05052026 parks and rec committee

City of Bethlehem · May 6, 2026

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Opening remarks and plan goals

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Mayor Reynolds opened the session with an overview of the new parks strategy, framing parks as shared public goods and announcing a ribbon-cutting for Friendship Park in 12 days (one week from Saturday at 3 p.m.). He introduced the 40-in-10 goal (40 parks in 10 years) and emphasized equity, access, and long-term investment.

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Bethlehem officials presented the "40 in 10" parks plan, announced three anchor parks for Phase 1 (Bernie Fritz, Madison, Clearview), a shortened design-to-build timeline using city capital, and planned master planning grants for three regional parks; no votes were taken.

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