Planning Commission sees more farmland disappearing from Forks housing development  (Jeff Ward, WFMZ 69NEWS) A Forks Township development will bring 246 new homes to Northampton County, but at a cost, according to the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission. The 1311 Arndt Road plan will cover more…

Latest Jaindl Land Co. development could be biggest in one Lehigh County township since Hamilton Crossings: By Jennifer Sheehan; The Morning Call. “The development at Interstate 78 and Route 222 could significantly add to the scope of Lower Macungie’s retail offerings and be the biggest…

No new Wawa in Northampton, as court strikes down Wawa’s appeal (Damon C. Williams; Bucks County Courier Times) The courts — and a majority of nearby residents — have spoken: there will be no new Wawa coming to 287 Holland Road. The case pitted a…

Palmer Twp., neighbors discuss six new warehouses in the works (WFMZ 69 NEWS) PALMER TWP., Pa. – Six new warehouses could be going up in Palmer Township. Some neighbors say they’ve had enough. Meanwhile, the township says these projects have been years in the making…

Here’s where Northampton County’s 22nd park will be, thanks to donation: Lehigh Valley Live By Kurt Bresswein Northampton County is adding a 42-acre parcel to its array of 21 parks, preserves, and trail properties. The county council on Thursday approved purchasing the Allen Township land for $225,000,…

The plague of the concrete monsters continues in Lehigh Valley! Check out the data presented in this Lehigh Valley Live article. “A proposed industrial park with 12 buildings totaling nearly 5.9 million square feet on 800-plus acres in the Slate Belt will require significant investments…

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…

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…

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., 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…

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…

“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…