New report looks at Somerset County’s efforts to align its planning and economic development efforts with the draft State Strategic Plan.
Archive for January, 2013
Somerset County Pioneers Local Application of State Strategic Plan Investment Criteria
Thursday, January 31st, 2013Position Available: Recovery Planning Manager
Wednesday, January 30th, 2013New Jersey Future is hiring an experienced community planner to work with FEMA and as many as three New Jersey municipalities helping to establish a long-term recovery plan after Superstorm Sandy.
Rescheduled Conference Brings Together New Jersey’s Planning Leaders
Thursday, January 24th, 2013The rescheduled American Planning Association-New Jersey Chapter conference offers several opportunities to learn about initiatives and policies that can help encourage wise development in the Garden State.
In Targeting Incentives, Location Matters
Wednesday, January 16th, 2013As New Jersey’s economic-development incentives get restructured, it’s important that they preserve a location component, so that they are directed to the places most appropriate to receive them.
Blaming the Victim in South Jersey Pedestrian Fatalities
Thursday, January 3rd, 2013A look at pedestrian fatalities in Vineland, N.J., winds up blaming the victim when what’s needed are better road design and better land-use decision-making.
The Coming Boom in White Elephants
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013A new Rutgers report highlights the coming problem of aging and abandoned suburban office parks. Those facilities that cannot be repurposed to meet the market demand for mixed-use, transit-accessible employment centers should not be the recipients of state job-creation incentives.