Our series on all the great things the Bethesda Urban Partnership does for the Bethesda Urban District and community, PART1:
Operations & Funding
Established by Montgomery County in 1994, Bethesda Urban Partnership, Inc. (BUP) is a downtown management organization that maintains and markets downtown Bethesda. The organization was developed to promote downtown Bethesda as a desirable place to live, work and visit as well as foster a community that features restaurants, retailers, arts venues and more.
The BUP team includes more than 30 employees working in marketing, maintenance, mobility and administration who produce cultural events and community festivals and attend to landscaping and maintenance needs. BUP also manages Bethesda Transportation Solutions (BTS) bethesdatransit.org, the Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District bethesda.org/arts-entertain…, and the Bethesda Circulator bethesda.org/bethesda-circu… as well as the non-profit art spaces, Gallery B bethesda.org/gallery-b/, Studio B bethesda.org/studio-b/ and the Triangle Art Studios bethesda.org/triangle-art-s… .
BUP is operated by an 11-member Board of Directors comprising residents, businesses and developers appointed by the County Executive. The organization is funded primarily by revenue generated from the Bethesda Parking Lot District fees, in addition to the commercial Urban District property tax. Private sponsors partner with BUP on events such as Taste of Bethesda bethesda.org/taste-of-bethe… and the Bethesda Fine Arts Festival bethesda.org/bethesda-fine-… .
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