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Enter to win RenewLV’s Smart Quote and FabFoto Contests!
Congratulations to Dave Lobach, double winner of our Smart Quote and FabFoto contest. Dave shared with us a beautiful photograph of his farm in the LehighValley, which he personally saved from being...
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Lehigh Valley residents urged to attend ‘virtual town hall’ meeting
Lehigh Valley residents are being urged to take part in a “virtual town hall meeting” that’s slated for 8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 16th. The location: wherever you use your personal computer or tablet...
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Marin named as Executive Director of RenewLV; brings wealth of experience and...
Joyce Marin, a well-known Lehigh Valley community/economic development professional, has been hired as our new executive director here at RenewLV (renewlv.org). Marin brings extensive experience in...
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Intro to Traditional Neighborhood Development
Smart growth isn’t simply a matter for cities to discuss and work toward, it can be used at the township and borough level to encourage sustainable suburbs. In more rural regions, Traditional...
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Transit Disoriented in the Lehigh Valley
Transit oriented development (TOD) promotes building, developing and redeveloping community resources and employment centers around transit centers, whether those are bus or train. We don’t have that...
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On high density housing
High density housing often gets a bad reputation for unfair perceptions about increased traffic, crowded living and minimal parking but there are many advantages to this efficient use of land. A...
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Save King George Inn
The King George Inn has been a South Whitehall historical institution since 1756, but it may soon be a modern hotel and drug store. Cliff McDermott owned the King George Inn for 42 years before a...
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We are full of garbage
We’ve all seen the copious quantities of garbage cans that line our streets and trash closets on collection day and it seems almost impossible that anyone could run out of garbage but it’s happened to...
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The City of Whitehall?
What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet. Currently a township, Whitehall is considering the requirements and consequences for their designation as a city, and...
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How to attract a Millennial
The Millennial Generation comprises those who were born from 1980 to the early 2000s and now represents America’s young professionals who are graduating from college, getting their first and second...
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The Darkest Shades of Sprawl
We’ve known for awhile that sprawl is poor land use policy; it’s inefficient and unsustainable, but there is new evidence to suggest that it is correlated to social mobility. Citizens living in...
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Meet NIZ’s stepbrother, CRIZ
You would be hard pressed to find a Lehigh Valley resident who wasn’t familiar with the Neighborhood Improvement Zone (NIZ) in Allentown that has attracted hordes of new businesses, including a hockey...
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What Detroit means to Pennsylvania
After years of financial distress, Detroit filed for Chapter 9 Municipal Bankruptcy late last week. It becomes the first major city in United States history to do so. Detroit has debt totaling $18...
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The Supreme Court and Local Government
With all of the hubbub surrounding the Supreme Court rulings on the Voting Rights Act and Defense of Marriage Act, another important case slipped under the radar. Koontz v. St Johns River Water...
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The Future of Cars
Owning and driving a car, once deemed a core aspect of any American’s life, is now on the decline in this country. A recent New York Times article titled, “The End of Car Culture” examines how...
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Sustainable Words To Know
The word sustainability is being used more and more, but its definition is dependent on who’s using it. The Living Principles is building an online dictionary of every term associated with...
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Revitalization on the big screen at South Side Film Festival
The annual South Side Film Festival is returning to Bethlehem this year starting in a few weeks. Every year, the festival celebrates independent films. One movie that we have on our radar here at Renew...
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Farming and Community Health
How does the protection of farmland correlate to the health of a community? Kane County, Illinois is working to find out. Over the past ten years, their farmland protection program has preserved over...
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Consolidation in Action: Princeton, NJ
For a long time, there was Princeton, NJ the borough and Princeton, NJ the township – not anymore. In 2011, residents voted to consolidate the neighboring municipalities and their merger took effect on...
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Envision Lehigh Valley’s Virtual Town Hall Review
Did you catch Envision Lehigh Valley’s virtual town hall meeting this week? If so, you were one of 99 viewers who tuned in to hear planners for Bethlehem, Easton, Allentown and the Lehigh Valley...
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