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Long-Awaited COVID-19 Relief Financing Programs Announced
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) has been reinstated, and several other financing programs have been restored or introdu[…]
by Colin McEvoy
January 12, 2021COVID-19, News Releases
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Bethlehem Projects Receive $1.4 Million in Enterprise Zone Tax Credits
Entrepreneurship, Success Stories - by Colin McEvoy on January 14, 2021
Read MoreThree Bethlehem projects have been awarded a combined $1.4 million in Enterprise Zone Tax Credits through the city’s Neighbor[…]
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January 2021 Issue of LVStartup Has Been Released
Entrepreneurship - by Colin McEvoy on January 7, 2021
Read MoreThe January 2021 issue of LVstartup, a monthly e-newsletter about entrepreneurs and startups in the Lehigh Valley, has been r[…]
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Don Cunningham: The Groundhog Day Quality of Pandemic Life
Columns - by Colin McEvoy on January 7, 2021
Read MoreThis column, written by LVEDC President & CEO Don Cunningham, originally appeared in The Morning Call and on the newspape[…]
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Lehigh Valley Among The New York Times’ “Favorite Facts for 2020”
Every year, The New York Times publishes tens of thousands of news articles. At the end of each year, their editors pick the […]
by Colin McEvoy
January 5, 2021News Releases, Success Stories
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2020 Year-in-Review: Despite Pandemic, Economic Development Continues in Lehigh Valley
2020 was anything but a normal year. But economic development activity continued in the Lehigh Valley despite the coronavirus[…]
by Colin McEvoy
December 30, 2020COVID-19, Economic Data, Success Stories, Target Sectors
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Lehigh Valley’s Unemployment Rate Falls Below State and National Rates
COVID-19, Economic Data - by Nicole Radzievich Mertz on January 5, 2021
Read MoreLehigh Valley’s unemployment rate in November dipped for the fifth straight month to 6.5%, a hair below Pennsylvania’s rate o[…]
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How These Five Trends Shaped Lehigh Valley’s Economic Landscape in 2020
COVID-19, Economic Data, Uncategorized - by Nicole Radzievich Mertz on January 4, 2021
Read MoreResearch and data analyzed by the Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation indicate that in 2020 the Lehigh Valley econ[…]
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Made Possible in Lehigh Valley’s Top 10 Most-Read Stories of 2020
Success Stories - by Colin McEvoy on December 31, 2020
Read MoreOver the past 12 months, Made Possible in Lehigh Valley has been hard at work telling stories of the people, companies, and o[…]
Lehigh ValleyQuick Facts
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$41.2 Billion
2018 Gross Domestic Product
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10.6% of Labor Force
Employed in Manufacturing
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$3.8 Billion
Exports in 2019
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$65,119
Median Household Income
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672,907
Population
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358,000
Labor Force
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26.1% of Labor Force
Employed in "Eds & Meds" sectors
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5,073
Technology Patents
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14% of the total community college degrees awarded in PA
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$7.3 Billion
Manufacturing Contribution to GDP
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69th largest metropolitan area in the U.S. by population
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10,754 degrees awarded by Lehigh Valley colleges (2017-18 academic year)
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85,000 employed in "Eds & Meds" sectors
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149,000
Population between ages 18 and 34
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