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The Redevelopment Authority of the City of Allentown (RACA) will receive $200,000 for housing rehabilitation as one of 211 projects being awarded $51.2 million across the Commonwealth for the 2018/19 Pennsylvania Housing Affordability and Rehabilitation E...

The City of Allentown is partnering with Cornell University and the Allentown Vision 2030 Comprehensive and Economic Development Plan to study noise pollution in the city. 

Downtown comes alive with Blues, Brews and Barbecue on Saturday!

The third of four community collaboration meetings for Allentown residents to engage in Allentown Vision 2030, the update to the city’s comprehensive plan, will be held on Tuesday, June 18 from 6:00-8:00pm at the JCC of the Lehigh Valley in the city’...

The American Planning Association (APA) is honoring the City of Allentown with a National Planning Achievement Award for Urban Design Gold Medal for the downtown development and urban design plan.

It’s time for mariachi and maracas in Downtown Allentown! 

Spring and summer recreation enthusiasts are learning about the multitude of leisure activities available throughout the City of Allentown in the newest edition of Adventure Allentown.

Allentown’s federally funded Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Program is entering the home stretch having remediated 32 homes since its inception.

On-street parking in the vicinity of PPL Center in Allentown on non-event nights will be free after 5:00 PM beginning Wednesday, May 1.

Building on the successful expansion of the free summer meal program for youth, Mayor Ray O’Connell announced this afternoon that the City of Allentown and its partners are extending the program to Firehouse Fridays after school.