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. Investors make it possible for LVEDC to tell the Lehigh Valley’s story and compete with much larger markets for new development, talent, and jobs. We have been able to develop regional strategies, pool resources, share services, and leverage spending to score big wins in economic development thanks to the commitment of our many public and private partners.

These successes, which include 50 business attraction or expansion projects that led to more than 9,000 new or retained jobs in 2019, our growing millennial population, national recognition of the region’s economic successes in such publications as The New York Times, and the launch of a new Made Possible in Lehigh Valley initiative, are featured in LVEDC’s 2019 Annual Report.

To learn more about investing in the economic development of the Lehigh Valley, view the 2020 Investor Opportunities brochure 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 2019 investors, LVEDC commissioned ads in The Morning Call and Lehigh Valley Business in March 2020 to let the Lehigh Valley know the companies that demonstrate their commitment to the regional economy by investing 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
  • BSI Corporate Benefits
  • Computer Aid
  • Crayola
  • DeSales University
  • Duke Realty
  • Embassy Bank for the Lehigh Valley
  • ESSA Bank & Trust
  • Factory LLC
  • Feinberg Real Estate Advisors
  • First Commonwealth Federal Credit Union
  • 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
  • Lehigh Carbon Community College
  • Merchants Bank of Bangor
  • MKSD architects
  • Moravian College
  • New Tripoli Bank
  • 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
  • Life Sciences Pennsylvania
  • Albarell Electric
  • Allied Building Corporation
  • Baker Tilly
  • Barry Isett & Associates
  • BerkOne
  • Blue Rock Construction
  • Bohler Engineering
  • Borton-Lawson
  • Broughal & Devito
  • Buckno Lisicky & Company
  • Burns Mechanical
  • Cedar Crest College
  • CF Martin & Company
  • Communication Systems
  • Compass Point
  • Corporate Environments
  • CSi – Communication Systems Integrators, LLC.
  • D’Huy Engineering
  • Dutch Springs
  • EarthRes Group
  • Easton Area Industrial Land Development Corporation
  • Express Employment Professionals of Northampton County
  • FastSigns
  • Fedetz & Martin Associates
  • Fishburn Realty Company
  • FNCB Bancorp
  • Graybar Electric
  • Griffin Industrial Realty
  • Hanover Township – Lehigh County
  • HDR Engineering
  • Highland Associates
  • HMK Insurance
  • Horwith Trucks
  • Hotel Bethlehem
  • Huratiak Homes
  • 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
  • Kressler Wolff & Miller
  • Langan
  • Lehigh Career & Technical Institute
  • Lehigh County Authority
  • Lehigh Valley Industrial Park
  • Lehigh Valley Rail Management
  • Lesavoy Butz & Seitz
  • Lightweight Manufacturing
  • LR Costanzo
  • Manufacturers Resource Center
  • Michael Baker International
  • Moonstone Environmental
  • Nacci Printing
  • NAI Summit
  • North Star Construction Management
  • O’Brien’s Moving & Storage
  • O’Neal
  • Ott Consulting
  • 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
  • Terraform Engineering
  • The Pidcock Company
  • 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
$41.2 Billion

2018 Gross Domestic Product

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City Center Lehigh Valley
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10.6% of Labor Force
Employed in Manufacturing

By the Numbers
$3.8 Billion

Exports in 2019

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Air Products
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1,604 Total Office Buildings

By the Numbers
$65,119

Median Household Income

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PPL Electric Utilities
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1,997 Total Industrial Buildings

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4.1% Industrial
Vacancy Rate

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672,907

Population

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Olympus
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7% Office
Vacancy Rate

By the Numbers
358,000

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
16.3 Million

Total Square Feet in Office Buildings

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UGI
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-1.4% Industrial rent growth

By the Numbers
6.4 Million

Total Square Feet in Industrial Space Under Construction

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125.1 Million

Total 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
$7.3 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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10,754 degrees awarded by Lehigh Valley colleges (2017-18 academic year)

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Fuling
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85,000 employed in "Eds & Meds" sectors

By the Numbers
149,000

Population between ages 18 and 34

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