{"id":134592,"date":"2026-03-10T16:35:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T16:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/134592\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T16:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T16:35:10","slug":"bethlehem-nominated-again-for-usa-todays-best-main-street-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/134592\/","title":{"rendered":"Bethlehem nominated again for USA Today\u2019s best main street 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

Listen to this article<\/p>\n

Merchants on Main Street<\/a> in Bethlehem<\/a> are\u00a0hoping\u00a0the community rallies around them one more time.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

Bethlehemem\u2019s Main Street has been nominated as one of USA Today<\/a>\u2018s America\u2019s Best Main Streets for the second time.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

USA Today made the announcement\u00a0Monday.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

It\u2019s\u00a0now up to voters to decide if Bethlehem will once again top the list.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

Voting has already begun and Main Street\u2019s newest business owner, Brianna Lasko of Lovely by Brianna<\/a>, cast the first vote.\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\u201cBethlehem is the best, no doubt about that. Our town won last year and with community support, we know we can win again,\u201d Lasko said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The public can vote daily through April 6 at\u00a0votemainstreetbethlehem.com<\/a>.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

To help get out the vote,\u00a0a new marketing\u00a0initiative has been created to support the Best Main Street Campaign\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\u00a0Kelly Ronalds, general manager at Historic Hotel\u00a0Bethlehem,\u00a0said the hotel\u2019s marketing team has created a new national promotional campaign that will\u00a0benefit\u00a0the entire city.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile Bethlehem is well-known as \u2018The Christmas City,\u2019 we want the world to know that Historic Bethlehem has wonderful experiences to unwrap all year long,\u201d\u00a0Ronalds said.\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

The slogan \u201cOur Star Shines All Year Round\u201d and\u00a0the official Visit Historic Bethlehem logo\u00a0will appear\u00a0in digital and print marketing.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\u201cOur Star Shines All Year Round\u201d limited edition merchandise is available
For those who want to share their shining Bethlehem spirit, merchandise featuring the slogan will be available at the Schropp Dry Goods Shoppe on Main Street. Limited edition t-shirts feature gold print on a black background.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

In addition to creating fresh destination marketing efforts that\u00a0benefit\u00a0the entire region, Historic Hotel Bethlehem<\/a> also recently refreshed its own brand.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

In 2025, the hotel updated its marketing to encourage visitors to visit, \u201cA Luxury Historic Destination Hotel adjacent to America\u2019s 26th UNESCO World Heritage Site.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s\u00a0important for us to not only promote the hotel but also to promote Historic Bethlehem as a destination. We want travelers from across the region and across the country to see that Bethlehem\u2019s star really does shine bright all year,\u201d said Ronalds.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Merchants on Main Street in Bethlehem are\u00a0hoping\u00a0the community rallies around them one more time.\u00a0…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134593,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154,3486,62142,4690,3495,62143],"class_list":["post-134592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-historic-hotel-bethlehem","tag-lovely-by-brianna","tag-main-street","tag-usa-today","tag-votemainstreetbethlehem-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}