{"id":104997,"date":"2021-01-26T11:15:47","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T16:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=104997"},"modified":"2021-01-26T11:15:47","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T16:15:47","slug":"affiliated-chambers-of-the-greater-lehigh-valley-chamber-of-commerce-to-host-love-local-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=104997","title":{"rendered":"Affiliated Chambers of the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce to host Love Local Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>From July 6<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 September 30<sup>th<\/sup>, the Affiliated Chambers of the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce held their Shop Local 86 Campaign. This initiative was created to encourage individuals to intentionally support our local establishments for 86 days, which mirrored the time in which \u201cnon-essential\u201d businesses were required to close their doors from March 25<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 June 19<sup>th<\/sup>. As the months have progressed, the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce has continued to stress the importance of supporting our local establishments.<\/p>\n<p>As the month of February quickly approaches, and love is in the air, the Affiliated Chambers of the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce felt it was the perfect time to refocus their efforts resulting in the creation of the Love Local Campaign! The initiative will take place from Monday, February 1<sup>st<\/sup> \u2013 Sunday, February 28<sup>th<\/sup> and features a \u201cLove Local\u201d Guide which offers a variety of ways in which community members can show their appreciation and support for their favorite shops, restaurants, and services throughout the Lehigh Valley. Suggestions range from purchasing goods from local businesses to highlighting them via social media and more.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Participants are encouraged to share their experiences from the list of recommendations by using the hashtag #LoveLocal. Reminders of the suggested ways to support and participants\u2019 shared posts will be featured on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/215448100260624\/?event_time_id=215448100260624\">Love Local Facebook Event Page<\/a>, in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/lovelocallehighvalley\">Love Local Facebook Group<\/a>, and on the Affiliated Chambers\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/glvcc_affiliatedchambers\/\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/affiliated-chambers\/?viewAsMember=true\">LinkedIn<\/a> pages. Each council of the Affiliated Chambers of the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce will also share reminders on their respective Facebook pages<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Love-Local-Guide.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-104999\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Love-Local-Guide-791x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Love-Local-Guide-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Love-Local-Guide-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Love-Local-Guide-768x994.png 768w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Love-Local-Guide-1187x1536.png 1187w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Love-Local-Guide-1582x2048.png 1582w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Love-Local-Guide-300x388.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nLauren Bertucci<br \/>\nManager, Affiliated Chambers (Hellertown-Lower Saucon Area, Nazareth Area)<br \/>\nGreater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lehighvalleychamber.org\/\">https:\/\/www.lehighvalleychamber.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; From July 6th \u2013 September 30th, the Affiliated Chambers of the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce held their Shop Local 86 Campaign. This initiative was created to encourage &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=104997\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Affiliated Chambers of the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce to host Love Local Campaign<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104998,"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-104997","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\/2021\/01\/lehigh-valley-love.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104997"}],"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=104997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/104998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=104997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=104997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=104997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}