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South Side Community Center

City Delivers Services:

  • The City created a feasibility study for a South Bethlehem Community Center study over 2024. You can now find the completed feasibility study and presentation here.


  • The City’s recreation bureau offers summer parks programs for area youth, free sports clinics, movies in the park and operates five pools and one splash park. There is a popular skate plaza in South Bethlehem and city ice rink, disc golf course and golf club.
  • The City’s Northside Alive program provides for free recreation opportunities, such as yoga in the park classes and the installation of bike racks throughout the neighborhoods.

City Supports Service Delivery through funding sources:

  • The Boys and Girls Club received a Community Recovery Fund grant to enhance the program offerings in Southside Bethlehem during the Summer months, and explore how they can establish a continued annual presence in the future.
  • New Bethany Inc. received a Community Recovery Fund for their the "Southside Drop-In Center" which meets people where they are with the most fundamental of human needs – nutritious food, kindness and respect, and access to basic hygiene.

City Collaborates and strategizes with service providers:

  • Southside Tomorrow: The City is an active participant in Southside Tomorrow, a Neighborhood Partnership Program administered by Community Action Development Bethlehem, which funds extensive youth recreation opportunities across South Bethlehem. In recent years, this has included funding for the YWCA of Bethlehem to conduct youth engagement meetings; support of Lynfield Community Center’s gardens and youth activities and Push Ahead an after-school program teaching the basics of skateboarding.