As a former Lehigh Valley resident, this news is quite disappointing for me. When I was growing up in the 1980s and wanted to play at twilight during the summer, there was no better place in the Lehigh Valley than Locust Valley. At that time (if memory serves me correctly), it was only $12 for 18 holes--what a deal! When the weather was good, you would have to show up at least 30 minutes before the twilight to ensure your place in the queue.
I argue that it was the best public course in the Lehigh Valley and I'm including the Center Valley Club (better conditioned at the time) in there as well.
The only hole I never liked was the 9th, the drop shot par 3 over the water--that hole sort of reminded me of the 6th hole over at Wedgewood (which was the cheapest range with the biggest buckets when I grew up--$3 for at least 150 balls).
I appreciated the 1st hole, a par 5 of 485 yards--considering there was no range there at the time, at least you could work out some of the kinks on the 1st hole and not feel the pressure to perform straight out of the car.
They should build the senior housing in the City of Allentown--plenty of people and businesses are fleeing, so properties should be cheap to buy--I just hate to see one of my hang-outs from my youth destroyed.