Easton Hotel Restoration LLC was established to aid in the renewal of downtown Easton, Pennsylvania, primarily by revitalizing one of the city's largest and most central structures, the Hotel Easton, which lay abandoned and in ruins at the end of the 20th century. Achieving this goal required a major commitment of resources, as well as ingenuity and determination in the face of repeated physical, economic and other challenges. With the help of its nonprofit parent the Nurture Nature Foundation, and the community, Easton Hotel Restoration was able to return the building into a popular hotel with more than three-dozen units as well as space for business and community events. The success of this landmark renovation project ushered in an era of new vitality in Easton, which was transformed in the same period from a federally recognized distress zone to a city with an A+ bond rating. An historic city with a rich past, Easton's has now become once more a dynamic center of growth and innovation, with an escalating number of new residential and commercial renovations, a wildly successful farmer's market, a growing artist community, and a wonderful new science center dedicated to addressing environmental issues.