Downtown In the News

The latest news about our downtown.

2023

Three-day jazz festival planned for Wilkes-Barre in 2024

May 27, 2023 | The Citizens Voice (subscription)

New home for men's shelter approved in Wilkes-Barre

May 24, 2023 | WVIA News

Feeling fine and confident after fiesta in Wilkes-Barre

May 22, 2023 | WNEP-TV

Spin Doctors draw near-record crowd to Fine Arts Fiesta

May 20, 2023 | The Citizens Voice (subscription)

Spin Doctors pack Public Square

May 20, 2023 | The Times Leader

Your Thursday night plans in Downtown Wilkes-Barre: Sunsets on SOMA

May 16, 2023 | WBRE-TV

Brown, Newman: City post-pandemic recovery gaining speed in 2023

May 7, 2023 | The Times Leader

New owners of downtown Wilkes-Barre bank building have high hopes of success

May 7, 2023 | The Citizens Voice (subscription)

DCED official’s tour highlights success of Downtown WB small businesses

May 3, 2023 | The Times Leader

Celebrating small business week with a walking tour of Downtown Wilkes-Barre

May 2, 2023 | Wilkes-Barre Citizens Voice (subscription)

Pet waste stations installed in Downtown Wilkes-Barre

Apr 11, 2023 | WBRE-TV

Downtown Wilkes-Barre adjusts to the rise in remote and hybrid work

Mar 25, 2023 | The Citizens Voice (subscription)

Last phase of Downtown Wilkes-Barre streetscape project begins

Mar 24, 2023 | Wilkes-Barre Citizens Voice (subscription)

People flood the streets of Wilkes-Barre for St. Patrick's Parade

Mar 12, 2023 | WNEP-TV

2022

Creating a downtown where people ‘want to be, not have to be’

Dec 18, 2022 | The Times Leader

Wilkes announces new plans for old downtown building

Nov 22, 2022 | The Times Leader

`Twenty years from now, I hope these trees will still be here’

Nov 11, 2022 | The Times Leader

PHOTOS: Sunsets on South Main event held downtown

Jul 22, 2022 | The Citizens Voice (subscription)

Diamond City Partnership building a better Downtown Wilkes-Barre

Apr 28, 2022 | The Times Leader

Downtown Wilkes-Barre working to adapt to 'new normal'

Mar 5, 2022 | The Times Leader

2021

Newman: ‘Absent many downtown workers, strategy needs to pivot’

Dec 3, 2021 | The Times Leader

Grant to fund study of buildings in downtown Wilkes-Barre block

Aug 2, 2021 | The Citizens Voice (subscription)

How a Hobbled Main Street Survived the Pandemic ‘Asteroid’

Jun 1, 2021 | The New York Times (subscription)

20 years of progress have prepared Downtown Wilkes-Barre for today’s challenges

May 13, 2021 | The Citizens Voice (subscription)

2020

Downtown W-B gets 20 new trees

Nov 10, 2020 | The Times Leader

Downtown W-B receives DCED Keystone Communities Main Street designation

Oct 21, 2020 | The Times Leader