20 years ago, a public-private partnership involving Bethlehem Steel executives, public officials and a nonprofit laid the groundwork for the transformation of the massive, 4.5-mile Steel campus into Lehigh Valley Industrial Park VII. Today, the park has 32 business tenants employing some 4,200 workers.
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FILE - In this March 18, 2020 file photo, visitors to the Department of Labor are turned away at the door by personnel due to closures over coronavirus concerns in New York. A record-high number of people applied for unemployment benefits last week as layoffs engulfed the United States in the face of a near-total economic shutdown caused by the coronavirus. The surge in weekly applications for benefits far exceeded the previous record set in 1982. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)(AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)