The Meadowlands’ long-standing and nationally-renowned regional tax sharing program is at risk. For over forty years, this system has enabled sound regional planning and environmental principles to guide the area’s renaissance, rather than competition for ratables.
Planning and Governance
Mutiny in the Meadowlands
Saturday, June 11th, 2011National Experts Advise the Christie Administration on State Strategic Planning
Monday, May 23rd, 2011The Christie administration hosted a Governor’s Institute on Community Design workshop to explore advancing a state strategic plan that focuses on economic development and the importance of location.
Fear of School Kids Trumps Land-Use Planning in Robbinsville
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011When the planning board voted to deny a developer’s application to convert units because it would attract too many school kids, it raised the larger issue of the role of fiscal considerations in land-use decision-making at the local level.
Controversial Wastewater Deadline Passes
Friday, April 8th, 2011Where sewers are located largely dictates where development goes, especially smaller lot development. Similarly, where and how septic systems are regulated governs how larger lot subdivisions are designed.
NJ Towns to Compete in New Reality Show: “Ratable Wars”
Friday, April 1st, 2011With local budgets feeling the pinch of the recession, and the newly imposed two percent property tax cap looming, municipalities across the Garden State are struggling to make ends meet.
State Reaffirms Commitment to Transit Village Program; Eliminates Funding
Thursday, March 31st, 2011NJDOT Commissioner Jim Simpson insisted that the Department remained committed to the program.
State Launches “Strategic State Planning Process”
Thursday, March 10th, 2011On March 4, Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Wayne Hasenbalg outlined the Christie administration’s State Strategic Planning Process Project.”
Is Jersey City a Suburb? Joel Kotkin Thinks So.
Thursday, March 3rd, 2011For much of the past decade, there has been a constant media drumbeat about the “return to the cities.” Urban real estate interests, environmentalists and planners have widely promoted this idea.
NJ’s Gold Coast Ranks First in “Smart Transportation”
Friday, February 25th, 2011Fresh on the heels of Streetsfilms’ video lauding Jersey City as a leader in transit-oriented development, New Jersey’s second city is again making headlines as a leader in smart growth.
Transit-Accessible Towns In New Jersey Are More Recession-Resistant
Thursday, February 24th, 2011There are 140 New Jersey municipalities that host at least one rail transit station, including commuter rail (NJ Transit or SEPTA), light rail (Hudson-Bergen, River Line and Newark City Subway) and the PATH and PATCO systems. These rail-transit municipalities accounted […]