Rich Wuerthele, president & CEO of Crayola Inc. In Easton, was the Keynote speaker at the Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corp.’s Fall Signature Event. 

Employment in the Lehigh Valley’s outsized manufacturing sector grew at a rate 11 times faster than the nation as a whole in the last five years primarily because the popular products made here helped drive the economic recovery during the pandemic, according to a new Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corp. analysis. 

Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation (LVEDC) leaders spent four days highlighting the region’s economic assets to executives, investors, and high-ranking government officials in June at the annual SelectUSA Investment Summit, the nation’s highest profile event dedicated to attracting foreign-owned companies to the United States. 

The world may still be dealing with the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it hasn’t hurt economic growth in the Lehigh Valley. 

Gov. Tom Wolf said today an Australian manufacturer will create 130 new jobs at its first U.S. facility in Allentown. 

The Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corp. is moving into the former Bethlehem Club on North New Street in Bethlehem. 

With years of work in economic development under his belt, Allentown’s new mayor, Matt Tuerk, knows there’s a lot more to the job than being the city’s cheerleader if he wants to attract business and investment to the area. 

Manufacturing output in the Lehigh Valley launched the region into a Top 50 manufacturing market in the U.S. In 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The strength of the Lehigh Valley’s multi-family housing and apartment market has caught the attention of CoStar, the leading provider of commercial real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces.

President Joe Biden stumped for his infrastructure plan at one of the Lehigh Valley’s signature manufacturing companies – Mack Trucks, -- telling more than 100 workers, dignitaries and residents that it will create good-paying jobs for American workers like them.