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Hazleton Area Public Library Receives Downtown Pride Award from Chamber

Pictured are, from left, Lena Kotansky, City of Hazleton and Downtown Committee member; Henry Korpalski, manintenance, Hazleton Area Public Library; James Reinmiller, Executive Director, Hazleton Area Public Library; Donna Palermo, President, Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce; and Joe DiLuzio, maintenance, Hazleton Area Public Library. Missing from the photo is William L. Spear, Downtown Committee.

The Hazleton Area Public Library located at 55 N. Church Street, Downtown Hazleton, recently received the “Downtown Pride” award from the Downtown Committee of the Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce.

The award, initiated to help address the issue of cleanliness in the Downtown area, was the fourth such award presented by the committee. The award was initiated to recognize the efforts of individual businesses that set an example of pride in conducting a business in the Downtown area.

Donna Palermo, president of the Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce, states, “We are asking that every businessperson make the effort to, at least each Monday of the week, go out and pick up the litter and debris around their place of business.  And, if the building next door to your business is vacant, to clean that area as well.  Working together, we can make a difference in the cleanliness of the Downtown area.”

The Chamber’s Downtown Committee meets the first Tuesday of each month, while the Downtown Promotion committee meets on the last Tuesday of each month.  Both meetings begin at 8:00 a.m. in the Chamber’s offices located in the CAN DO Building on the corner of Broad and Church Streets.  All are welcome and encouraged to attend the meetings.

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