{"id":110595,"date":"2026-02-11T00:55:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T00:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/110595\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T00:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T00:55:10","slug":"love-your-block-allentown-seeks-applications-for-vacant-lot-transformation-projects-allentown-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/110595\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Your Block: Allentown seeks applications for vacant lot transformation projects | Allentown Area"},"content":{"rendered":"

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Allentown residents and community groups can play a role in improving their neighborhood.<\/p>\n

The city is looking for project proposals to transform public vacant lots in the 1st and 6th wards into welcoming, community-centered spaces.<\/p>\n

Applications should be for small-scale improvement projects within the area bounded by Union Street, Riverside Drive and American Parkway.<\/p>\n

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The city’s Love Your Block program will award up to $3,000 to selected projects.<\/p>\n

Ideas include:<\/p>\n

— Improving seating or recreational features<\/p>\n

— Installing community garden beds<\/p>\n

— Creating public art installations<\/p>\n

— Organizing community clean-up efforts<\/p>\n

Interested applicants can apply online at allentownpa.gov\/loveyourblock.<\/a><\/p>\n

Applications open February 13, 2026, and close on March 31, 2026.<\/p>\n

For more information or assistance with applying for projects, visit allentownpa.gov\/loveyourblock<\/a> or email loveyourblock@allentownpa.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Allentown residents and community groups can play a role in improving their neighborhood. The city…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[214,232,153,155,154],"class_list":["post-110595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-_homepage_top_stories","tag-allentown-area","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}