ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A project to renovate a 70-year-old downtown church building into a school for more than 1,000 Allentown children officially is underway.
The Rev. Gregory Edwards was master of ceremonies for a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday behind West Turner Street, where he celebrated the project’s start with many of those who helped fund it.
Edwards spent much of the past five years piecing together the money for the more-than-$7 million Children’s Academy project…