COMMUNITY
Comprehensive Plan
FUTURELV: REGIONAL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE
The Lehigh Valley Planning Commission (LVPC) in 2019 released the region’s fifth comprehensive plan. FutureLV establishes goals, policies and actions designed to carry the region through 2045 and beyond, but it will be updated every four years to account for the changes of a successful and growing region. FutureLV refreshes a 2005 plan that had substantial updates in 2010, and is among the first comprehensive plans in the nation that merges the land use, economic, environmental, housing, preservation and farming policies with the transportation planning and investment policies of the Lehigh Valley Transportation Study. FutureLV cover’s both Lehigh and Northampton counties, creating a forward-thinking strategy that leads the region into the future, while addressing the needs of today.
Find the pdf of plan here. Click below for the interactive plan website.
FutureLV Data Cache
ALL-COMMUNITY SURVEY (2018)
Nearly 1,100 people from across the region took our survey asking them their thoughts on the region's most important issues.
THE CUBE
The Cube is our portable four-sided chalk board that asks people to finish the sentence "in the Lehigh Valley, I want." We traveled with The Cube to community events across the region. Here's a record of what they said they wanted.
STRATEGY LABS
We held more than two dozen strategy labs about our most pressing issues with experts and stakeholders from across the region.
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FutureLV Presentations
PLANNING + PIZZA JUNE 27, 2018
Plan 2018 Community-Wide Survey Results
NORTHAMPTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE MAY 2, 2018
FutureLV Updates and Survey Invitation
FUTURE LV EVENT DECEMBER 6, 2017
Peter Leyden Keynote Speech
July 18 - Education + Training
STRATEGY LABS 2017
June 2 - Hazard Mitigation + Resiliency
June 2 - Climate Change + Energy
May 2 - Arts + Culture
May 2 - Tourism + Entertainment
April 20 - Land Use
April 13 - Urban Design + Historic Preservation
April 13 - Technology
April 13 - Technology Handout
March 29 - Public Health
March 29 - Housing
March 21 - Parks + Recreation
March 21 - Agriculture
February 7 - Community Facilities
February 7 - Community Utilities
Previous Comprehensive Plans
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: THE LEHIGH VALLEY...2030 - Click here for PDF
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: THE LEHIGH VALLEY ... 2010 (Adopted in 1993) - Click here for PDF
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: THE LEHIGH VALLEY ... 1982 (Adopted in 1977; Updated in 1982) - Click here for PDF
COMPREHENSVIE PLAN: THE LEHIGH VALLEY ... 1980 (Adopted in 1964) - Click here for PDF
ONE LEHIGH VALLEY SUSTAINABILITY PLAN - Click here for PDF
The Lehigh Valley Sustainable Communities Consortium received a $3.4 million grant from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. This initiative resulted in a Sustainability Plan for the Lehigh Valley. The Sustainability Plan explores a variety of topics including: housing, transit supportive land use, economic development, food access, parks and recreation, climate and energy, and catalytic projects in Allentown, Bethlehem, and Easton.
Projects + Partners
Fresh Food Economy Assessment
Buy Fresh Buy Local- Greater Lehigh Valley Chapter
Regional Analysis of Impediments for Fair Housing
Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation
City of Allentown Reindustrialization Plan
City of Allentown
Regional Sustainable Economic Development Plan
Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation
City of Bethlehem Catalytic Project: Eastern Gateway Master Plan
City of Bethlehem
City of Easton: Complete Streets Plan for 13th Street Corridor
City of Easton
LANta: Transit Supportive Land Use for the Lehigh Valley
Lehigh and Northampton Transportation Authority
Public Participation Analysis
Lehigh Valley Research Consortium
Housing Sales Assessment for the Lehigh Valley of 2008-2012
Lehigh Valley Planning Commission
Climate Plan and Energy Plan for the Lehigh Valley
Lehigh Valley Planning Commission
Jobs/Housing Balance Study
Lehigh Valley Planning Commission
Lehigh Valley Housing Plan
Lehigh Valley Planning Commission
Sustainable Communities Guidance Report
Lehigh Valley Planning Commission
Lehigh Valley Planning Commission
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