ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A space for growth, imagination, and learning.<\/p>\n
A partnership and donation from telecommunications provider Astound is making a new space for learning possible.<\/p>\n
“We see children discovering something new, students learning skills outside the classroom, families participating in programs together and residents of all ages using the library as a place to learn, connect and feel supported,” said Renee Haines, Library Director of the Allentown Public Library.<\/p>\n
It is a space with endless possibilities.<\/p>\n
“It is impactful enough on its own because it is so beautiful, but when you see what it was like before, your jaw drops,” said Sheri Miltenberger, the Head of Youth Services.<\/p>\n
A project months in the making all leading up to the opening of a room where science, technology, engineering, art and math are the focus.<\/p>\n
“While they are doing their science and their math and technology, they also have art inspiration so that is what I wanted to incorporate into this space,” said Amy Bloom the CEO of Spundesign, the company that designed the room.<\/p>\n
The space already being put to use with summer STEAM programming and with much more to come.<\/p>\n
“I hope this is a chance to bring kids in who may not see themselves in the library or may not see themselves doing STEM stuff,” said Miltenberger.<\/p>\n
This $50,000 contribution from Astound is all part of a larger $300,000 investment in nonprofit and community spaces across the Lehigh Valley.<\/p>\n
“One of the things I was really passionate about was how can we make an impact in the communities we serve in an organic and true way that lasts above a one-time moment or one time experience,” said Clyde Lee lll a VP at Astound.<\/p>\n
The space is now open to the public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A space for growth, imagination, and learning. A partnership and donation from telecommunications provider Astound…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238782,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[214,119,121,120,232],"class_list":["post-238781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-_homepage_top_stories","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-allentown-area"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238781","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=238781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}