New Jersey’s older cities have experienced a significant revival since 2000, outperforming the rest of the state in critical measures of economic growth.
Economic Development
Report Outlines Agenda for Urban Transformation
Thursday, May 15th, 2008Housing Costs, Property Taxes Shift Along with Population
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008Gloucester County still leads New Jersey’s 21 counties in population growth, growing by 1.58 percent between 2006 and 2007, nearly seven times the statewide growth rate of 0.23 percent. Somerset (1.09 percent) and Cumberland (0.89 percent) were the second and […]
Fighting Climate Change Starts at Home
Friday, April 4th, 2008On a per capita basis, in 2005 New Jersey residents emitted an estimated 16.7 metric tons of carbon dioxide from three principal sources: transportation (34 percent); residential, commercial and industrial fuel use (32 percent); and electricity consumption (24 percent).
Financial Restructuring: Cash Today, Tolls Tomorrow
Thursday, January 17th, 2008New Jersey has one of the highest debt burdens of any state in the country.
Brownfields: Urban Blight or Redevelopment Opportunity?
Friday, December 7th, 2007Former industrial sites, known as brownfields, are a prominent feature of New Jersey’s urban landscape. More than 10,000 brownfields have been identified in the state.
Updated Census Numbers Deliver Mixed Message to NJ
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007New Jersey has lost its No. 1 status in terms of median household income. The Garden State was the wealthiest in the nation as of the 2000 Census, but Maryland has now surpassed it (and leaped past former No. 2 […]
Old Cities, New Potential?
Wednesday, May 16th, 2007The Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program has examined 376 U.S. cities and characterized 80 of them as “older industrial cities,” based on their substandard performance on a number of economic indicators, including employment growth, number of new business establishments, poverty […]
South Jersey: A New Smart Growth Frontier?
Saturday, April 7th, 2007The fastest-growing county in New Jersey between 2005 and 2006 was Gloucester, with a 1.8 percent rise in population last year, according to estimates recently released by the Census Bureau. (Gloucester is also the fastest-growing county so far in the […]
Redevelopment on the Rise
Tuesday, February 20th, 2007The Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey’s recent “Cities in Transition” report identified 30 New Jersey cities as showing multiple signs of fiscal and socioeconomic distress. Between 1990 and 1999, these largely built-out cities accounted for only 5.9 […]
Can Property Tax Relief Help Slow Sprawl?
Monday, December 18th, 2006New Jersey’s overdependence on property taxes to pay for local services, especially schools, is perhaps the most significant factor behind the state’s sprawling growth patterns, which have hurt families, businesses, the environment, and the economy.