It’s Official. BeECO is a legally established 501c3

With legal support from the Food and Farm Business Law Clinic, Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, the Bethlehem Environmental Commons, Inc was formed on March 26th, 2025.

BeECO is a grassroots organization with a volunteer board of community residents. It was established to assist the Town of Bethlehem with current and expanding environmental and sustainability programs by increasing awareness, facilitating operations and organizing volunteers. To conduct these efforts, BeECO will raise funds from individual /corporate donations and grant writing.

Statement of Purpose

Our dual intent is

• to foster a vibrant, sustainable future for agricultural ventures through innovation, education and community collaboration which will increase access to healthy, locally-grown food, support farmers and farm markets and grow our local commodity chains; and

• to intentionally create avenues of active and passive recreation to promote health and well-being by interacting with the living environment and natural sensory experiences.