Rose Garden Neighborhood Association
Purpose
The Rose Garden Neighborhood Association (RGNA) supports Allentown's historic Malcolm W. Gross Rose Garden through volunteer works. We advocate for the neighborhood by acting as a liaison between City Hall and the residents. Our community events throughout the year utilize park facilities and neighborhood homes. The Association is a resource of historic information for current and future residents. Our crime watch program works closely with the Allentown police to keep our homes safe.
We are located in the West End of Allentown, PA. Our neighborhood association welcomes everyone in Allentown. However, our interface with the city is for the homes within our neighborhood limits.
Learn more about RGNA today.
Email us at: kellinallentown@gmail.com
The Rose Garden
During the 1920s, Malcolm W. Gross, then Mayor of Allentown, dreamed of building a park in the middle of the city where citizens could stroll among dozens of varieties of roses.This resulted in the planning of the Rose Garden, completed 1931, and re-dedicated in June 1947, as the Malcolm W. Gross Rose Garden with a bust of the mayor by the artist, William Swallow.
Our neighborhood association is bordered on the North by Tilghman Street, but does not include homes on Tilghman, on the South by the Rose Garden, on the East by 26th Street, and on the West by the border with South Whitehall township.