200 Volunteers Needed for Tough Mudder Challenge

Some 22,000 people are expected to flock to the Raven Valley Farm near North Whitehall for the grueling Tough Mudder competition.

The Tough Mudder Challenge is looking for at least 200 volunteers to help at its exciting two-day grueling obstacle course competition June 1-2 at Raven Valley Farm in Heidelberg and Lynn townships. Volunteers will be trained to pump up participants, keep the ice pits cold and hand out orange headbands, among other tasks. The event is expected to draw more than 22,000 participants arriving in 6,000 cars and 150 buses, organizers said. David Jaindl, president of Jaindl Farms in North Whitehall and Jaindl Land Company, has agreed to lease 400 acres in Heidelberg and Lynn townships for the challenge. Jaindl said he will donate all money from the lease of the property to the Wounded Warrior Project and to local community organizations. Tough …

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Jaindl to Host Tough Mudder Challenge

An endurance challenge designed by British Special Forces comes to Raven Valley Farm on June 1-2, and with it, some 22,000 participants.

Tough Mudder, dubbed "probably the toughest event on the planet," is coming June 1-2 to Raven Valley Farm near North Whitehall, bringing 22,000 participants in two days of endurance challenges. David Jaindl, president of Jaindl Farms in North Whitehall and Jaindl Land Company, announced his company has agreed to lease 400 acres in Heidelberg and Lynn townships for the challenge. The grueling event is sold out for Saturday.  Registrations are still being accepted for Sunday. Tough Mudder challenges consist of 10-plus mile obstacle courses designed by British Special Forces to test all around strength, stamina, mental grit and camaraderie, according to a news release. Mudders can expect a challenging course that will contain new obstacles, …

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Jaindl Plan for Walbert Ave. Strip Mall Concerns Residents

Access to the proposed Hills at Winchester on the former Rutz Farm still poses a challenge to developer David Jaindl.

Jaindl Plan for Walbert Ave. Strip Mall Concerns Residents

Access to the proposed Hills at Winchester on the former Rutz Farm still poses a challenge to developer David Jaindl.

Developer David Jaindl came to the South Whitehall Township Planning Commission looking for public feedback to his latest plan on the Hills at Winchester, and got it. The standing-room-only crowd at the meeting Thursday night overwhelmingly opposed Jaindl's plan to build a high-end strip mall and restaurant on the Shoemaker car dealership lot, saying it would change the character of the residential area and increase traffic on Walbert Avenue. Jaindl, acting on an earlier suggestion by the planning commission and some residents, proposed rezoning the car dealership to neighborhood commercial and extending Hampton Road north of Walbert into the 90-single-family-home development on the former Rutz Farm. Neighborhood commercial development in …

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Jaindl Adds Stores and Restaurant to Proposed Development

Developer David Jaindl wants to develop the Shoemaker Dodge property next to Rutz farm, where he is already proposing 90 single-family homes.

Jaindl Expands Vision, Proposes Stores and Restaurant off Walbert Avenue

Developer David Jaindl told South Whitehall commissioners Wednesday night that he wants to develop the Shoemaker Dodge property next to Rutz farm, where he is already proposing 90 single-family homes.

Developer David Jaindl is expanding his development plans for farmland and other property off Walbert Avenue in South Whitehall. In a move suggested in February by residents who would live near The Hills at Winchester, his proposed housing development on the former Rutz farm, Jaindl now wants to develop the Shoemaker Dodge property adjacent to the farmland and create a second access road to the development. Jaindl told South Whitehall commissioners Wednesday night that he is proposing to build a 12,000-square-foot strip mall that would include six stores and a stand-alone, 5,000-square-foot restaurant at the Shoemaker site. Jaindl said he had hoped to get feedback on his proposal from residents at Wednesday's meeting but none had attended…

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Rutz Farm Development Could Get 90 Homes

Residents who live near The Hills, the proposed housing development on the former Rutz farm, are concerned about increased traffic on Walbert Avenue and nearby roads in South Whitehall.

Residents who live near The Hills, the proposed housing development on the former Rutz farm, are concerned about increased traffic on Walbert Avenue and nearby roads in South Whitehall. Neighbors packed the Planning Commission meeting Wednesday night to learn and comment about the Jaindl Land Co.'s plan to build 90 single-family homes on about 94 acres of cornfields between Hampton Road and Penn's Crossing. The sketch plan presented was a reduction from the original plan for 130 homes, developer David Jaindl said. A presentation in June 2011 was for 106 single-family homes. Several residents disagreed with engineer Larry Turoscy's assessment of current and future traffic projections in the area near 40th Street and Penn's Crossing, …

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Jaindl's Rutz Farm Development Gets Public Hearing Thursday

David Jaindl had proposed developing the 94.4-acre Rutz Farm off Walbert Avenue back in 2011.

The South Whitehall Planning Commission will hold a public meeting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday on David Jaindl’s plans for developing the 94.4-acre Rutz Farm off Walbert Avenue. The plan proposes to subdivide the tract into 106 lots for single-family homes, according to the planning commission's public meeting notice. The proposed minimum lot size ranges from 15,000 square feet to 1½ acres. About 10,558 feet of new roadway is proposed, along with recreation and stormwater management areas.  The meeting will be held in the township's public meeting room, at 4444 Walbert Ave. Planners got their first look at development plans in 2011, and nearby residents weighed in on the proposal. Jaindl had modified plans in August 2011, laying out a proposal …

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Jaindl Corp Wins Award for Business Ethics

Jaindl Corp. won the 2013 Societas Award.

Jaindl Corp. of Orefield won the 2013 Societas Award for responsible corporate conduct last week during an award ceremony at DeSales University. Jaindl competed against two other finalists, Fitzpatrick, Lentz & Bubba, and Prudential Patt, White Real Estate. The award recognizes companies demonstrate responsible corporate conduct in terms of legal compliance, corporate and individual accountability, commitment to stakeholders, and social responsibility. The award is from The Forum for Ethics in the Workplace - a nonprofit, wholly-owned subsidiary of DeSales University that seeks to provide opportunities for people to come together for study, reflection, conversation, and action on ethical issues in the workplace. Jaindl will receive a one-…

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Jaindl Wins Zoning Case in Court Allowing Housing Development on Nearby Farmland

Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court reverses Lehigh County decision.

The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court on Friday reversed a decision Lehigh County Judge Michelle Varricchio made more than a year ago that invalidated the zoning ordinance that would allow David Jaindl to build a mix of warehouses, commercial buildings and hundreds of homes on 700 acres of prime Lower Macungie farmland. In other words, the Lower Macungie Township Board of Commissioners appealed Varricchio's September 2011 decision and won, according to a story in The Morning Call. The zoning ordinance stands as written. Ron Eichenberg, president of the Lower Macungie Township Board of Commissioners said the commissioners and lawyers are still reviewing the decision and will make a statement when that process is completed. Others were clearly…

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