Staffing 145 Northampton St., staffing agency SUPPORTING RESTAURANTS THROUGH El Encanto de Mexico 466 Northampton St.,authentic THE COLDER MONTHS Mexican home goods and gift shop Easton Main Street Initiative launched the campaign and it’s been picked up by Downtown Easton gift cards. Each Inkie Brow Studio 42A S. Third St. Ste. 202, two food campaigns in January, aimed Lehighvalleylive.com and The Morning receipt entered equals an entry. This permanent makeup studio at supporting Easton restaurants Call. To promote the campaign, our promotion will run January-April. through the colder months of the nonprofit created a video and graphics As part of the marketing campaign, Townley House Boutique Hotel pandemic. We ask for your help in to share on social media. We’re happy GEDP has developed a logo, webpage 130 N. Third St., boutique hotel sharing these on social media and to share those with you. Email Kelly@ for entries and will be printing 100+ accommodations encouraging your staff and customers eastonpartnership.org if you’d like posters that we’ll deliver to all of New Digs: to participate! those files, or share them directly from Easton’s restaurants. Our GEDP the EMSI Facebook page. programs will also be looking to True Hue Creations is moving #TheNewWeekend highlight menu items at restaurants from 15 S. Second St. to 247 This campaign focuses on shifting Feastin’ in Easton Northampton St. dining patterns (dine-in or takeout) to This campaign aims to get people to in the city on our social media pages Monday-Thursday. The beauty of it is try restaurants they may not have throughout this campaign. Please help Just Around The Corner, us promote this campaign by sharing 5 N. Bank St. has transitioned two-fold — mid-week dining provides tried before throughout all of Easton’s customers on nights that are typically neighborhoods. Every time you dine the posts from Easton Out Loud and to an online store. Find it at using #FeastininEaston on your posts, justaroundthecornerpa.com. slower for restaurants, and it spaces in or order curbside pick-up from an out customers on weekends when Easton restaurant, upload a photo of along with #TheNewWeekend and Closings: restaurants are limited by capacity and your receipt at supporteaston.com/ #SupportEaston. If you haven’t received The businesses listed below have how many orders they can fulfill in that feastin. On the fourth Friday of each a poster yet, please email recently closed their Downtown short amount of time. We’ve shared a month, during Easton Out Loud, we’ll [email protected]. Easton operations. We are sad to news release with local media about select two participants to win $50 see them go, but wish them all the best in their future endeavors. Metro PCS 247 Northampton St. 42 N. Second St. Salon 42 N. Second St. Ahlum Gallery 104 N. Fourth St. Sydlexstyles 353 Ferry St. Northampton Community DOWNTOWN EASTON UPDATE College From City of Easton Department of pandemic. Next month, the City of Governor Wolf Building, it will feature 25 S. Third St. Community & Economic Development Easton plans to put out a request for two 21,740-square foot, 4-story The Hearst Publishing building bids for the construction of the new buildings with 75 apartments each. construction on South Fourth Street Fourth Street Parking Deck. A new Read this Lehigh Valley Live article for is largely completed and staff have residential housing complex called the an overview of the project: started to move into the space. Watermark has begun the review and https://tinyurl.com/y3xjdqfo. They are operating out of it on a approval process with the city. Located at 45 Larry Holmes Dr. behind the limited basis at this time due to the The Business Bugler | Winter 2021 2020 ANNIVERSARIES: Congratulations to the following businesses who have celebrated milestone anniversaries in 2020! 5 year Anniversaries The Loving Piece Jiva Fitness Polliwogs & Petunias 2nd Base Vintage 10 year Anniversaries The Sigal Museum Nurture Nature Center EPS/ Metabank Grand Eastonian Hotel & Suites 30 year Anniversary Marvin Boyer, right, Political Action Chair - NAACP Easton Branch, presents Dean Young, executive director-Boys & Girls Club of Easton, with The Strand the first community grant from AACE. NUMBERS TO KNOW WELCOMING THE AFRICAN Here are the best contact numbers AMERICAN COALITION OF EASTON for our city’s police officers: Patrolman Vince Bruneo In the final days of 2020, the African the grants, we’re looking to support connectivity with the black community Cell: 484-634-0449 or American Coalition of Easton (AACE) start-up businesses, efforts to eradicate of Easton to provide an effective [email protected] formed, aimed at uplifting and sharing COVID-19, and efforts to support tool to spread the word to the black information about black-owned families in need and of disadvantaged community of Easton through website Sgt. Dan Bonham businesses. According to its mission circumstances -- there’s a wide range of content about resources available about Office: 610-250-6752 statement, “The African American opportunities.” health, safety, housing, economy and Cell: 610-597-4527 or [email protected] Coalition of Easton serves as a The group will help to connect business education. This includes a community collaborative clearinghouse providing owners and nonprofits, as well as calendar, opportunity for businesses Non-emergency number access to support, promotion, and decide on recipients and distribute to advertise and small funding available 610-759-2200 advocacy of initiatives that address through a grant application accessible grants of up to $5,000 from the United NEW DIGITS! racial equity in the African American Way. on the website.” Can we text you? GEDP has a texting community of Easton.” Learn about the grants and how to “Word of mouth isn’t always the most platform to share updates on events “(This group) is about connections,” apply at blackconnectionsofeaston.com. effective means of outreach especially and reminders for business owners. said Dean Young, executive director during this period of COVID,” said Want to get involved or learn more Didn’t sign up yet, but want text - Boys & Girls Club of Easton and a Judith Dickerson, an AACE board about how to support the coalition? alerts? Text one of the following member of the AACE board. “Through member. “The focus of AACE is Contact [email protected]. codes (or all three) to 56525 to get timely reminders: DECOR CONTEST WINNERS Text ‘eastonevents’ to 56525 to get info on our upcoming festivals Downtown Easton visitors from near 2021-2022 Discover Downtown Easton to the Peoples’ Choice Winner - and events.