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Allentown Mixed-Use Waterfront Development Breaks Ground

 

After years of planning, "The Waterfront," a $325 million, 1.2 million square-foot planned development on Allentown's Lehigh River, broke ground this week.

The development is part of the Neighborhood Improvement Zone, an area of the city where developers can use state and local tax dollars to pay off the debt they incur to build, rehabilitate or expand buildings. As part of the NIZ, Allentown also got a new hockey arena and various other businesses.

Read the full version of this reportat Keystone Crossroads' websiteKeystone Crossroads is a new statewide public media initiative reporting on the challenges facing Pennsylvania's cities. WPSU is a participating station.

Marielle Segarra was WHYY's Keystone Crossroads reporter. She reported for the multi-station partnership on urban policy, crumbling infrastructure and how distressed Pennsylvania cities are bouncing back. As a freelance radio reporter, her stories have also aired on Latino USA, WNYC, WBUR and other NPR member stations.