2024 municipal population estimates indicate a return to population growth in urban centers – and in the rest of the state. Late in the decade of the 2000s, around the time of the Great Recession, New Jersey’s population growth pattern underwent a major shift.
Posts Tagged ‘Compact development’
Urban Centers Are Back! In Fact, So Is the Whole State of New Jersey
Tuesday, August 12th, 2025New Jersey Future Seeks Nominations for 2012 Smart Growth Awards
Friday, December 9th, 2011Do you know of an innovative project, plan or initiative that deserves to be honored for bringing smart growth ideals to light? Consider nominating it for a 2012 Smart Growth Award.
DEP Decision Sets Positive Precedent for Compact Growth
Monday, January 31st, 2011Plan calls for channeling future growth into walkable, mixed-use centers, through either redevelopment of existing cities and towns or creation of new communities, surrounded by protected open lands.
Smaller Houses: Symptom of the Recession, or Long-Term Trend?
Tuesday, October 26th, 2010The New York Times Magazine [registration required] takes a look at shrinking square footages for new houses and muses on whether this represents a long-term trend or merely a temporary response to the recession. The crash of the housing market […]
Walkable, Transit-Rich Neighborhoods Poised for Comeback
Friday, July 23rd, 2010image source: The Atlantic In the June 2010 issue of the Atlantic, contributor Christopher Lineberger argues in “Here Comes the Neighborhood” that the recent plunge in housing prices hasn’t affected walkable neighborhoods in urban and inner-suburban areas to the same […]