Welcome, Sharon!

As you may remember, Mark Hartney (BBRP Coordinator for Bangor, Bath, Catasauqua, North Catasauqua and Wilson) is moving up to help launch and manage the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce Foundation. Mark has done a lot of work with the Foundation and I know is really looking forward to the work that they can do with both the BBRP and urban revitalization in the Lehigh Valley. He'll now be working a wide variety of projects, including supervising the BBRP from the Chamber's side of things.

Meanwhile, we are proud to welcome our latest addition to the BBRP team, Sharon Davis. Sharon will be taking Mark's place with the five communities mentioned earlier. Below is her biography.

Sharon, welcome to the team!

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Sharon J. Davis has joined Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce as Borough Business Revitalization Coordinator. Responsible for Bangor, Bath, Catasauqua, North Catasauqua and Wilson, Sharon works with volunteer committees in each of the boroughs to implement the National Main Street Trust’s 4-Point Plan approach to downtown revitalization.

Ms. Davis has a professional background in retail shopping mall marketing. She was co-founding partner of Welsh Systems, Inc., a political and public issues consulting firm. Her specific areas of expertise were community outreach and coordination of volunteers.

Ms. Davis was a member of the Easton Planning Commission including serving as vice president. She was appointed Chair of the Easton Local Historic District Task Force. Partnering with residents, business owners and government officials, the work of the task force concluded with the Local Historic District ordinance being unanimously approved by City Council. This collaborative approach has subsequently been used by the Pennsylvania Historic & Museum Commission (PHMC) as a model for other communities to follow.

Ms. Davis resides in Forks Township.