{"id":104361,"date":"2020-12-10T22:46:21","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T03:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=104361"},"modified":"2020-12-10T22:46:21","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T03:46:21","slug":"greater-northern-lehighs-house-decorating-contest-are-you-your-municipalitys-clark-griswald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=104361","title":{"rendered":"Greater Northern Lehigh\u2019s House Decorating Contest \u2013 Are YOU Your Municipality\u2019s \u2018Clark Griswald\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>The Greater Northern Lehigh Chamber, proud partner of the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce, is gearing up for a memorable 2020 holiday season!<\/h3>\n<p>The Greater Northern Lehigh Chamber is excited to present a brand-new event to the communities of Slatington Borough, Walnutport Borough and Washingtown Township with a House Decorating Contest! Light up the town with inflatables, garlands, wreaths, and more to enjoy throughout the holiday season and submit your home (or the address of a home you admire) through the Greater Northern Lehigh Chamber\u2019s application (found <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/JL33g7qC3GEcYk8y5?fbclid=IwAR1Lg-4_MUhza5Avwq32YMiPO_MVsWeAjIlfPY6vNcd-l_gFDN2glMJSMgk\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Andy Gildner, Chair of the GNLCC Board, said, \u201cIn a year of physical distancing, our events committee wanted to have a safe way for our community to show Christmas cheer.\u00a0 The house decorating contest is one way to show our fellow neighbors good will and joy.\u00a0 We encourage our neighbors and friends to nominate the \u2018Clark Griswold\u2019 of their neighborhood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prizes will be awarded to the top contender in each Borough or Township, with a special gift going to our Grand Prize Winner. \u201cWith an eye to our local businesses, a gift certificate to a local restaurant is up for grabs\u201d said Kylie Adams, Manager of Affiliated Chambers for the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce. \u201cThat, of course, and good, old fashioned bragging rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Board of Directors will be judging homes submitted and announce winners via Facebook on December 18th. (Please note: submissions will only be considered for Slatington Borough, Walnutport Borough and Washington Township. Submissions will be accepted until December 15th.)<\/p>\n<p>For more information on all events, please visit the Greater Northern Lehigh Chamber\u2019s Facebook page at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NorthernLehighChamber\">www.facebook.com\/NorthernLehighChamber<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pricing Information:<\/strong> FREE<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>About the Chamber:<\/em><\/strong> <em>The mission of The Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce is to improve the economy and quality of life in the Lehigh Valley Metropolitan Area.\u00a0 We accomplish this through business-to-business networking events and marketing products, affinity programs and exclusive, money saving member benefits, training programs, government affairs initiatives and public policy advocacy, and community development enterprises.\u00a0 With nearly 5,000 members who employ more than 200,000, the Chamber is the largest in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and in the top ten nationwide.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nKylie Adams<br \/>\nGreater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce<br \/>\nManager of Affiliated Chambers (WACC, GNLCC)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lehighvalleychamber.org\/\">https:\/\/www.lehighvalleychamber.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Greater Northern Lehigh Chamber, proud partner of the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce, is gearing up for a memorable 2020 holiday season! The Greater Northern Lehigh Chamber &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=104361\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Greater Northern Lehigh\u2019s House Decorating Contest \u2013 Are YOU Your Municipality\u2019s \u2018Clark Griswald\u2019?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104362,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/decorating-contest.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104361"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=104361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/104362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=104361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=104361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=104361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}