{"id":1547,"date":"2021-05-19T20:31:07","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T20:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blockbyblock.com\/?p=1547"},"modified":"2022-01-21T19:23:14","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T19:23:14","slug":"downtown-ambassadors-hit-the-streets-in-kalamazoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blockbyblock.com\/news\/downtown-ambassadors-hit-the-streets-in-kalamazoo\/","title":{"rendered":"Downtown Ambassadors hit the streets in Kalamazoo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"header-image\" src=\"https:\/\/media.socastsrm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/2491\/files\/2021\/05\/amassador-one-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Kalamazoo Downtown Partnership launches Ambassador Program\" \/>KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) \u2014 If you\u2019re visiting downtown Kalamazoo, you\u2019ll notice a new team keeping things clean and ready to help you out.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/downtownkalamazoo.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kalamazoo Downtown Partnership<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0launched its Downtown Ambassador program Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The five ambassadors will do things like empty trash cans, sweep sidewalks and shovel snow. The full-time positions are part of a workforce development program that will provide opportunities for advancement. Their first project is a two-week push to clear leaves from streets and clean up graffiti. Moving forward, they\u2019ll also do things like give visitors directions.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll see them in blue and gray uniforms on foot, bicycles and in marked cars. They\u2019ll be on duty as early as 7 a.m. all week and may be out until 11:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Haan, the president of the Kalamazoo Downtown Partnership, says the ambassadors can help improve the experience of visiting the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s brand new and fresh. We\u2019re really excited about it and feel like the downtown community is really going to notice a big difference,\u201d Haan said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodtv.com\/news\/kalamazoo-county\/downtown-ambassadors-hit-the-streets-in-kalamazoo\/\">Read the full article here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) \u2014 If you\u2019re visiting downtown Kalamazoo, you\u2019ll notice a new team keeping things clean and ready to help you out. The\u00a0Kalamazoo Downtown Partnership\u00a0launched its Downtown Ambassador program Monday. The five ambassadors will do things like empty trash cans, sweep sidewalks and shovel snow. The full-time positions are part of a workforce development <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blockbyblock.com\/news\/downtown-ambassadors-hit-the-streets-in-kalamazoo\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blockbyblock.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blockbyblock.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blockbyblock.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blockbyblock.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blockbyblock.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1547"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.blockbyblock.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1904,"href":"https:\/\/www.blockbyblock.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547\/revisions\/1904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blockbyblock.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blockbyblock.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blockbyblock.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}