Safe & Healthy Neighborhoods: The Center City Initiative, unveiled to the public on April 23, is now available on the City of Allentown website at http://www.allentownpa.gov/Government/Departments-Bureaus/Planning-and-Zoning.

Using information derived from two public meetings held during the summer of 2013 and a partnership formed with representatives of the Jordan Heights, Old Fairgrounds, Old Allentown Neighborhoods; the Allentown Promise Neighborhood, the Hamilton Street District and the Seventh Street Corridor, the city crafted a 36-page revitalization plan that spans from American Parkway to 12th Street and from Union to Tilghman, with the exception of Seventh Street, going to the city limits.

The plan focuses on physical improvements and design, housing, economic development and employment, public safety, arts and culture and marketing. The plan will form the basis for an application to the PA Department of Community and Economic Development to designate the area under their Keystone Communities Program.

A link to download the plan is available in the left column of the page. Comments may be submitted to Jesus.Saduia@allentownpa.gov.

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