{"id":103462,"date":"2020-10-19T22:19:12","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T02:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=103462"},"modified":"2020-10-19T22:19:12","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T02:19:12","slug":"hud-deputy-secretary-to-make-funding-announcements-in-allentown-tour-economic-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=103462","title":{"rendered":"HUD DEPUTY SECRETARY TO MAKE FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENTS IN ALLENTOWN, TOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>October 20, <\/strong>U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) <u>Deputy Secretary Brian Montgomery<\/u> will visit Allentown to make major funding announcements involving lead remediation and the Da Vinci Science Center. Joining him for the announcements will be Mayor Ray O\u2019Connell, Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Operations Manager Tom Williams, DCED Community Housing Manager Heidi Westerman and Da Vinci Science Center Executive Director and CEO Lin Erickson.<\/p>\n<p>Following the announcements, Deputy Secretary Montgomery will briefly tour HUD-funded housing rehabilitation projects followed by a drive-by tour of the city\u2019s <u>Opportunity Zones<\/u>.<\/p>\n<h1><u>Tuesday, October 20, 2020<\/u><\/h1>\n<p><strong>WHAT:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Funding announcements\/economic development tour<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHERE:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>City Hall, 435 Hamilton Street, Allentown, PA 18101<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHO:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Deputy Secretary Brian Montgomery, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Ray O\u2019Connell<\/p>\n<p>Tom Williams, Operations Manager, Department of Community and Economic Development, City of Allentown<\/p>\n<p>Heidi Westerman, Community Housing Manager, Department of Community and Economic Development, City of Allentown<\/p>\n<p>Lin Erickson, Executive Director and CEO, Da Vinci Science Center<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHEN: <\/strong>The funding announcements will begin at 11 a.m. followed by a tour of HUD-funded housing rehabilitation projects. First stop is 326 N. Ninth Street, and the second is 621 N. Front Street.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>NOTE<\/em><\/strong><em>: Social distancing guidelines will be followed.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>HUD&#8217;s mission is to create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes for all. The Department\u2019s Mid-Atlantic region includes Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, D.C. and West Virginia. The regional office is in Philadelphia. Follow <u>HUD Mid-Atlantic<\/u> and Regional Administrator <u>Joe DeFelice<\/u> on Twitter and <u>Facebook<\/u>. Watch regional video messages and #MidAtlanticMeetup, a virtual meeting series, on <u>YouTube<\/u>, and read the <u>Region III Recap<\/u> for the latest news and activities.<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>More information about HUD and its programs is available at <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hud.gov\/\"><em>www.hud.gov<\/em> <\/a><em>and <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.espanol.hud.gov\/\"><em>www.espanol.hud.gov<\/em><em>. <\/em><\/a><em>Connect with HUD on <u>social media<\/u> or sign up for news alerts via <u>HUD&#8217;s email list<\/u>. Follow Secretary Carson on <u>Twitter<\/u><\/em>, <em><u>Facebook<\/u> and <u>Instagram.<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information 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;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; October 20, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Deputy Secretary Brian Montgomery will visit Allentown to make major funding announcements involving lead remediation and the Da Vinci &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=103462\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">HUD DEPUTY SECRETARY TO MAKE FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENTS IN ALLENTOWN, TOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103463,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/hud.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103462"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=103462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/103463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=103462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=103462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=103462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}