Hopefully, the trend will continue!
They are building a new warehouse on the corner of Airport Road and NorBath Blvd. where the strip mall was, across from where the other massive empty warehouse is. There is plenty of empty warehouse space in Lehigh Valley and they keep building believing that…
The primary elections are on May 17, 2022. Featured on the ballot is the East Allen Township Open Space Preservation Referendum.
Attached below is a link to the East Allen Township Open Space Tax Referendum. We have previously posted articles regarding the loss of farmland and open space in Lehigh Valley, the poor air quality in Lehigh Valley, and the toxic diesel fumes of the truck traffic caused…
14,275,749 square feet across all listed spaces available in Lehigh Valley
According to point2, there are “currently, a total of 81 industrial listings for rent in Lehigh Valley, PA. Availabilities add up to a grand total of 14,275,749 square feet across all listed spaces”. https://www.point2homes.com/cre/industrial/us/pa/lehigh-valley/ Yet with all this available space, warehouses/logistics centers continue to take over farmland…
Palmer Twp. residents crowd public hearing on proposed Van Buren Road warehouses: Davin Jurgensen | 69 News
PALMER TWP., Pa. – Tuesday’s meeting of the Palmer Township Board of Supervisors was attended by more than 75 township residents, eager to hear the board’s take on two proposed warehouses on Van Buren Road. After Fiore provided his testimony to the board of supervisors, the…
More than 1K housing units proposed in Lehigh Valley so far this year, as housing market continues to heat up: WFMZ 69NEWS by Justin Backover
Last year, 2,200 new housing units were approved, the most since 2007. More than 1300 have been proposed so far this year. On the industrial side, 11 million new square feet was proposed just in the first quarter of this year. That’s on top of…
Moving to the country? Keep green acres green. – American Farmland Trust
“O beautiful for spacious skies — for amber waves of grain — for purple mountains majesties — above the fruited plain. This is the dream, right? As the farm economy struggles amidst trade wars, pandemic-related disruptions in transportation and processing, extreme weather, and with an…
Palmer Township planners to review proposals for 84 apartment units, and warehouses, again, on Van Buren Road: 69WFMZ NEWS by Jeff Ward
“Palmer Township’s Planning Commission will review two Abe Atiyeh proposals Tuesday, one for 84 apartments on Milford Street and another that brings back the plan for two warehouses on Van Buren Road. The plan for 1492 Van Buren Road is for two warehouses covering 268,000…
Bethlehem Twp. farm targeted for 166 new homes, highlighting concerns about loss of farmland By Sara K. Satullo | For lehighvalleylive.com
The Bethlehem Township Planning Commission reviewed the plans on March 28 before a large crowd. The project has brought into focus residents’ concerns about the township’s dwindling amount of farmland, the impact on flooding and the increased traffic such a development could bring. https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/news/2022/04/bethlehem-twp-farm-targeted-for-166-new-homes-highlighting-concerns-about-loss-of-farmland.html
The Loss Of A Precious Resource Continues
A 2018 article in AGWEEK states the following: 1)A new report reinforces what almost everyone in U.S. food production already knows: Development is irreversibly diminishing the limited supply of U.S. farmland, raising serious food production, and economic and environmental concerns. 2)But the report from American…