DOWNTOWN PITTSTON PARTNERSHIP
EIN 83-2955284 · Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues (S41)
What they do
THE DOWNTOWN PITTSTON PARTNERSHIP, DPP, is INCORPORATED UNDER THE PENNSYLVANIA NONPROFIT CORPORATION LAW of 1988, EXCLUSIVELY for THE PROMOTION of CHARITABLE, RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL and SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES BY ADVANCING THE REVITALIZATION of DOWNTOWN PITTSTON, PA BY PROMOTING ACTIVITIES, PROGRAMS and AESTHETIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT BENEFIT BUSINESSES, RESIDENTS and VISITORS.THE DPP OFFERS PUBLIC PROGRAMMING and MARKETING to ATTRACT VISITORS to DOWNTOWN PITTSTON. SOME EVENTS THE DPP HAS MANAGED ARE MOVIE NIGHTS AT THE CITY of PITTSTON AMPHITHEATER, HALLOWEEN TRICK or TREAT DOWNTOWN, SECOND FRIDAY ART WALKS, and CHRISTMAS IN PITTSTON. THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, THE DPP PROMOTES SMALL BUSINESSES and DURING CLOSURES CASED BY THE PANDEMIC, THE DPP PROMOTED A CROWD FUNDING INITIATIVE to ASSIST SMALL BUSINESSES. THE CITY of PITTSTONS DOWNTOWN MANAGER ASSISTS IN DIRECTING THE ACTIVITIES. DPP BOARD MEMBERS HELP PROMOTE, VOLUNTEER and FUNDRAISER for EVENTS. THE DPP WORKS to IMPROVE THE AESTHETICS of
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2021
- Location
- 35 BROAD STREET, PITTSTON, PA 18640-1825
- County
- Luzerne
- In care of
- MARY KROPTAVICH