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❘ The Morning Call, COMMUNITY GUIDE 2015-2016
SPECIAL FEATURE
Sarah Evans/The Morning Call Emily Hirsch/Special to The Morning Call
The newly completed Three City Center has an entrance that’s right off the Allentown Arts Park. The building is part of the ongoing Easton is looking at ways to continue to improve its downtown
redevelopment in the city, which is helping to revitalize the region. and surrounding neighborhoods.
Going back to Main Street:
Communities across the Valley are experiencing a renaissance.
With all the attention given to the new arena to redevelop and change to attract business according to the Lehigh Valley Economic But that’s only part of the story.
and development in downtown Allentown, it into the Valley. Development Corp.
would be wrong to assume the city is the Looking to the future “The Lehigh Valley is one of the fastest Across the Valley
only place in the Lehigh Valley to have It’s that willingness to embrace change that growing regions in the country because of
redevelopment projects. lead a national real estate development trade its solid economic foundation and assets,” Communities like Hellertown are seeing
Across the tapestry of townships, boroughs group to name the Valley as one of only two LVEDC President and CEO Don interest in the redevelopment of existing
and cities that make up the fabric of the emerging markets in the nation last year, Cunningham told the real estate leaders properties. In that borough, developer Lou
Valley, plans are underway or being devised gathered at the I.Con 2014 Industrial Pektor wants to build a two-story office
Conference for Real Estate. “We anticipate building on Main Street and several new
this trend to continue because of our businesses have opened in the quaint
location, cost, competitiveness, workforce, downtown.
quality of life and available development Easton, among its projects, is looking at
sites.” ways to revitalize its 13th Street corridor and
revamp the Route 22 interchange to the
Location is key street.
Across the Valley in Catasauqua, plans are
The Valley has a lot going for it, including afoot to transform four blocks of Front Street
location — parts of the Valley are roughly from shuttered factory warehouses into
an hour from New York City and apartments, town homes and boutiques.
Philadelphia, with readily available trains, Meanwhile in Bethlehem, proposals for more
buses and airports. apartments, a restaurant, a micro-brewery
As Cunningham pointed out at that and more have been floated into the public
conference, the region is home to the view for possible future development.
corporate headquarters of global The Valley isn’t resting on its laurels as it
companies including Air Products and heads toward the future.
Chemicals, PPL Corp., Crayola LLC,
Olympus of the Americas and B. Braun. — Linda Doell
SPECIAL FEATURE
Sarah Evans/The Morning Call Emily Hirsch/Special to The Morning Call
The newly completed Three City Center has an entrance that’s right off the Allentown Arts Park. The building is part of the ongoing Easton is looking at ways to continue to improve its downtown
redevelopment in the city, which is helping to revitalize the region. and surrounding neighborhoods.
Going back to Main Street:
Communities across the Valley are experiencing a renaissance.
With all the attention given to the new arena to redevelop and change to attract business according to the Lehigh Valley Economic But that’s only part of the story.
and development in downtown Allentown, it into the Valley. Development Corp.
would be wrong to assume the city is the Looking to the future “The Lehigh Valley is one of the fastest Across the Valley
only place in the Lehigh Valley to have It’s that willingness to embrace change that growing regions in the country because of
redevelopment projects. lead a national real estate development trade its solid economic foundation and assets,” Communities like Hellertown are seeing
Across the tapestry of townships, boroughs group to name the Valley as one of only two LVEDC President and CEO Don interest in the redevelopment of existing
and cities that make up the fabric of the emerging markets in the nation last year, Cunningham told the real estate leaders properties. In that borough, developer Lou
Valley, plans are underway or being devised gathered at the I.Con 2014 Industrial Pektor wants to build a two-story office
Conference for Real Estate. “We anticipate building on Main Street and several new
this trend to continue because of our businesses have opened in the quaint
location, cost, competitiveness, workforce, downtown.
quality of life and available development Easton, among its projects, is looking at
sites.” ways to revitalize its 13th Street corridor and
revamp the Route 22 interchange to the
Location is key street.
Across the Valley in Catasauqua, plans are
The Valley has a lot going for it, including afoot to transform four blocks of Front Street
location — parts of the Valley are roughly from shuttered factory warehouses into
an hour from New York City and apartments, town homes and boutiques.
Philadelphia, with readily available trains, Meanwhile in Bethlehem, proposals for more
buses and airports. apartments, a restaurant, a micro-brewery
As Cunningham pointed out at that and more have been floated into the public
conference, the region is home to the view for possible future development.
corporate headquarters of global The Valley isn’t resting on its laurels as it
companies including Air Products and heads toward the future.
Chemicals, PPL Corp., Crayola LLC,
Olympus of the Americas and B. Braun. — Linda Doell
