Good morning, Bethlehem.

Today, the Hispanic Center Lehigh Valley hosted its annual Back to School Celebration on East Fourth Street in Southside Bethlehem, offering free backpacks, haircuts and face-painting for students and families preparing for the new school year.

The event connected local residents with community resources to ease the transition into school.

Spot & Tango will invest $20M to expand its Upper Macungie facility, doubling production capacity and raising its workforce from 100 to 150.

The project, set to finish within two years, is backed by local partners including LVEDC and PPL to meet rising demand for fresh pet food.

Jeremy and Allison Scavazzo bought the property on Nor-Bath Blvd in East Allen Township to create Scavazzo’s Gilded Cleaver, a family-owned butcher shop and provisions market.

Demolition and buildouts start now with a fall grand opening planned (community pig roast included).

Small businesses and buyers will meet on Sept.

2 at Lehigh Valley International Airport during the Meet the Buyers Expo to build local supply chains (registration is still open for companies, agencies, and educators).

Frank Alvarado, LVEDC’s Director of Research & Data Management, was named to Lehigh Valley Business’s Forty Under 40 awards and will be recognized Sept.

16 at DeSales University. His work in tracking economic data helped guide Eli Lilly’s planned $3.5 billion campus in Upper Macungie Township.

Developers proposing a Chick-fil-A at 601 S.

25th St. in Palmer Township tabled their application to address stormwater, landscaping and lighting issues and plan to resubmit revisions this fall; they also propose redesigning an intersection to improve traffic flow and pedestrian safety for local high schoolers.

Patton Avenue Learning Center, caring for 41 children + 18 at Oakbrook Housing, earned a Star 4 rating from the Keystone Stars program; it continues to focus on community care and quality education.

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission will end its volunteer deputy waterways conservation program on Sept.

1 + closing over a century of volunteer service. The change affects 36 volunteer deputies + 100 full-time officers statewide, as officials shift to modern, fully trained conservation law enforcement.

The Lower Nazareth Planning Commission recommended rejecting an amendment that would let the Nazareth Area School District build a new elementary school on a 43-acre tract near Hecktown Road (the decision now moves to the township Board of Supervisors with a public hearing on Sept. 15). The district will host community sessions tonight at 6 p.m. and on Aug. 25.