Lyell C. Scherline
owner of Jay’s Local “I was born and raised in Allentown and then COVID just brought me back to the area. I have strong roots and I really enjoy the Lehigh Valley so I really wanted to do something good for the community. We have a little bit of everything in Allentown. I feel like […]
Working in Allentown: Shannon Fugate
“Even though our city is exciting, our community faces a lot of challenges that need to be solved.”
Serena Younes
manager, Aladdin Family Restaurant “My family came here in the 70’s. They came here from Syria for a better life. They decided they wanted to open up a restaurant where they can host family and friends, and it started off small with a very small menu, and it just grew from there. A lot of […]
Working in Allentown: Ed Hanna
“These kids need the opportunity and hope to dream big, I think that’s my biggest concern. And the only way that they can do that is through better schools. I think we need to give them more hope that there’s a lot out there that they can achieve and do.”
Working in Allentown
“There’s only two places in the U.S. I feel like where you can go down the street and see Dominican restaurants: Washington Heights, New York, and Allentown, Pennsylvania. I feel like I’m at home.”
Lobynn Gallo
owner, Little Miss Korea Lobynn Gallo is the owner of Little Miss Korea in the Allentown Fairgrounds Farmers Market. Little Miss Korea has been open for nearly four years. There was formerly a second location in the Downtown Allentown Market, which was open for two and a half years and just closed this past February. […]
Alex Garcia
owner, Garcia Photography “Where we are in Allentown there are a lot of little stores that are run by a mom-and-pop place. But as you move closer to the center then you have companies that have bigger budgets, bigger branding, and are run by bigger companies. People are shopping there because of the brand. There […]
