Published April 07. 2026 01:31PM<\/p>\n
Chair Janine Santoro and attendees highlighted spring happenings at the March 31 Mayor\u2019s South Side Task Force hybrid meeting held in the NCC Fowler Center.<\/p>\n
Santoro reminded the group that the Bethlehem\u2019s State of the City address was scheduled from 7 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. April 8 at the ArtsQuest Musikfest Caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n
She added that city hall is hosting an Arbor Day Tree Planting and Free Saplings at 1 p.m. April 24.<\/p>\n
The schedule for Trail Tuesdays can be accessed on the city\u2019s website. The themed hikes happen on the first Tuesday of the month from April through October. The first, a tree species identification walk with Wildlands Conservancy on the Monocacy Way Trail, was scheduled for April 7.<\/p>\n
Health Director Kristen Wenrich is seeking public input on the Bethlehem Health Bureau\u2019s Mobile Health Clinic Survey which is open until April 30. Residents are being asked what services should be offered, where the mobile clinic is most needed, and which are the best days and times for these services to be available.<\/p>\n
Bethlehem Community Police Officer William Rodriguez spoke about the Cops \u2019n\u2019 Kids 18th Annual Celebration of Reading \u2026 and the Arts and Sciences being held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 25 at the NCC Fowler Center, preceded by an opening parade at 10:30 a.m. on the Greenway.<\/p>\n
Katy Knibbs from the SouthSide Arts District (SSAD) mentioned Community Action Development Corp. Bethlehem (CADB) has a Southside Neighborhood Meeting: Southside Arts District Conversation hosted at the Cathedral Church of the Nativity April 8 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. as well as on second Wednesdays of every month.<\/p>\n
The next monthly SouthSide Community Cleanup, hosted by CADB, is scheduled for April 18 from 10 a.m. to noon at Yosko Park with free music afterward. CADB\u2019s free eight-week course in Community Housing Advocacy Training at their office at 1337 E. Fifth St. continues through April 16.<\/p>\n
New Bethany is applying to create a new Neighborhood Partnership Program (NPP) for South Bethlehem. The NPP would expand services and resources to help with resolving homelessness and food insecurity. New Bethany encourage people to take its online Community Partner Survey.<\/p>\n
Other events promoted during the meeting include:<\/p>\n
\u2022 PBS Be My Neighbor Day, April 18, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Univest Public Media Center, 839 Sesame St.<\/p>\n
\u2022 YWCA Bethlehem\u2019s Courageous Conversations, April 23, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Northeast Community Center\u2019s Basket Social Fundraiser, at 1161 Fritz Drive, June 6, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Nonprofit Energy Makeover Contest from the Sustainable Energy Fund can be accessed here: thesef.org<\/p>\n
Santoro said that there are still openings on Bethlehem authorities, boards and commissions as well as open positions at City Hall. Recruitment efforts continue with the Bethlehem Police Department.<\/p>\n
The Mayor\u2019s South Side Task Force regularly meets on the last Tuesday of the month.<\/p>\n
PRESS PHOTOS BY ED COURRIERFrom left, Task Force Chair Janine Santoro, Lehigh student Jordon Knox, Jeff Zettlemoyer from Housing Opportunities and Bethlehem Area School District Eric Fontanez attend the March 31 Mayor\u2019s South Side Task Force hybrid meeting in person at the NCC Fowler Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published April 07. 2026 01:31PM Chair Janine Santoro and attendees highlighted spring happenings at the March 31 Mayor\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159635,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":["post-159634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159634","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=159634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}