Since the President has decided to shine a national spotlight on Allentown today, I wanted to send a special greeting and extend sincere thanks to all the folks from Allentown and the Lehigh Valley who signed this petition so far, and those who work to run the arts & culture organizations situated there, particularly in this challenging time.

Did you know that in the 2018-19 fiscal year, the PA Council on the Arts disbursed $236,035* in grants to organizations in Lehigh County? Many of those were direct grants, while others were disbursed to the Lehigh Valley Arts Council and earmarked for smaller subgrantee orgs.

Let's ensure that all these orgs, which were promised 2019-20 fiscal year grants by PCA, receive them in full!

*Source: https://www.arts.pa.gov/Documents/PCA_18-19_Full_Grants_List.pdf