Downtown Bellingham Association

Beautification & cleaning: the dbp is contracted by the city of bellingham to provide landscaping services to downtown. The goal of this program is to create a safer and cleaner city center, including seasonal planting, weeding and leaf removal. The clean team is also responsible for litter clean up from the public right of ways, and organizes 1-2 volunteer events a year for large scale clean up efforts. The dpp managed a graffiti abatement program where graffiti was removed from private buildings, and was funding through the city of bellingham's planning and community development department, bellingham police department and public works.

Ongoing dbp events are meant to drive traffic and create a vibrant downtown. These include an art walk and monthly first fridays, a concert series called downtown sounds, two wine walks per year, trick-or-treat and holiday season events and displays.