2009 Smart Growth Award Winners

Read about great smart growth and sustainable development projects around the state and winners in the Smart Growth Awards.

• Green Building Strategies Find a Home in Downtown Morristown

  Projects are part of a plan to enhance Morristown’s Central Business District.

• Bloomfield Re-envisions Downtown with Redevelopment Plan

  Project brought together residents, property owners and other interested citizens in a collaborative effort to find the right mix of public and private involvement in Bloomfield’s redevelopment.

• Sustainable Development Policies at Core of Newark Redevelopment

  The plan promotes creation of a transit-oriented neighborhood of mixed-use, mixed-income developments that will be supportive of many transportation choices.

• Redevelopment Gives Camden's Fairview Village a Second Chance

  Historic neighborhood rebounds with affordable housing and expanded housing.

• Redevelopment Brings Business and Customers to South Orange

  The Avenue Development and The Marketplace at Eden are part of a well-planned, smart-growth strategy that adds new residences, new businesses and new jobs, all in close proximity to public transportation.

• North Camden Neighborhood and Waterfront Park Plan

  Decades of decline, along with the related issues of poverty, crime and abandonment, have negatively affected the public perception of the neighborhood.

• Glassboro Seeks to Revitalize Downtown with Rowan Boulevard

  Project gives new life to downtown and a deteriorating residential area that borders Rowan University’s campus.