<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2AkOA4_0vlqeNtu00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2AkOA4_0vlqeNtu00" width="840" height="630" ><figcaption>Jay Bradley / LehighValleyNews.com The Lehigh Valley Planning Commission met Thursday for their first quarterly in-person meeting.</figcaption></figure><p>ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Lehigh Valley Planning Commission gathered Thursday in person — and in its new location — for the first time in more than four years.</p><p>The officials present laughed and joked at times, with others acknowledging they had not until now had the opportunity to meet members of the group, given the use of Microsoft Teams to run the majority of their commission and committee meetings since March 2020.</p><blockquote><p>"They're coordinating things so they can achieve these broader goals. And it's so important because of the amount of growth. And this is the only way for them to be able to say, like, you know what? We need this to stay farmland. So let's not allow a lot of high density uses there, right?"</p></blockquote></div></body>

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In first in-person meeting since the pandemic, LVPC praises regional plans

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Lehigh Valley Planning Commission gathered Thursday in person — and in its new location — for the first time in more than four years. The officials present laughed and joked at times, with others acknowledging they had not until now had the opportunity to meet members of the group, given the use of Microsoft Teams to run the majority of their commission and committee meetings since March 2020.