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In May 2024, Allentown was one of 16 cities awarded $100,000 to participate in the Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation’s Love Your Block grant program. Love Your Block funds resident-led neighborhood revitalization projects in U.S. cities. From transforming vacant lots into community gardens to repairing playground equipment to removing trash and debris from a public right of way, the program supports cities as it enables residents to design, develop, and deliver programs and policies that improve communities.

 

Application

Ready to apply? Submit your application through our online portal. Click here to access the application form. Please ensure that you have read and understood the application guidelines before submitting your application.

 

Application Guidelines

Interested applicants can refer to our detailed Application Guidelines Document for information about the application process, eligibility criteria, evaluation criteria, and project proposal components.

Contact

Contact Information
Avery Daniels
Love Your Block Fellow

Email

loveyourblock@allentownpa.gov

FAQs

Grant awards up to $3,000.

Grant funds are focused on small-scale revitalization projects in vacant lots located in the 1st & 6th Ward of Allentown. 

Grant recipients will be required to submit interim and final reports detailing project progress, expenditures, and outcomes. A template for reporting will be provided upon award notification.

For questions or inquiries about Love Your Block, please contact 

loveyourblock@allentownpa.gov

 

  • Anyone individual resident over 18 years old. 

  • Groups or organizations working on projects that benefit the 1st & 6th Ward

Love Your Block funds projects such as:

  • Vacant lot improvement
  • Public art/mural in a vacant lot
  • Vacant lot community clean-up
  • Etc

Anything that will revitalized underused public lots, promoting commuinity pride in the 1st & 6th Ward.

Applications must be submitted online through the designated portal by 11:59pm on Tuesday, March 31, 2026. Supporting documents, such as project budgets, should be uploaded along with the submission of your application form.

The project proposal should include a project description, list of activities, timeline, and budget.

Awards are expected to be announced on April 22, 2026.

 

Projects should not begin before awards are issued and must be completed no later than August 31, 2026

Resources

Love Your Block Mini-grant Application
Love Your Block Mini-grant Application...
Love Your Block Spending Guidelines
Love Your Block Spending Guidelines...
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