Charting New Jersey on a path toward sustained economic growth will require many things, not the least of which is a resurrected state planning process.
Smart Growth
Challenges Abound, Opportunity Knocks as Christie Prepares to Take Office
Thursday, January 14th, 2010Should we be happy or sad about fewer people on the road?
Monday, January 11th, 2010A couple of news items over the last few days have combined to serve as a good reminder that owning and driving a car is a means to an end, not an end in itself. Driving (at least non-recreational travel) […]
New Jersey Embraces Smart Growth to Combat Climate Change
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009New Jersey’s final Global Warming Response Act Recommendations Report was just released by the state Department of Environmental Protection one year after its initial draft. The report presents a plan for the state to reach its goal of reducing greenhouse gas […]
Smart Growth in Transition – Part V: Property Taxes
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009New Jersey is heavily reliant on property taxes to pay for local services while New Jersey households pay the highest property taxes in the country.
Smart Growth in Transition, Part I: State Planning
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009The neglect suffered by the State Planning Commission and Office of Smart Growth over the past several years is well-documented.
What Will Smart Growth Look Like in a Christie Administration?
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009Yesterday’s change in leadership in Trenton will likely have an impact on land-use policy in the state in the coming years. Though we’ll have to wait and see what exactly a Christie administration will mean for smart growth in New […]
Study Confirms Need to Put Teeth Behind State Smart Growth Plans
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009A new study titled, “Managing Growth With Priority Funding Areas: A Good Idea Whose Time Has Yet to Come” highlights Maryland’s efforts at creating priority funding areas to incentivize smart growth land development decisions. The study shows that voluntary incentives […]
Update from Washington
Thursday, October 29th, 2009With so much going on around land-use policy in New Jersey, not to mention the looming gubenatorial election, its easy to lose track of national level developments. Thankfully, our friends at the Tri-State Transportation Campaign have provided an excellent summary […]
What People Think About State Planning in New Jersey
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009On October 16, 2009 more than 300 people — lawyers, planners, policy makers, environmentalists, developers and citizens — attended a day-long conference at Princeton University co-hosted by New Jersey Future and the Policy Research Institute for the Region titled Where […]
New Jersey Future Supports Bond Issue
Monday, October 26th, 2009Growing smart also means preserving smart. New Jersey ranks as a national leader in land conservation. In round numbers, 30% of our state is publicly owned or deed-restricted parkland or farmland. And each year, hundreds of millions of dollars are […]