The future of the city’s fruit-and-vegetable green cart is no longer followed by a question mark.
Allentown took home a first-place national award — and a $120,000 grant — for the program, securing its immediate future fighting childhood obesity.
Six cities were honored nationally. Allentown was the only city in Pennsylvania to win recognition for the award from the U.S. Conference of Mayors and the American Beverage Association.
“More than 40 percent of our kids are either overweight or obese,” Mayor Ed Pawlowski said. “We are tackling that problem head-on.”
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