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Allentown-based Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network (GSRN) has big plans for Center Valley. The network announced Thursday that it plans to build a state-of-the-art rehabilitation hospital on land along Center Valley Parkway in Upper Saucon Township.
Following a months-long delay, Bethlehem City Council will consider a rezoning request for a proposed senior-living development along Creek Road in September. The Bethlehem Planning Commission voted against the developer’s request to rezone the land at their March 12 meeting.
The Hellertown Borough Planning Commission discussed a site plan proposal by Sean Burke of Stella Cadente Investments LLC of Bethlehem for the former Triple Al Laundry Services building on Linden Avenue at their July 14 meeting.
The Fountain Hill Borough Planning Commission met Monday night to consider a special exception which would allow Ashley Development Corporation to demolish the Hosey building as part of their plans to construct a senior living apartment complex in its place.
“I’m not against development. It just has to be smart development,” says Creek Road resident Robert Ashford, who recently formed the group Save Creek Road to oppose the rezoning of a property near his home.
The Borough of Fountain Hill is holding a Planning Commission meeting this Monday, March 9, to discuss appeals regarding the planned development at the site of the Hosey building.
Formal opposition to a proposed land rezoning on Creek Road in Bethlehem city appears to be building in the Saucon Valley, as does resident dissatisfaction with it; dissatisfaction which apparently prompted the launch of a website/petition called “Save Creek Road.”
Citing parking concerns, the members of Hellertown Borough Council voted unanimously to oppose a proposal to convert a former commercial dry cleaning facility located at 330 Linden Avenue into a 10-unit apartment building.
Just over a year after purchasing it, the Borough of Fountain Hill recently sold the property containing the former Hosey–at a six-figure profit–to a private developer.
This Thursday, Feb. 13 at 5 p.m., the Bethlehem City Planning Commission is scheduled to hear a request by developer Abraham Atiyeh to have acreage he owns at 2105 Creek Road rezoned from rural residential (RR) to residential retirement complex (RRC).
