{"id":100366,"date":"2020-03-23T20:37:02","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T00:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=100366"},"modified":"2020-03-23T20:37:02","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T00:37:02","slug":"allentown-closing-playground-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=100366","title":{"rendered":"ALLENTOWN CLOSING PLAYGROUND SITES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Allentown is closing its 21 city-maintained playgrounds during the COVID-19 Disaster Emergency effective Tuesday, March 24.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Ray O\u2019Connell said, \u201cWe are trying to do our part to prevent the spread of COVID-19.\u00a0 I found in my travels this weekend that our playgrounds are magnets for our residents in contravention of Governor Wolf\u2019s order for people to practice social distancing and not congregate in groups of 10 or more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The city\u2019s Dog Park and the Skatepark at Keck Park are also covered by the directive.<\/p>\n<p>The city Parks Department posted signage with CDC Guidance in English and Spanish at all playgrounds ahead of this past weekend but did little to deter crowds.<\/p>\n<p>Playground equipment gates will be locked where possible and caution tape will be used at areas without gates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we are not able to slow the spread in Allentown and Lehigh County, Governor Wolf is likely to extend the stay at home order he imposed in seven counties to our area,\u201d O\u2019Connell added.<\/p>\n<p>Under the governor\u2019s stay at home order residents of those seven effected counties; Allegheny, Philadelphia, Montgomery, Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Monroe; are asked to stay indoors unless taking trips for life sustaining purchases like food and medicine.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nInformation provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nMike Moore<br \/>\nCommunications Manager<br \/>\nMayor&#8217;s Office<br \/>\n 435 Hamilton Street<br \/>\n Allentown, PA 18101<br \/>\n Mike.Moore@allentownpa.gov<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.AllentownPA.gov<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-START-<\/code><br \/>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-END-<\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; 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