Renew Lehigh Valley partnered with the Lehigh Valley Research Consortium (LVRC) for the first annual State of the Lehigh Valley event. Unvailing the LVRC's report State of the Lehigh Valley: Community Trends at a Glance was Michele Deegan, director of the LVRC. She was joined by an expert panel including Easton Mayor Salvatore Panto, Jr. (moderator), Don Bernhard (PPL), Chris Borick (Muhlenberg College), Bonnie Coyle (St. Luke's Hospital), and Olga Negron (Lehigh Valley Council of Spanish Speaking Organizations). The event was held at Iacocca Hall, Lehigh University Mountaintop Campus on January 13, 2011 in front of an audience of over 200 people. For more you can visit our website at www.renewlv.org.

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The topic for this Renew Lehigh Valley brown-bag session is Education, Innovation and Entrepreneurship. RenewLV partnered with the Allentown Economic Development Corporation on this event. An expert panel (Troy Thrash, DaVinci Science Center; Kelly Rosario, Allentown School District; Todd Watkins, Lehigh Univ's Baker Institute; Steve Melnick, LVEDC) led a lively discussion on the topic of the importance of STEM education on innovation, the regional economy, and creating a culture of entrepreneurship. This session was recorded at the Bridgeworks Enterprise Center in Allentown on November 19, 2010. Visit our website at www.renewlv.org.

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The topic for this Renew Lehigh Valley brown-bag session is Municipal Finance in Pennsylvania. Gerald Cross, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Economy League, Central Division, led a lively discussion on the topic of Pennsylvania's system of municipal finance and its effects on older urban communities. This session was recorded at the Sigal Museum (Northampton County Historical & Genealogical Society) on August 27, 2010. Visit our website at www.renewlv.org.

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The topic for this Renew Lehigh Valley brown-bag session is Bicycling in the Lehigh Valley. Leaders from regional bicycling groups discuss the opportunities and challenges that face the bicycling community in the Lehigh Valley. This session was recorded at the Allentown Center Square on May 21, 2010. Visit our website at www.renewlv.org.

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This Renew Lehigh Valley brown-bag session highlighted the work of the redevelopment authorities in the cities of Allentown, Bethlehem, and Easton. This session was recorded at the Lehigh Valley Heritage Center in Allentown, PA on March 12, 2010. Visit our website at www.renewlv.org.

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This Renew Lehigh Valley brown-bag session featured State Representative Robert Freeman providing a preview of what’s coming up in 2010 in Harrisburg, with regard to legislation on urban revitalization, smart growth, open space preservation, and related issues. This session was recorded at Victory Firehouse in Bethlehem, PA on January 22, 2010. Visit our website at www.renewlv.org.

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The topic for this Renew Lehigh Valley brown-bag session is Establishing a Lehigh Valley Health Department, featuring members of the Lehigh Valley Board of Health discussing the progress made in drafting the staffing and services plan for a regional health department. This session was recorded at Washington Elementary School in Bangor, PA on December 8, 2009. Visit our website at www.renewlv.org.

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The topic for this Renew Lehigh Valley brown-bag session was community and transportation, focusing on the Pennsylvania Community Transportation Initiative (PCTI) projects underway in Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton, and Hellertown. This session was recorded at the Grand Eastonian in Easton, PA on November 6, 2009. Visit our website at www.renewlv.org.

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The topic for this Renew Lehigh Valley session was traditional neighborhood development (TND), an approach to community design that seeks to create mixed-used, walkable places. This session was recorded at the Baum School of Art in Allentown, PA on October 2, 2009. Visit our website at www.renewlv.org.

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