The status of the Office of Planning Advocacy (formerly the Office of Smart Growth—and before that the Office of State Planning, for those keeping score), as well as the entire state planning apparatus, has been in doubt for years, stretching back […]
Posts Tagged ‘State Planning’
Planning Advocacy Head Offers Public Comments, but Few Hints About Future of State Planning
Wednesday, January 19th, 2011A Look Back at Governor Christie’s First Year
Thursday, January 13th, 2011As a candidate for governor, Chris Christie expressed support for a strengthened state planning process, pledging to improve interagency coordination, discourage suburban sprawl and focus all existing incentive programs on urban revitalization. Christie’s urban platform called for providing affordable, quality […]
Insights from Review of “The Ethics of Metropolitan Growth”
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011A review by Daniel Nairn of a new book, Ethics of Metropolitan Growth: The Future of our Built Environment, by Robert Kirkland. The review is insightful and worth reading in full, but it contains a few points that are particularly relevant to New Jersey Future and its mission.
Sustainable Communities: The Light at the End of the Tunnel
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010In New Jersey, a group of cities, counties and state government, regional agencies, educational institutions and non-governmental organizations (including New Jersey Future)from throughout the 13-county North Jersey region have formed the “North Jersey Sustainable Communities Consortium.”
Sprawl Not Yet a Thing of the Past
Thursday, July 29th, 2010New Jersey has long been the nation’s most developed state, but new data show it is now more developed than anything else.
New Report Shows Suburbanization of NJ Has Picked Up Pace Since 2002
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010A joint Rowan-Rutgers report, co-released today by New Jersey Future, shows that New Jersey is losing open space at an increasing pace. Between 2002 and 2007, 16,061 acres per year, an amount equal to 34 football fields each day, were […]
If New Jersey Were a Country …
Thursday, June 17th, 2010Only four countries in the world are more urbanized than New Jersey, where the population density is 10 times that of the United States as a whole.
“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.
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 […]
With Release of Impact Assessment, State Plan Poised for Revision, Re-adoption
Friday, January 29th, 2010The State Planning Act requires the State Planning Commission to revise and re-adopt the State Development and Redevelopment Plan every three years.