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TOMORROW: The State of the Lehigh Valley
Tomorrow, Renew Lehigh Valley will be partnering with the Lehigh Valley Research Consortium (LVRC) to present the third annual State of the Lehigh Valley: Community Trends at a Glance report at a...
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What did the community think of the State of the Lehigh Valley?
Last week, we co-hosted, along with the Lehigh Valley Research Consortium, the annual State of the Lehigh Valley report presentation and luncheon. After the report was delivered, we had a lively...
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US Infrastructure Is Improving
The American Society of Civil Engineers releases a report every four years that grades the quality of America’s infrastructure. Every single report for the past 15 years has shown a decline or...
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The Farmers’ Markets are coming back!
Spring has sprung, and hopefully this past week’s snow was our last of the season. Soon we will be seeing the reemergence of blossoms and farmers’ markets. Most of our local markets will be opening...
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Envision Lehigh Valley’s Public Meeting Results Are In!
Through their website, Envision Lehigh Valley received a total of 1,118 completed surveys as well as feedback from 47 public meetings that were held through the fall. The breakdown of the participants...
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What’s up with public transit?
On Tuesday morning, Amtrak announced record high ridership in the first six months of the 2013 fiscal year. October, December and January each boasted all-time highs for those particular months....
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What is sustainability?
The word ‘sustainability’ is thrown around over and over again, by environmentalists, nonprofits, corporations and United Nations conspiracy theorists but we rarely pause to define the principle....
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What’s Going On At The Bethlehem Eastern Gateway?
In 2002 the City of Bethlehem and Community Action Development Corporation of Bethlehem (CADC-B) embarked on a 10-year mission to revitalize the neighborhoods of South Bethlehem. The guiding master...
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How to make smart growth smarter
Since our inception, Renew Lehigh Valley has been committed to smart growth and revitalizing our core communities by advocating smart governance, open space preservation and establishing an...
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Contribute to Easton’s Urban Recycle Garden!
Nurture Nature Center’s Urban Recycle Garden: A Demonstration Garden for Urban Communities Nurture Nature Center in Easton, PA, is a dynamic center for community learning that uses science, art and...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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