Posts about COVID-19
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Long-Awaited COVID-19 Relief Financing Programs Announced
COVID-19, News Releases - by Colin McEvoy on January 12, 2021
Read MoreThe Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) has been reinstated, and several other financing programs have been restored or introdu[…]
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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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2020 Year-in-Review: Despite Pandemic, Economic Development Continues in Lehigh Valley
COVID-19, Economic Data, Success Stories, Target Sectors - by Colin McEvoy on December 30, 2020
Read More2020 was anything but a normal year. But economic development activity continued in the Lehigh Valley despite the coronavirus[…]
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Health Networks of Lehigh Valley Administer First COVID-19 Vaccinations
COVID-19, Success Stories, Target Sectors - by Colin McEvoy on December 29, 2020
Read MoreThe health networks of the Lehigh Valley have been administering its first COVID-19 vaccinations to its front-line workers th[…]
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Lehigh Valley Flexes its Logistics Muscle as E-Commerce’s Star Rises During COVID
COVID-19, Economic Data, Success Stories - by Nicole Radzievich Mertz on December 15, 2020
Read MoreMore consumers during the pandemic are finding there is no place like home for holiday shopping – as online sales are expecte[…]
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Lehigh Valley GDP Grew to Record $43.3 Billion in 2019
COVID-19, Economic Data, Success Stories - by Nicole Radzievich Mertz on December 10, 2020
Read MoreLehigh Valley’s gross domestic product soared to $43.3 billion in 2019, the region’s largest single-year economic output, jus[…]
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Don Cunningham: Pandemic is This Generation’s Catalyst for Economic, Social Changes
Columns, COVID-19 - by Colin McEvoy on December 7, 2020
Read MoreThis column, written by LVEDC President & CEO Don Cunningham, originally appeared in The Morning Call and on the newspape[…]
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OraSure Technologies Draws National Attention for Its COVID-19 Testing Device
COVID-19, Success Stories, Target Sectors - by Colin McEvoy on December 7, 2020
Read MoreOraSure Technologies is in the national spotlight for its work in creating an over-the-counter COVID-19 testing device that c[…]