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Bethlehem development unfazed by pandemic as city saw $305M in new construction in 2020
Updated 12:44 PM;
The coronavirus pandemic did not slow construction in the Lehigh Valley’s second largest city and very few local businesses have closed compared to Bethlehem’s sister cities, the mayor says.
During his final state of the city address, the Mayor Bob Donchez touted how Bethlehem continues to be a magnet for residential and business development and highlighted how the city is support local shops, makers and restaurants.
Since he took office in 2014, the city’s approved 1,059 multi-family housing units and watched construction take off. Nearly 3,000 permits were pulled in Bethlehem in 2020 for projects with an estimated $305 million construction costs despite the global pandemic. This is on par with the 3,434 permits pulled in 2019 with an estimated construction cost of $308 million, Donchez said.
Known for her artistic tributes to tragedy, retired Easton teacher sets up shop in mall
Updated 9:18 AM;
Today 8:30 AM
Valerie Davis, retired from teaching art in the Easton Area School District, stands Thursday, April 8, 2021, at her new kiosk in the Palmer Park Mall with a tribute she created to police violence victim George Floyd and, in the foreground, sketches that fit together as a puzzle of NBA star Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and the seven others killed in a 2020 helicopter crash in California.Kurt Bresswein | For lehighvalleylive.com
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Palmer Park Mall’s newest retail kiosk is bright and skylit, with hand-crafted art and custom gifts behind glass and spilling out on easels into the corridor beside Spin Me Round records.
17-year cicadas and lanternflies to emerge around same time, in a 1st for Lehigh Valley
Updated Mar 18, 2021;
Posted Mar 15, 2021
A mature adult periodical cicada is shown on the right along with a casing on the left, June 10, 2013, in Washington Township, Northampton County.Bill Adams file photo | For lehighvalleylive.com
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Leafy confines in and around the Lehigh Valley are about to be abuzz with the return of 17-year cicadas.
That means a first for the region, since their emergence is expect to overlap with the hatch of the destructive pest known as the spotted lanternfly.
Local communities last saw periodical cicadas we’re not talking the annual ones that come out each summer in 2013. Periodical cicadas are grouped in broods, and that year brought out the 17-year cicadas’ Brood II in areas including the Slate Belt.
It’s no flower and garden show, but Allentown’s Agri-Plex is still showcasing hope these days
Updated Mar 05, 2021;
Posted Mar 05, 2021
Allentown Mayor Ray O Connell gives an update Friday, March 5, 2021, at the Allentown Fairgrounds Agri-Plex on the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccination efforts, joined by, from left, Allentown Health Bureau Director Vicky Kistler, city Councilman Daryl Hendricks, Allentown School Board member Phoebe Harris, city police Chief Glenn Granitz Jr., city Community & Economic Development Director Leonard Lightner and Councilwoman Candida Affa.Kurt Bresswein | For lehighvalleylive.com
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The scene inside the Allentown Fairgrounds Agri-Plex these days may be a little less colorful and relaxed than exactly one year ago, but there’s still that sense of hope that better days are around the corner.