A Dallas-based developer bought a former restaurant supply store in Allentown for $1.5 million and plans to renovate it into an auto body repair and paint shop.

Lehigh Valley Health Network has added two more coronavirus testing site locations, making for a total of 10 COVID-19 testing sites throughout the Lehigh Valley.

“I hope we aren’t limiting the definition of what leadership is. You don’t have to have 50 employees or have won leadership awards...You just need to shine with what you are good at.”- FIA NYC co-founder and LVB 40 under 40 winner, Lindsay Watson

Colony Meadery will be placing the photos of animals looking for “furever” homes on an upcoming batch of blueberry-lemon mead.

PPL Chairman and CEO William H. Spence, will retire June 1, the company announced. Current PPL COO Vincent Sorgi has been elected to replace Spence as president and CEO of the Allentown-based utility company.

David Mickenberg, president and CEO of The Allentown Art Museum for nearly seven years, has resigned. The nonprofit museum’s board of directors hired Diane Scott, former superintendent of the Allentown School District, as interim executive director.

City Center Investment Corp. of Allentown and Lafayette’s Dyer Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship said they launched The Real Estate Lab, a program to teach downtown Allentown residents about real estate investing, with the goal of helping them become successful.

Allentown had 486 new businesses open in the city in 2019, an increase of 19% from 2018, said Mayor Ray O’Connell during his annual State of the City address.

BSI Corporate Benefits will match donations made to the St. Luke’s University Health Network’s Sacred Heart hospital campus in downtown Allentown. BSI, a national employee benefits firm headquartered in Bethlehem, will match every Heart of the City campaign leadership gift of $1,000 or more up to $250,000. 

The City of Allentown is receiving a performance grant of more than $315,000 from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for the 18,125 tons of recycled residential and commercial waste in 2018.