The Perseverance of Palmerton
A town lives with a toxic history, but refuses to be defined by it
Story and photos by Jason Grant




I took the exit for Palmerton, and within a minute it led me directly to main street, in the center of town. Small businesses lined the street, a welcome sign that the local economy had successfully transitioned from zinc mining.




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Jason Grant
Jason Grant is a student at Muhlenberg College as a Political Science and Communications major. As a writer for the Muhlenberg Weekly and as someone who loves the outdoors, Jason has become interested in the preservation of land and in making sure that large corporations do not harm the land in pursuit of economic gain. A lifelong New York Yankees fan, the land he most wants to be preserved is the beautiful center field grasses of Yankee Stadium that are ironically surrounded by three levels of concrete.