Scott R. Unger

The Citywide Bike Plan for Allentown, finalized on June 11, 2025, establishes a strategic roadmap to improve and expand the city's bicycle network. The plan aims to enhance transportation safety, promote sustainable mobility, and contribute to public health and environmental benefits. It includes an inventory of existing facilities, community engagement findings, route identification with proposed on-road and off-road infrastructure, an analysis of health and environmental impacts, and a comprehensive implementation strategy with evaluation metrics to track progress in increasing bike trips, expanding bike infrastructure, and reducing crashes.

The Allentown Parks Plan 2025 provides a comprehensive strategy for conserving and improving the City's recreation, open space, and parks. Dedicated to the community's stewardship commitments, the plan outlines nine major goals across infrastructure (safety, public access, facilities, ecology, open space), programs (recreation, education, cultural experiences), and management (operations, governance, finance). This plan aims to guide efforts towards achieving its vision by 2025, while also setting a broader long-term outlook for partnerships over the next 10 to 20 years.

The Lehigh Riverfront Master Plan for the City of Allentown outlines a comprehensive strategy for the revitalization and redevelopment of the Lehigh Riverfront over the next decade. The plan aims to transform the area into a balanced live-work-tourism destination, serving as a new center for heritage, recreation, living, and innovation. Key focus areas include enhancing environmental sustainability, promoting economic growth through a flexible mix of land uses, improving community design and place-making, and developing robust public facilities, housing options, and integrated transportation and transit networks. The strategy is built upon extensive public input and addresses specific initiatives across eight thematic riverfront zones, ensuring a magnetic, interactive, and sustainable riverfront environment.

The Lehigh Riverfront Master Plan for the City of Allentown outlines a vision to transform the Lehigh Riverfront into a vibrant center for heritage, recreation, living, and innovation over the next decade. The plan focuses on urban and riverfront design, land use planning, economic development, and environmental sustainability. Key strategic areas include enhancing public spaces, attracting new businesses, integrating mixed-use developments, and improving transportation, parking, and utility infrastructure, all while respecting the area's heritage and natural environment.

The City of Allentown Re-Industrialization Strategy serves as a roadmap to revitalize the city's industrial sector. It focuses on understanding and marketing competitive advantages, targeting specific markets, strengthening supply chains, and fostering collaboration within the economic development community. Key pillars include increasing engagement with manufacturing companies, involving Hispanic workers and businesses, educating on urban real estate, and ensuring data accuracy. The strategy also prioritizes strengthening the workforce through training and experiential learning, facilitating site-specific redevelopment, and enhancing the Little Lehigh Industrial Corridor. Furthermore, it aims to improve the 'Live, Work, and Play' environment, upgrade public spaces and industrial properties, and capture entrepreneurial energy by revising the business model and upgrading the Bridgeworks Enterprise Center to support innovation-based manufacturing firms.