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Lehigh Valley Sierra Club Meeting

Lehigh Valley Sierra Club Meeting

Lehigh Valley Sierra Club AUGUST meeting MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 2017 at 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Rm 638, 6th floor, Fowler Family Southside Center, Northampton Community College, 3rd & Buchanan Streets, (south) Bethlehem (park in the NCC lot on the west side of the building), (exit elevator to your left, go down the hall to the classroom on your right). All are welcome! We will discuss: -- what we can do to oppose the attacks on the environment from Harrisburg and Washington, DC -- our

Canoe and Bicycle along the Lehigh River

Canoe and Bicycle along the Lehigh River between Allentown and Bethlehem September 16th 12 noon to about 4 pm We will start at Keck (Canal) Park, Allentown, located just before the east end of the Hamilton Street Bridge (turn off Hamilton St. onto N. Albert St. and follow to park), with a canoe trip -- we will paddle down to Sand Island in Bethlehem, then ride bikes back to Canal Park. The trip is led by a guide and all equipment is provided -- the trip includes beginner in

Next Bridge Meeting!

Hi All: After three meetings, including a great professionally-led visioning session, and three or four edits, we are sending out our Pedestrian/Biking Bridge mission statement. (attached). It is the first section in a four part study conducted by the citizens of Bethlehem to address the nature and plausibility of a pedestrian/biking bridge across the Lehigh River. But, please note, that our visioning session, even to our surprise, has yielded much more than a span across t

Bridge Project: Vision Statement

Lehigh River Pedestrian/Biking Bridge: Vision Statement We envision a bridge that allows safe passage for all community members, including walkers, bikers and runners, and unites North and South Bethlehem’s neighborhoods and businesses, allowing them to flourish as one. We believe that an architecturally beautiful bridge that promotes recreational enjoyment of the river is essential for Bethlehem to become a true walking city. Economic Impact: Far more than simply a span acr

Bridge Project Update

Bridge Project Update

Over the past months there has been a burst of interest in the creation of a pedestrian/biking bridge across the Lehigh River. Inspired by the development of walking, biking and running paths now underway in our city, a pedestrian biking bridge can serve a whole range of purposes for the City of Bethlehem. Connecting our two downtowns to the greenway, joining Lehigh University and Moravian College and establishing a crucial link in a contemporary "walking city," are only a fe

100 Trees

100 Trees

Come one, Come all! Join us as we celebrate a wonderful experience in urban environmentalism! Funded by TD Green Streets and sponsored by the City of Bethlehem and volunteer organizations, the 100 Trees Project planted one hundred trees in Bethlehem parks on April 30. More than 140 volunteers participated in the planting. Over the summer, the 100 Trees Project sponsored Bethlehem Area Public Library tree story hours and funded new books on trees. There were tree care works

Bridge Project Update

Bridge Project Update

Hi All, We are back to the bridge and we have developed some decent planning and foundation work based on our Spring meetings which many of you attended. The gist of our meeting will be to look at a rough plan of action for creating a working picture, plan and fund-raising strategy for the construction of the bridge. We will look at each aspect of the plan as a group and work toward an agreement on each section. Our goal will be to leave the meeting with a clear and con

LVSC joins ArtsQuest's Step Outdoors

LVSC joins ArtsQuest's Step Outdoors

Saturday, June 4, 2016 saw the second annual "Step Outdoors Lehigh Valley" community event at ArtsQuest's SteelStacks venue in south Bethlehem and LV Sierra Club was there. We joined several dozen Lehigh Valley outdoors organizations in providing informative discussions and outdoor activities to several thousand visitors. As at the May 7 neighborhood festival, LV Sierra Club volunteers engaged families in discussions about free, fun family outings at nearby "easy walking" ven

South Bethlehem Neighborhood Festival

South Bethlehem Neighborhood Festival

On Saturday, May 7, 2016, Lehigh Valley Sierra Club joined 20 area non-profit organizations at a South Bethlehem Neighborhood Festival held at Fourth and Hayes Street in Bethlehem. The event, sponsored by the Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley and its "Outdoors and Wellness Committee" (of which LV Sierra Club is a member), provided South Bethlehem families with a fun Saturday featuring children's games, free healthy food and beverages, a marionette puppet childre

Treat, Trim, and Tend Your Trees Workshop

Treat, Trim, and Tend Your Trees Workshop

Treat, Trim and Tend Your Trees Presented by Julianne Schieffer, Penn State Forester Bring tools and gloves as we practice hands on care to prevent problems and keep the trees safe, happy and healthy. Have fun getting your hand dirty! Presented by Julianne Schieffer, Penn State Forester FREE & open to all. WHERE: West Side Park, 13th Avenue entrance WHEN: Saturday, July 2, 9-11am Thursday, July 7, 6-8pm Rain date Friday, July 8 9-11 am #bethlehem #2016 #event #park

Meeting Agenda

This MONDAY APRIL 18 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. : Lehigh Valley Sierra Club meeting Sixth floor, Fowler Family Southside Center, Northampton Community College, 3rd & Buchanan Streets, Bethlehem (park in lot on south side of 3rd Street), in ROOM 638 (exit elevator to your left, go down the hall to the room on your right). We will discuss our Spring activities: — our upcoming community discussion of Lead and Our Children at the Bethlehem Ice House — April 30 South Bethlehem tree plantin

Historic Preservation: Respecting a Community's Past While Planning Its Future

Historic Preservation: Respecting a Community's Past While Planning Its Future

Thursday, May 5, the SBHS is presenting a conference, “Historic Preservation: Respecting a Community’s Past While Planning Its Future,” in partnership with Lehigh University’s South Side Initiative, the Steelworkers’ Archives, the Northampton County Historical and Genealogical Society, and the National Museum of Industrial History. This is, perhaps, the most important and ambitious project we are doing this year. Though it should be treated as a priority, I am dismayed at w

Lead Pollution: Risk and Response in the Lehigh Valley

Lead Pollution: Risk and Response in the Lehigh Valley

Lehigh Valley Sierra Club presents: Lead Pollution: Risk and Response in the Lehigh Join us as the Lehigh Valley Chapter of the Sierra Club presents an information panel and community discussion on Lead Pollution: Risk and Response in the Lehigh Valley on Wednesday, April 27 at 7:00 pm at the Ice House in Bethlehem. The impact of lead on public health has become a visible environmental issue in recent months, especially in light of the national attention to the lead contamina

McNamara Park

McNamara Park

Hi All: Last Fall some of us may remember that the local group of the Sierra Club agreed to partner with the City of Bethlehem and several other local groups to apply for a TD Bank grant to plant trees in Bethlehem parks. And so, we were successful in securing a twenty thousand dollar grant to do just that. As part of the process, we have also informally agreed to take on one of the eleven parks and supervise in the planting of seven or eight trees. The park we will do is

Bethlehem Bridge

Bethlehem Bridge

A meeting, co-sponsored by the Lehigh Valley Sierra Club and Lehigh University’s Southside Initiative, was held February 3rd in Bethlehem at the Charles Brown Ice House. Lehigh professor Breena Holland did great work in planning and presenting this community dialogue. A follow-up meeting will be held February 24th. The speakers included: a city planner, a county parks representative, an urban trails planner, a Lehigh University architecture professor, a Lehigh Valley Mountain

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