ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Local leaders on Thursday committed to opening Allentown YMCA’s homeless shelter by September’s end.
The United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley and River Crossings YMCA are partnering to help some of the more than 100 residents of a homeless encampment near Jordan Creek that’s being shut down.
Residents must leave the area by Aug. 25; many say they will have nowhere else to go until the Y opens, while some said they have no desire to spend nights in the shelter…