Build a Better Bethlehem
voter outreach & education for sustainable growth
Bethlehem NH is a beautiful town nestled next to the White Mountain National Forest, with spectacular views of Mount Washington gracing its Main Street.
For much of its recent history, it has hosted a large landfill owned by Casella Waste Management. The history is long, contentious, divisive, dispiriting.
Our mission is to lead our town into a brighter, more sustainable, healthier future—one not built on a mountain of garbage. We deserve a town we can all be proud of—today and tomorrow.
We are not asking you to “Believe” anything. We are simply asking you to Dream Bigger. To Build. To do Better for ourselves and our children.
Bethlehem has many amazing things on the horizon! Our Main Street is thriving, with Rek'-Lis Brewery adding a vibrant, young, exciting element to town. We're seeing New growth. New businesses. New faces. New dreams. And important goals, like lowering our tax rate, expanding our outdoor recreation, attracting more businesses, welcoming new homeowners. And Healing. Ending our battles. Getting closure.
Bethlehem has never been more poised for change. With a multimillion-dollar Bretton Woods expansion and several other new businesses either openning or expanding in town, we can replace the revenue lost from landfill closure.
And with a court sanctioned Settlement Agreement with Casella in place, we can cap and close the landfill for good—without legal battles. We hold all the power. Casella cannot ever expand again—unless we let them.
A destructive, environmentally unsustable landfill does not fit into the future of our town. Now is the time to embrace a brighter, more sustainable future. Our greatest assets are our stunning natural resources—and we must protect them.
Any expansion warrant article put forth by Casella will be a decades-long contract that takes away our right to vote on landfill expansion for generations.
We deserve better. We are a passionate, driven town of doers. We know how to get things done. It's time to pull together and work together. Let’s Make a Plan. Let's Do Better than a dump.
Let's not give the future of Bethlehem away. Let's keep the power to decide on and build the kind of town we want—and the legacy we set. We urge you to imagine and embrace a brighter future for our town without Casella and its massive landfill.
Together, let’s Build a Better Bethlehem. Not a Bigger Dump.
NOT a Bigger Dump
Build A Better Bethlehem
We don't have to sacrifice a strong economy for a healthy environment.
THE PLAN: We all agree we need to lower our taxes and increase our revenue sources. But hosting a massive, 161-acre landfill in our town—with its odors, seep, and toxic contaminates—would come at a steep price. Voting yes to a landfill of that magnitude is a poor and dangerous economic choice, not worth the serious risks and potential costs.
There is a Better Way and a Better Plan. Learn more HERE.
There is a Better Way and a Better Plan. Learn more HERE.
Dennis Weaver
We owe it to ourselves and to the next generation to conserve the environment so that we can bequeath our children a sustainable world that benefits all.