Join RenewLV for Smart Growth Book Discussion Club 2/14

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Be our Valentine!

What says LOVE more than civic activism?  Show some love for your neighborhood, your community and your region. Join Lehigh University Community Fellow, Kate Cavazza, and Coffee House Without Limits entrepreneur and internet sensation, Billy Mack this Saturday, Feb. 14th for a book discussion of this book, What To Do When It’s Your Turn (And It’s Always Your Turn) by Seth Godin.

We have extra copies of this transformative book, so don’t worry if you haven’t read it.  Plus, this one is quite a unique book.  This book doesn’t need much of a time commitment to change your perspective.  You can literally open it on any page and get a blast of inspiration.  If you want to hear from the author directly or order a copy of the book for your own library, click here.

If you don’t have anything going on this Saturday at 2 p.m., be our Valentine!  We’ll see you at the Coffee House Without Limits in the Alternative Gallery on 707 North 4th Street in Allentown (a stone’s throw to the C-Town grocery store on Tighlman Street.)

Billy Mack, local entrepreneur and owner of the Coffee House Without Limits would like to make you a coffee and talk to you about civic engagement
Billy Mack, local entrepreneur and owner of the Coffee House Without Limits would like to make you a coffee and talk to you about civic engagement

 

 

 

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Restarting the Sustainability Book Club

Come talk about cool books with us on Saturday, March 12 at the Coffee House Without Limits in Allentown!

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Make friends, discuss civic activism, new urbanism, smart growth, making a difference, and anything on your mind about your neighborhood or regional growth. We will be discussing What To Do When It's Your Turn (and It's Always Your Turn)  by Seth Godin (we have copies, so come even if you don't have this book).

The chat will start at 2:00 pm at The Coffee House Without Limits in Allentown!

In future weeks, we will read Becoming Jane Jacobs  by Peter Laurence, which you can order for $34.95 by calling Allentown's Moravian Book Store at 610-351-0849.

Hope to see you there!

Moving Ideas to Action

3rd Annual Summit for Smart Growth and Sustainable Communities "Our Towns, Our Farms, Our Future"

On 12/4/15, almost 200 community leaders and concerned citizens gathered at the Renaissance Hotel in Allentown for RenewLV's third annual Summit for Smart Growth and Sustainable Communities to discuss strategies for land preservation, community revitalization and municipal cooperation.

At the Summit, we asked the questions:

•How can we preserve open space while supporting job creation and economic development?

•How does a municipality strike a balance between paying its bills, preserving its individual appeal and supporting the local economy?

•Given the increasing market demand for locally grown and organic food, how can the region better grow a vibrant local food economy?

•How do we capitalize on our central location through an interconnected mass transit system rather than continuing to focus on widening our highways?

A big thank-you to all of the Summit for Smart Growth sponsors who contributed! You made this event possible.

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Report Highlights Fiscal Benefits of Smart Growth Renew Lehigh Valley has often noted the benefits of smart growth development for municipalities, including cost savings. A new report by Smart Growth America details the benefits for municipalities realized through smart growth development. Read the full report here.

Watch the Envision Lehigh Valley Virtual Meeting

RenewLV and our partners at the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission, the City of Allentown, the City of Bethlehem, and the City of Easton held a one-of-a-kind virtual public meeting for Envision Lehigh Valley. 100 participants logged in through a live video feed, Facebook, Twitter, and live chat. Missed the meeting? View the full recording on YouTube here

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