Working for Smart Growth:
More Livable Places and Open Spaces

 

Development and Redevelopment

Growing Smart and Water Wise

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

This report highlights how development has affected water resources in the Pinelands growth areas and what can be done to minimize its future negative impacts.

Gas Prices and Smart Growth

Tuesday, May 16th, 2006

With gasoline prices breaking $3 a gallon this month, many New Jerseyans have renewed reason to mourn the steady disappearance of jobs from transit-accessible communities. A study of New Jersey’s competitiveness released May 2 by the Brookings Institution shows that […]

Prosperity at Risk

Friday, April 21st, 2006

  No state has lost more jobs in the high-tech industry in the past decade than New Jersey, according to an analysis of New Jersey’s competitive position by the Brookings Institution, in partnership with New Jersey Future.

Catalysts for Urban Change

Friday, March 17th, 2006

Wachovia Bank and Matrix Development Group this week celebrated the official opening of Wachovia’s regional headquarters in a new, five-story office building in the heart of downtown Trenton.

New Jersey’s Five-Year Plan

Monday, March 6th, 2006

Governor Jon Corzine’s economic development team is seeking input into a five-year strategic business plan, intended to improve the state’s business climate and encourage economic growth.

Sprawling Migration Patterns

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006

New Jersey is growing naturally at almost exactly the same pace as its residents are moving out.

Baby Boomers Turn 60

Monday, December 19th, 2005

Some have predicted that aging Baby Boomers will help spell the end of sprawling development, as older Americans turn away from large-lot, McMansion-style housing and seek the housing and lifestyles available in urban and older suburban settings with their multi-family housing options, access to public transit and walkable downtowns.

Open Space Ballots

Monday, October 31st, 2005

State leaders can help by changing the policies that make it easier and cheaper to develop our greenfields than to rebuild our older suburbs and cities.

The Gubernatorial Race

Friday, October 21st, 2005

Without new ways of managing growth and without fixing the systems that drive development, including the property tax system, New Jersey will never reach genuine prosperity.

Urban Turnaround

Friday, July 29th, 2005

The market seeking urban housing options is making itself felt in New Jersey, according to the latest Census figures.

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