“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…

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

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…

When will it stop? We are losing farmland and open spaces at an alarming rate.  Diesel exhaust fume exposure, from the warehouse trucks, poses a chronic health risk to everyone. The Lehigh Valley is a prime victim of these warehouses! Organize and contact your local…

Plan for new warehouse straddling Allentown-Whitehall border moves closer to reality; concerns about closeness to residences are downplayed: by Lindsay Weber, The Morning Call: “The Allentown Planning Commission on Tuesday unanimously approved plans for a 23,000-square-foot warehouse straddling Allentown and Whitehall. The warehouse would be located…

Living in the Lehigh Valley, one only needs to watch what is happening in our community to understand how climate change has become an alarming public health issue…. As a nurse I have seen firsthand the negative impacts of poor air quality and excessive heat…

Indus Realty completes purchase of American Parkway land for $3.9M, plans industrial building at site. By Jeff Ward, WFMZ 69 NEWS   Indus Realty Trust Inc., a developer of industrial properties and warehouses, has completed the purchase of land off the American Parkway in Allentown…

As we posted earlier in the NEWS section of the website, we filed a Right To Know request with East Allen Township regarding the Draft Weaversville Curve Study. Approximately 35+ days later, after not receiving a response from the Township, we filed an appeal with the Pennsylvania…

Newly donated parcel of land on Springhouse Road must only be used for farming, South Whitehall commissioners say. By Kevin Duffy For The Morning Call. “A donated swath of land in South Whitehall Township will be used only for farmland, according to the township’s Board…

Phillipsburg does a redo on rezoning needed for controversial warehouse (By Kurt Bresswein | For lehighvalleylive.com) Phillipsburg Town Council is taking a second look at last spring’s rezoning approval that is needed for a proposed warehouse. The reason is a lawsuit filed by residents challenging the rezoning, alleging…

“During their meeting on October 28, East Allen Township Supervisors closed the Rock LV Curative Amendment Hearing. After over a year of testimony, on pause during the COVID-19 pandemic, supervisors rejected all four allegations made by the developer”. https://homenewspa.com/2021/11/01/after-year-of-hearings-east-allen-supervisors-reject-rock-lvs-curative-amendment-pleas/  

The Price of Progress: A battle over eminent domain (by Samantha York; CBS 21 News) Dauphin County, PA — Just compensation in the eminent domain code is being called into question by property owners in the path of one of Pennsylvania’s largest infrastructure projects to date….