Recent News

Flood Insurance Rate Changes

New changes to Flood Insurance Rate Regulations started going into effect nationwide this year. The webpage from FEMA with the most information can be found here. They will affect all properties in the 100-year flood zone with subsidized/suppressed Flood Insurance Rates. The schedule of when they will kick in varies depending on whether a property […]

Intern Farewell

Jesse Lewis, the Bloomsburg University planning student, who was a full-time intern with the LNC this summer compiled this description of his experience over the past 6 months. It's great to see all the different things he worked on. The work represents a substantial contribution to the community (and doesn't even mention the initial planning […]

Next North Ward Neighborhood Meeting to be Sept 5

The newly named North Ward Neighborhood will hold its next meeting on Thursday, Sept 5, at 7pm at the Senior Center (formerly the North Ward School) on N 2nd St. All are welcome. This meeting is intended to update people on the progress made over the summer on a number of initiatives, from Public Safety […]

Ice Cream Social 2013

The Bull Run Neighborhood Ice Cream Social at S 7th and St Catherine in the cemetery was a hit. The final count isn't in yet, but there were well over 300 student residents who made an appearance. They were greeted by representatives of the Bull Run Neighborhood and the larger community, including many long-term neighborhood residents, Borough […]

Planning Intern at Work

Lewisburg is taking a Bloomsburg University student under its wing. His name is Jesse Lewis and he is a senior Geography-Urban and Regional Planning major at Bloomsburg University. He currently resides in the Bloomsburg area, but grew up in the “Triangle” region of North Carolina (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill). In the past two months he […]

Lewisburg PA Pride

From the outside perspective, I did not understand the appeal of living in a small town in Central Pennsylvania. However, Lewisburg's beauty, culture, and sense of community quickly showed me a different point of view. One Lewisburg event that I have come to look forward to each Spring is the Lewisburg Arts Festival. This festival […]

Members of the community working together to preserve natural settings and streetscapes, strengthen ties among neighbors, and improve the quality of life in Lewisburg for residents and visitors.