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Allentown Meetings

City Council - 2026-05-20

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13
Decisions
3
Market Signals
6
Developments

Meeting Summary

Allentown City Council approved multiple capital fund amendments totaling over $4.6 million for infrastructure projects including Lehigh and Union Street reconstruction ($1.65M), parks capital projects ($1.905M), MLK Trail Extension Phase 1 ($800K), and Dixon Street sidewalks ($1…

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Key Decisions (13)

Approved

Smoking/Vaping Prohibition Near Recreational Areas (Bill 32)

Approved

DCED Employee Cost Distribution Amendment (Bill 34)

Approved

Position Upgrades in Compliance and Public Works (Bill 35)

Approved

Lehigh and Union Street Reconstruction Funding (Bill 36)

Development Activity (6)

Lehigh and Union Street Reconstruction

Infrastructure

MLK Trail Extension Phase 1

Infrastructure

Dixon Street Sidewalks

Infrastructure

Market Signals (3)

Infrastructure

City is investing over $4.6 million in infrastructure improvements including…

Other

Allentown received approximately $20 million ReCompete investment through US Economic…

Sentiment

Community members expressed concerns about youth violence prevention and called…

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