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Hey There Neighbor! (Lehigh Valley, PA)

Bike Biscuits of Bethlehem runs the Lehigh Valley Hey There Neighbor Fund: 'Get a small grant to host a casual gathering with your neighbors.' Up to $100, bilingual page, and the landing page is the application itself.

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The invitation

Headline: "Lehigh Valley Hey There Neighbor Fund!" Promise: "Get a small grant to host a casual gathering with your neighbors." The button says Submit Application. It is for Lehigh Valley residents in Allentown, Easton, or Bethlehem.

The grant

Up to $100 for a simple neighbor gathering (treated here as a fixed cap). Paid by Venmo or PayPal to the email given. Asked of hosts: agree to post-event reflection questions and follow-up contact; an optional demographic checkbox. No deadline stated on the page.

What the landing page does well

  • The page is the form. There is no separate "learn more" layer: headline, one-sentence promise, then fields.
  • An English/Español toggle in the header, which is rare among these programs.
  • The questions double as coaching: a "how connected do you feel" question, a first-time-host question, a location field, and a date picker nudge the applicant to picture the event while applying.
  • A hand-drawn horse illustration beside the headline gives a tiny art-collective site more character than any stock photo would.
  • Payment method is chosen in the application, so money can move the moment a host is approved.
  • Visual feel: informal, illustrated, small-organization; specific colors not stated on the fetched page.

Source

https://bikebiscuits.org/apply — listed on With Neighbors (https://withneighbors.org/microgrants)

Details

  • maker: Bike Biscuits
  • place: Lehigh Valley (Allentown, Easton, Bethlehem), PA
  • amounts: up to $100 per gathering
  • hosted url: https://bikebiscuits.org/apply
  • grant shape: fixed
  • local object: a hand-drawn horse; art-and-play gatherings
  • inspiration moves: Landing page is the application, Bilingual toggle, Form questions that coach the host, Hand-drawn illustration instead of stock photos
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Contributed by Bike Biscuits · Lehigh Valley (Allentown, Easton, Bethlehem), PA · https://bikebiscuits.org/apply · RCL-1.0

Original source: https://bikebiscuits.org/apply

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