The following op-ed by NJ Future Executive Director Peter Kasabach was published in the Asbury Park Press, the Bergen Record, the Trenton Times and New Jersey Newsroom recently: Gov. Chris Christie’s Red Tape Review Group made headlines last week with […]
Planning and Governance
Christie’s Red Tape panel deserves praise for recommending a shakeup of N.J. planning process
Monday, May 3rd, 2010By the Numbers: County Population Estimates Defy Earlier Trends
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010Is the sudden, recent population growth in older, more urbanized counties in the Northeast a short-term phenomenon? Or has the exodus from New York City and northern New Jersey to the Pocono counties of northeastern Pennsylvania run its course? The […]
Non-English-Speakers More Common in NJ than Nationally
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010The Census Bureau has just released new data on people age 5 and older who speak a language other than English at home. The press release mentions New Jersey twice, as being among the states with the highest percentages of […]
Metro Areas Are the Key to America’s – and New Jersey’s – Future Economic Prosperity
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010In an article in the Wall Street Journal (“The Metro Moment”) last week, the Brookings Institution’s Bruce Katz drew attention to the importance of metropolitan areas to the nation’s economic activity: The real heart of the American economy lies in […]
Red Tape Review Calls for Moving, Strengthening State Planning Commission and Office of Smart Growth
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010After holding a series of public meetings and receiving testimony from more than 100 witnesses, the Red Tape Review Group has issued its report, which includes recommendations for a major shakeup in the way the state conducts land-use planning. The bipartisan […]
“Unpredictability” Tops List of Impediments to Redevelopment According to Forum Attendees
Monday, April 19th, 2010New Jersey Future’s fifth-annual Redevelopment Forum, rescheduled and held on March 19, attracted close to 500 people who attended 22 workshops on a wide variety of topics.
Urban Centers on Rebound
Friday, April 9th, 2010This marked shift toward redevelopment sheds further light on the phenomenon of stabilizing—or even increasing—city populations
EPA Study Finds Redevelopment Taking Hold Nationwide, What About NJ?
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010A recent study by the Environmental Protection Agency finds that redevelopment is becoming the dominant paradigm for residential growth in urban areas. The study, titled Residential Construction Trends in America’s Metropolitan Regions, looks at 19 years of building permit data, […]
Governor’s Housing Opportunity Task Force to Assess State Planning Act
Thursday, February 11th, 2010Earlier this week Governor Christie issued Executive Order No. 12 , which creates a “Housing Opportunity Task Force” to recommend how the state should address a variety of questions related to providing affordable housing. The task force is charged with reviewing […]
Taxes Chasing People Out of New Jersey – But Which Tax? And Which People?
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010Last week, the Center on Wealth and Philanthropy at Boston College released Migration of Wealth in New Jersey and the Impact on Wealth and Philanthropy, a study indicating that New Jersey has experienced a net loss of wealth since 2004 […]