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LVEDC Annual Meeting Highlights Video

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WATCH: Video Highlights of LVEDC's Annual Meeting

Published Wednesday, April 12, 2023

by Paul Muschick

A video of the highlights from the 2023 annual meeting of the Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corp. (LVEDC) is now available.

The video captures the special moments of the event, which was held March 21 at the ArtsQuest Center in Bethlehem and drew more than 700 people.

It includes clips of the keynote address by Gov. Josh Shapiro, the first governor to address an LVEDC annual meeting. He lauded the Lehigh Valley’s approach to economic development through regional collaboration and said Pennsylvania should follow that model.

“From our Main Streets to our farms, we will have a Lehigh Valley sense of values, that sort of common sense, competitive approach that figures out how to come together to get things done,” Shapiro said.

The highlight video was produced by ASR Media Productions in Bethlehem. It condenses the 90-minute annual meeting program into a summary of about three minutes.

In addition to Shapiro, the video showcases remarks from LVEDC President and CEO Don Cunningham. He touted the Lehigh Valley ranking second last year for economic development projects among regions of similar size. And he celebrated the return of manufacturing as the largest sector of its economy. About 750 manufacturers had a combined economic output of about $8.4 billion.

Other highlights include remarks from U.S. Rep. Susan Wild, LVEDC Board Chairman Ed Dougherty, and Acting Pennsylvania Revenue Secretary Pat Browne, a former state senator who received LVEDC’s Leadership Award.

ArtsQuest President and CEO Kassie Hilgert moderated a panel discussion by young professionals about why they chose to work in the Lehigh Valley. Cunningham moderated a panel discussion by the mayors of Allentown, Bethlehem, and Easton about their plans to collaborate to tackle shared issues.

The highlights video can be found on LVEDC's YouTube channel.

The channel also has two other new videos. One shares data about why the Lehigh Valley is a top location for business development and talent attraction. Another showcases recent economic development success stories.

The video of the entire 2023 LVEDC annual meeting, which was livestreamed by WFMZ, can be found here.

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