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Neighborhood Initiative
Connecting Neighbors….Renewing
Neighborhoods
Pennsylvania’s Elm Street Program assists municipalities
in rejuvenating residential and mixed-use areas adjacent to
their central business district. Pennsylvania based its Elm
Street Program on its successful Main Street Program, which
targets downtown commercial districts. Central commercial
areas and the neighborhoods that surround them are linked.
Vibrant neighborhoods provide customers and a labor pool for
downtown businesses. In turn, a healthy downtown improves
the quality of life in nearby neighborhoods. The idea behind
the Elm Street Program is that communities should plan the
future of these two types of areas together, instead of treating
them like separate entities.
This area is defined on the west by the border shared with
the City of Allentown, on the east by Stefko Boulevard, on
the north by Elizabeth Avenue, Route 378 and Easton Avenue,
and on the south by the Lehigh River. Its exact boundaries
can be seen on the available
map.
Within these neighborhoods, the goals of the Elm Street Program
are:
• To improve physical appearances by enhancing exterior
building conditions and the local streetscape;
• To connect with revitalization activities happening
in nearby commercial areas;
• To create and sustain neighborhood organizations that
will help prevent decline; and
• To devise a vision for neighborhood revitalization
and a comprehensive strategy to carry out that vision.
Elm Street Survey
Please fill out this survey if you live or work within the
Elm Street District which is bordered on the Westside by W.
Spruce Street on the north, 6th Avenue on the West and Prospect
Avenue on the South. The Northside borders are West Fairview
on the North, Pulaski Street on the East and E. Rasberry on
the South.
THANK YOU for completing this survey. It will help us as
we strive to make your neighborhood a better place! The survey
can be completed
online.
Give Feedback about the North and
West Side Neighborhood Plan
View
a Map of the Project Area
View Other Maps and Charts presented
at 1st public meeting
View Maps and Charts presented at
2nd public meeting
View the Elm Street Plan
Report (Multiple PDF files)
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