New Jersey Future’s post-Sandy recovery planning report “In Deep” wins a national floodplain management award.
Local Planning
New Jersey Future Wins National Award for Sandy Report
Thursday, June 23rd, 2016New Jersey Future’s Teri Jover Named Sustainability Hero
Thursday, June 2nd, 2016A profile of New Jersey Future’s Teri Jover, who has been named Sustainable Jersey’s Sustainability Hero for June 2016.
Three New Jersey Cities Selected To Accelerate Water Infrastructure Innovation
Wednesday, May 25th, 2016Gloucester City, Jersey City, and Perth Amboy will receive technical assistance and engineering support services to design innovative, financeable projects that reduce combined sewer outflows (CSOs) while also making neighborhoods and downtowns better places to live, work, and invest.
Smart Growth Award-Winner Wesmont Station Opens
Monday, May 23rd, 2016Ten years after winning a Smart Growth Award, and long after its associated residential development was completed, NJ Transit’s new Wesmont Station has finally opened.
Leaders From 34 Municipalities Learn About Green Infrastructure
Tuesday, May 17th, 2016New Jersey Future recently hosted two workshops for municipal leaders in the Highlands and Pinelands, to introduce them to the benefits and opportunities presented by green infrastructure.
Infrastructure Matters
Monday, May 16th, 2016National Infrastructure Week is May 16 thru 23, and offers a good reminder of the importance of investing in infrastructure: It benefits the community, and the economy, and the costs of not investing can be far higher.
Fifteen Years of Smart Growth Success
Friday, May 13th, 2016On their 15th anniversary, a salute to the multi-year winners and supporters of New Jersey Future’s Smart Growth Awards.
Chuck Marohn on the Value of Roads, Streets, and People
Wednesday, May 4th, 2016At a recent presentation in New Jersey, Strong Towns’ Chuck Marohn talked about how people, rather than cars, create community wealth, and how we benefit from prioritizing people in our planning.
Demand for Transit Neighborhoods on the Rise
Monday, April 18th, 2016Since the Great Recession, the growth rate in New Jersey’s transit-oriented areas has outstripped the growth rate in exurban areas and in the state overall, according to an analysis of new Census data.
Forum Feature: We Need To Do Transportation Planning for People, Not Cars. And We Need To Do It Fast.
Wednesday, April 6th, 2016Urban innovator, author and transportation expert Gabe Klein urged attendees at the Redevelopment Forum to re-think how they plan for people to move — and to stay in one place.