. . about the area: the lehigh valley is a just over an hour’s drive, 65 miles from downtown NYC. Philadelphia is about 60 miles away. the lehigh valley; a great place to live!
• demographics & economic stats for the lehigh valley: lehigh valley economic dev. corps. this site also has some comparative school district data for our area.
• bucks county: www.buckscounty.org
• easton’s history, economic climate & more: www.easton-pa.com
• lehigh valley info: www.lehighvalleypa.org
• lehigh valley goings on: www.lehighvalleypa.org
• easton’s ‘main street initiative’ website: www.eastonmainstreet.org
• more lehigh valley community info from local newspaper, the morning call.
• lehighvalleylive.com, local newspaper express-times website.
• investment & development projects happening in 2010: InvestInEaston.com
area news / BLOGS:
- lehighvalleylive (express-times)
- morning call
- lehigh valley community action committees site.
- eastonpatch
- bethlehempatch
- west ward in easton
Schools
public: check PA school ‘report cards’: www.paprofiles.org
easton school district: www.eastonsd.org
bethlehem school district: www.beth.k12.pa.us
allentown school district: www.allentownsd.org
private:
moravian academy
swain school
montessori schools
catholic schools
public transportation:
NYC buses: www.transbridgebus.com
local buses: www.lantabus.com
Learning the area – things to do
• self-guided covered bridge tour of the lehigh valley is a really neat way to see some really charming nooks & crannies of the valley
• allentown art museum
• ‘first fridays’ in bethlehem’s fabulous creative section of town, starting each first friday at the wonderful banana factory… lovely art and funky shops cater to an enchanting night in south-side bethlehem: www.firstnightbethlehem.com
Fabulous Farmers’ Markets!!
• Easton Farmers’ Market! Every Sat. 9am-1 centre square, May-November.
- Emmaus Farmers’ Market
- Allentown (year-round),
- Phillipsburg, NJ Farmers Market
- Stockertown NJ – wonderful indoor year-round farmers’ market
FESTS: there is no lack of wonderful ‘fests’ in the lehigh valley!
• Allentown: MAYFAIR, last weekend of May.
• Bethlehem: massive ‘Musikfest’ in August. also, Steelstax arts complex.
‘Celtic Classic’ in September: www.celticfest.org
Holiday crafts at Chriskindlmarkt – late Nov-mid Dec.
also, indie craft market in allentown: 1st saturday in Dec.
• Wind Gap Bluegrass Festival (great!), 2nd weekend June
• Easton: 15th annual Riverside festival of the Arts, September 17+18 in 2011.
annual GARLIC FEST! October 1 2011.
• MainStreetInitiative.
• Heritage Day, 2nd weekend of July.
excellent hiking & biking trails abound in our area.
• delaware canal paths
• Lehigh valley biking paths
• january/early feb Eagle Watching along the northern Delaware! …we saw NINETEEN eagles, in the 3rd week of jan, 2008: www.eagleinstitute.org
• www.crayola.com – the third most-visited childrens’ museum in the US!
• excellent rollercoasters, rides, waterpark: www.dorneypark.com
• great skiing, so close by… www.skicamelback.com / www.skibluemt.com
• artists in the lehigh valley — see ace-easton.org (Arts Community of Easton) for local artists & info.
SHOPPING – check out the great boutiques and locally-owned businesses in dowtowns easton, bethlehem & allentown… also, there’s the lehigh valley mall; the lovely new promenade shops – an upscale outdoor mall in center valley; and with a quick zip up 33 north: the crossings factory stores.
• keepin’ it local!
sustainable business network of the lehigh valley: sbnlv.org
crime rates in the Lehigh Valley – crime statistics, by area
