What is RENEWLV?
Renew Lehigh Valley is committed to promoting smart growth and smart governance in order to revitalize our core communities, preserve open space, and establish an economically and environmentally sustainable foundation for our region's future growth.
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Why RENEWLV?
Because the Lehigh Valley is at a cross-roads. Our region is rich in assets of many types: environmental, economic (local and global enterprise), educational, cultural, and historic. We must establish a pattern of development that protects and enhances those assets. The current pattern simply does not.
Yes, we are fortunate that our region is growing. However, our current pattern of development is not sustainable. The sprawling, decentralized model of development that has been the norm for the past half-century threatens the value of our local assets, value that if lost will be difficult or impossible to recover.
The development pressure driving growth in the Lehigh Valley presents a tremendous opportunity. By implementing measures consistent with the goals and principles of smart growth, we can establish a pattern of development that will protect and enhance the economic, environmental and social health of our region for many years.
