In big cities, food trucks are the norm; the mobile restaurants allow cuisine entrepreneurs to move their business where the customers are, instead of hoping that people visit their fixed location. The food truck business is so prominent in some...

Sacred Heart Hospital has plans for major renovations; two projects will cost Allentown taxpayers $4.8 million. Upon completion, the ventures will bring over 180 jobs to the city in the next 5 years.The taxpayer allocated funds will be...

A media tour hosted by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development began an initiative that will introduce manufacturing opportunities as career opportunities to young children; from kindergarten to eighth grade.The “Dream It, Do...

Wal-Mart announced plans to open a one million square feet warehouse in Bethlehem, PA for the first quarter of 2014. The distribution center will reside in the Lehigh Valley Industrial Park VII complex, a former Bethlehem Steel Corp property...

Orasure Technologies Inc, maker of the OraQuick In-Home HIV test, is launching a campaign geared towards gay men and African-American women, the two most at-risk groups, to raise awareness about the deadly disease.The OraQuick In-Home...

Last month when two budding local entrepreneurs were cleaning out the basement in their Lower Macungie home they encountered a problem, or an opportunity depending on how you look at it; disposing of old electronics. Michael and Dory Morris needed...

In May the BNSF Railway Co., largest railroad operator in the US, tested locomotives developed in Erie, PA that were fueled by liquefied natural gas (LNG).  Using LNG as an alternative resource could potentially revive railway transportation and travel...

A recent gathering of local labor leaders and businesses to press state legislatures to spend more money on transportation was held near a bridge over the Lehigh River. The location was significant as well the purpose, because the funding plan...

A project is underway for Bethlehem Steel that will connect the Sands Bethlehem to the the Steelstacks campus. Augmentation to the Hoover Mason Trestle will allow pedestrians to cross between the casino resort and entertainment complex.What makes the new...

All three major cities of the Lehigh Valley--Allentown, Bethlehem, and Easton are seeing a resurgence in their downtown areas. A key component of this revival in each instance is high-end apartments.The former Farr’s shoe store...