A recent study commissioned by the Council on Affordable Housing found that: Of New Jersey’s 4.98 million acres, 1.24 million (25 percent) are vacant and unconstrained. These vacant acres have the capacity for 1,169,697 residential housing units and 1.63 billion […]
Land Preservation
NJ Still Has Room to Grow. But Where…and How?
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007Preserving NJ’s Landscape is a Daunting Challenge
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007A 2002 snapshot of New Jersey’s landscape shows the state divided roughly into quarters: 28 percent is developed, 24 percent permanently preserved with public funds, 23 percent undevelopable or constrained by regulation, and 25 percent vacant and unconstrained—or “up for […]
Trash and Landfills-A Smart Land Use?
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007New Jersey is currently home to more than 800 active and closed landfills. Together, these landfills cover more than 10,500 acres—an area twice the size of the city of Trenton, and equal to eight months’ worth of new land development […]
TDR Implementation – Keen Interest, Slow Progress
Friday, June 1st, 2007Just over three years ago, the State Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) Act was signed into law, authorizing municipalities across New Jersey to adopt programs to “transfer” potential development from conservation areas to designated growth areas, typically at higher densities […]
Voting for Parks
Friday, October 20th, 2006New Jersey voters will consider a ballot question on November 7 about additional funding for parks. Ballot question #2 asks voters whether or not to amend the state constitution to create an ongoing, stable source of funding for capital repairs, […]
Growing Smart and Water Wise
Thursday, August 31st, 2006This report highlights how development has affected water resources in the Pinelands growth areas and what can be done to minimize its future negative impacts.
New Jersey’s Five-Year Plan
Monday, March 6th, 2006Governor 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.
Global Warming and New Jersey Development
Friday, November 18th, 2005Rising seas could not only shift today’s shoreline inland by 240 to 480 feet by the year 2100.
Open Space Ballots
Monday, October 31st, 2005State 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, 2005Without 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.