Opportunities Made Possible by You

Investments in the Lehigh Valley make it possible for our community to grow, develop, and improve our quality of life. The Lehigh Valley is one of the fastest growing regions in the Northeastern United States and one of the top ten growing regions of its size in the United States. This couldn’t happen without the investment from our public and private partners.

If you would like to learn more about investing in the economic development of the Lehigh Valley, you can view the 2019 Investment Opportunities here or fill out the short form at the bottom of the page to speak with our staff and learn more.

To show our appreciation for our 2018 investors, LVEDC commissioned a series of full page ads in The Morning Call and Lehigh Valley Business to let the Lehigh Valley know which companies directly invest in LVEDC. Click the link to view the ad and see the list of LVEDC Investors by category.

The companies listed below actively invest in economic development in Lehigh Valley. We encourage you to support our investors.

  • FreshPet
  • A&H Sportswear
  • AblePay Health
  • Adams Outdoor Advertising
  • Allied Personnel Services
  • Alvin H Butz
  • ArtsQuest
  • Computer Aid
  • Crayola
  • DeSales University
  • Duke Realty
  • Embassy Bank for the Lehigh Valley
  • ESSA Bank & Trust
  • Feinberg Real Estate Advisors
  • First Commonwealth Federal Credit Union
  • First Keystone Community Bank
  • Follett Corporation
  • Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network
  • Gross McGinley
  • Haines & Kibblehouse
  • Hillwood Investment Properties
  • Hospital Central Services
  • Jaindl Land Development
  • JLL
  • JM Uliana & Associates
  • Key Bank
  • Klunk & Millan Advertising
  • Lafayette College
  • Lee & Associates of Eastern PA
  • Merchants Bank of Bangor
  • MKSD architects
  • Moravian College
  • Northampton Community College
  • OraSure Technologies
  • Peoples Security Bank
  • Provident Bank
  • QNB Bank
  • Quandel Construction Group
  • Service Electric
  • The Waterfront
  • Unity Bank
  • Univest Bank
  • Mericle Commercial Real Estate Services
  • Orbel
  • Life Sciences Pennsylvania
  • 44 Business Capital
  • Albarell Electric
  • Allied Building Corporation
  • AmericaVen
  • Baker Tilly
  • Barry Isett & Associates
  • BerkOne
  • Blue Rock Construction
  • Bohler Engineering
  • Borton-Lawson
  • Broughal & Devito
  • Buckno Lisicky & Company
  • Cedar Crest College
  • CF Martin & Company
  • Communication Systems
  • Compass Point
  • Corporate Environments
  • CSi – Communication Systems Integrators, LLC.
  • Cutler Associates
  • D’Huy Engineering
  • Dutch Springs
  • EarthRes Group
  • Easton Area Industrial Land Development Corporation
  • Emerald Realty Group
  • Express Employment Professionals of Northampton County
  • FastSigns
  • Fedetz & Martin Associates
  • Fishburn Realty Company
  • FNCB Bancorp
  • Graybar Electric
  • Griffin Industrial Realty
  • Handlon Business Resources
  • HDR Engineering
  • Highland Associates
  • HMK Insurance
  • Horwith Trucks
  • Hotel Bethlehem
  • Howard Hanna The Frederick Group
  • IMC Construction
  • Ironton Telephone Company
  • JCS Professional Staffing, Inc.
  • Joshi Hotel Group
  • Just Born
  • JVI
  • Kelly Automotive Group
  • King, Spry, Herman, Freund & Faul
  • Kitchen Magic
  • Langan
  • Lehigh Carbon Community College
  • Lehigh Career & Technical Institute
  • Lehigh County Authority
  • Lehigh Valley Industrial Park
  • Lehigh Valley Rail Management
  • Lesavoy Butz & Seitz
  • Lightweight Manufacturing
  • Manufacturers Resource Center
  • Michael Baker International
  • Moonstone Environmental
  • Nacci Printing
  • NAI Summit
  • New Tripoli Bank
  • North Star Construction Management
  • O’Brien’s Moving & Storage
  • Ott Consulting
  • Pennoni
  • Regan Levin Bloss Brown & Savchak
  • Rettew Associates
  • SAGE Design-Build
  • Spillman Farmer Architects
  • Stevens & Lee
  • Structural Workshop LLC
  • Superior Quartz Products
  • SVN | Imperial Realty
  • Synergy Environmental
  • T&M Associates
  • Terraform Engineering
  • The Pidcock Company
  • TWG Security
  • Ultra-Poly Corporation
  • Veraxia Commercial Real Estate Solutions
  • Wacker Polymers
  • Wind Gap Electric

 

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In the 21st Century global economy, most businesses can choose any of the 50 states or 191 countries in the world. The Lehigh Valley has the assets, quality of life, location, workforce and infrastructure to compete in this global marketplace. We need you to help us grow our economy—and in turn—your customer base.Your investment enables LVEDC to market our community to those who shape opinions and make decisions about site selection, corporation locations, where to start and where to grow companies.

Lehigh ValleyQuick Facts

By the Numbers
$40.1 Billion

Gross Domestic Product

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City Center Lehigh Valley
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11% of Labor Force
Employed in Manufacturing

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$3.65 Billion

Exports

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Air Products
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1,604 Total Office Buildings

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$62,489

Median Household Income

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PPL Electric Utilities
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1,866 Total Industrial Buildings

By the Numbers
26,000

New Jobs Created Over Past 5 Years

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4.1% Industrial
Vacancy Rate

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669,899

Population

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Olympus
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7% Office
Vacancy Rate

By the Numbers
345,260

Labor Force

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Lutron Electronics
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26.1% of Labor Force
Employed in "Eds & Meds" sectors

By the Numbers
5,073

Technology Patents

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Mack Trucks
By the Numbers
27.3 Million

Total Rentable Square Feet in Office Buildings

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UGI
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-1.4% Industrial rent growth

By the Numbers
6.6 Million

Total Square Feet in Industrial Space Under Construction

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121.3 Million

Total Rentable Square Feet in Industrial Buildings

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NFI
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14% of the total community college degrees awarded in PA

By the Numbers
$7.4 Billion

Manufacturing Contribution to GDP

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BB&T
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69th largest metropolitan area in the U.S. by population

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Seedcopa
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10,328 degrees awarded by colleges and universities

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Fuling
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81,000 employed in "Eds & Meds" sectors

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26.97%

Population between ages 18 and 34

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