{"id":14550,"date":"2016-04-28T17:37:13","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T21:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=14550"},"modified":"2016-04-28T17:42:24","modified_gmt":"2016-04-28T21:42:24","slug":"httpwww-thevalleyledger-comp1904-240","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=14550","title":{"rendered":"URBAN LAND INSTITUTE PRAISES DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Allentown is one of six communities praised in an Urban Land Institute report entitled \u201cReaching for the Future: Creative Finance for Smaller Communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A chapter in the 60 page report focuses on Downtown Allentown and the Neighborhood Improvement Zone (NIZ) and attributes the city\u2019s success \u201cmainly to outstanding public-private collaboration.\u201d\u00a0 It particularly credits Mayor Ed Pawlowski, State Senator Pat Browne and private developers for \u201cpushing aside political partnership barriers to revitalize Allentown.\u201d\u00a0 The report also cites City Center Investment Corporation for its vision.\u00a0 City Center has developed the first new hotel in the downtown in 35 years, three Class A office\/retail towers, apartments, shops and restaurants.<\/p>\n<p>The report also focuses on East Liberty, Pittsburgh; City Center, Greenville, South Carolina; Orland Park, Illinois; Sugar Land, Texas and Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati, Ohio.\u00a0 In each area the report said their success \u201crequired a strategic vision, leadership and creative financing.\u00a0 The leadership rose in different ways but came together in effective public\/private partnerships.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The NIZ has created 4,000 new jobs and spurred $1 billion in new development.\u00a0 The report calls Downtown Allentown \u201ca thriving mixed-use destination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last year, <strong>the PPL Center arena complex at Seventh &amp; Hamilton streets captured an Urban Land Institute of Philadelphia\u2019s 2015 Willard G. \u201cBill\u201d Rouse III Award for Excellence.\u00a0 In announcing the award, <\/strong>the ULI said, \u201cthe development has been a catalyst for adjacent new residential and commercial redevelopment and has enhanced the image of Allentown as the commercial, entertainment and cultural center of the Lehigh Valley.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Institute was established in 1936.\u00a0 According to the report, it \u201chas more than 37,000 members representing the entire spectrum of the land use and development disciplines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The complete report can be obtained at <a href=\"http:\/\/uli.org\/report\/reaching-future-creative-finance-smaller-communities\/?utm_source=ULI&amp;utm_medium=RR&amp;utm_campaign=2016CreativeFinance\"> http:\/\/uli.org\/report\/reaching-future-creative-finance-smaller-communities\/?utm_source=ULI&amp;utm_medium=RR&amp;utm_campaign=2016CreativeFinance<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nInformation provided by:<br \/>\nMike Moore<br \/>\nCommunications Manager<br \/>\nMayor&#8217;s Office<br \/>\n435 Hamilton Street<br \/>\nAllentown, PA 18101<br \/>\nMike.Moore@allentownpa.gov<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.AllentownPA.gov<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\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<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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; 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