Four innovative projects and three visionary plans comprise the list of winners of New Jersey Future’s 2013 Smart Growth Awards.
Cities and Towns
Smart Growth Awards 2013 Winners Announced
Monday, March 25th, 2013Forum Roundup: Redeveloping Post-Sandy: Do it Quickly, and Do it Right
Friday, March 22nd, 2013Speakers at a Redevelopment Forum panel session discuss the tools available that can help Shore towns rebuild quickly and well.
Clock Is Ticking on Public Comment Period for Sandy Recovery Spending Plan
Wednesday, March 20th, 2013New Jersey Future provided comments on Gov. Christie’s proposed Sandy Recovery Plan.
Brownfields Bill BUILDs a Path to Neighborhood Revitalization
Thursday, March 7th, 2013U.S. Sen. Lautenberg (D-NJ) has introduced legislation that would re-authorize the EPA’s brownfields program and make brownfields restoration efforts easier.
Cluster Development Bill Advances
Wednesday, February 27th, 2013The cluster development bill is advancing in the New Jersey State Legislature; key contacts and bill text.
Market Demand Drives Increase in Multifamily Building Permits in New Jersey
Wednesday, February 20th, 2013The recent signs of recovery in New Jersey’s homebuilding industry can be traced in large part to a market-driven surge in building permits issued for multi-family construction.
Somerset County Pioneers Local Application of State Strategic Plan Investment Criteria
Thursday, January 31st, 2013New report looks at Somerset County’s efforts to align its planning and economic development efforts with the draft State Strategic Plan.
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.
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.