{"id":144638,"date":"2025-08-31T10:30:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T14:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=144638"},"modified":"2025-08-31T10:30:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T14:30:04","slug":"northampton-county-executive-lamont-g-mcclure-presents-35000-hotel-tax-grant-to-support-easton-ambassadors-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=144638","title":{"rendered":"Northampton County Executive Lamont G. McClure Presents $35,000 Hotel Tax Grant to Support Easton Ambassadors Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>[Northampton County, PA]<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Northampton County Executive Lamont G. McClure presented a check for $35,000 in Hotel Tax Grant funds today to the Greater Easton Development Partnership (GEDP) in support of the Easton Ambassadors\u2019 Clean, Safe, and Hospitality services.<\/p>\n<p>The Ambassadors program provides on-the-ground support in downtown Easton, ensuring the community remains welcoming, clean, and safe for residents, visitors, and businesses. Their work includes litter removal, hospitality services for visitors, and assisting in keeping public spaces vibrant and inviting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Easton Ambassadors make a real difference for the people who live, work, and visit downtown Easton,\u201d said County Executive Lamont G. McClure. \u201cBy supporting their efforts through Hotel Tax Grant funding, we are investing in tourism, strengthening our local economy, and enhancing quality of life across Northampton County.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Hotel Tax Grant Program provides funding for projects and initiatives that promote tourism, encourage economic growth, and highlight Northampton County\u2019s cultural and community assets.<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nNorthampton County<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Northampton County, PA]\u00a0\u2013 Northampton County Executive Lamont G. McClure presented a check for $35,000 in Hotel Tax Grant funds today to the Greater Easton Development Partnership (GEDP) in support of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=144638\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Northampton County Executive Lamont G. McClure Presents $35,000 Hotel Tax Grant to Support Easton Ambassadors Program<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144639,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5718,69,5738,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-easton","category-in-the-valley","category-northampton-county","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/easton-ambassadors.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144638"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=144638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/144639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}