Flooding from Hurricane Ida put the Saucon Creek retaining wall and nearby park pavilions out of commission in 2021. This year marks the first since then that the shelters will be up for rent again.
City officials will later hear more on the vision and take a vote on the new $25 million building at 701-719 N. New St. The vote on April 1 pertained to the zoning classification of the land in question, located just a couple of blocks up from the action on Main Street.
An existing one-story annex building, which is set to come down, will provide a footprint for the new facility and more space for recreation and classrooms at the high school campus at 3417 Church Road.
From 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, the Pembroke Choice Festival will be the place to share thoughts about a potential overhaul of the Pembroke Village public-housing development and surrounding area.
About 400 people attended Bethlehem Mayor J. William Reynolds’ State of the City address Thursday, the event’s largest crowd ever. And the mayor said that turnout, in concert with the efforts of previous administrations, represented a broader theme of “building Bethlehem together.”