The D&L Blog News

In our second interactive town hall, part of our “Closing the Gaps” series, we gathered community leaders and trail users alike to discuss our critical Lehigh Valley Gap. This seven mile gap presents unique challenges,…

Like our colleagues across America, we at the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor have been challenged and chastened by the events of the past few months. In online team meetings, we’ve asked ourselves how…

Blog post by: Emily Dings, D&L Assistant The Earth could be forgiven for wondering where the party was this year. On the first Earth Day, April 22, 1970, millions of Americans mobilized on behalf of…

By Miranda Alvarez, Community Engagement Manager As we get closer to fully connecting the D&L Trail and continue to grow the organization, we recognize we have to prepare for growth. In late 2019, our Board…

By Miranda Alvarez, Community Engagement Manager There are planners who know how to plan and then there are planners who put plans into action. The latter distinguished Elissa Garofalo as the right candidate for the…

By Miranda Alvarez, Community Engagement Manager The Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor welcomes aboard Elena Ostock as the new Education Manager.  In this role, Elena is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the education…

We are so grateful to our friends who put money in a donation jar or who send us a check to support the trail and museum they love!  Did you know, you could do even…

Charles Hellings, more affectionately known around here as Chuck, takes membership with the D&L to extraordinary measures, most recently hosting the 5th Annual Remembrance Ride on the trail. This year, his Remembrance Ride raised nearly…

  The Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor just welcomed Miranda Alvarez of Easton, Pa. as Community Engagement Manager. Please give her a shout out the next time you see Miranda at a community event…

When D&L Member Sharon Wunner of Bear Creek Township retired in January 2016, she got a new perspective on life. She began to embrace what she calls the “three H’s” of living near a nationally…

By Dennis Scholl, D&L Education Manager Dennis L. Gerhart, 71, of Quakertown, previously of Lansdale, passed away on Sunday, February 24 at his home. He was the loving husband of Maria A.Gerhart for 35 years….

D&L member Janet Starner is all smiles, as she tries out her new acid lava-colored Specialized gravel bike from Dn’A Bikes in Tamaqua.  “It reminds me of my first two-wheeler when I was seven!” says…