2020 Smart Growth Awards
We are honored to announce the winners of our 2020
Smart Growth Awards!
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2020 Smart Growth Award Winners
PETER REINHART, Cary Edwards Leadership Award
Career-long Smart Growth and Affordable Housing Advocate and Former Director of the Kislak Real Estate Institute, Monmouth University
WHITLOCK MILLS, JERSEY CITY
Reactivation and repurposing of a historic group of dormant industrial buildings to bring new mixed-income housing to a rapidly changing area of redevelopment
Primary Partners: RPM Development Group; City of Jersey City; New Jersey Housing & Mortgage Finance Agency; Inglese Architecture + Engineering
CITY OF NEWARK LEAD REDUCTION PROGRAM
A revolutionary citywide lead removal program recognized as a national model for its aggressive approach to removing lead from drinking water
Primary Partners: City of Newark; Newark Department of Water and Sewer; State of New Jersey; County of Essex; CDM Smith
NEW BRUNSWICK PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
A 23-story state-of-the-art mixed-use arts hub housing two theaters and rehearsal space for beloved local theater companies and university students
Primary Partners: New Brunswick Development Corporation; City of New Brunswick; County of Middlesex; Rutgers University; Pennrose; New Brunswick Parking Authority
WASHINGTON STREET REDESIGN PROJECT, HOBOKEN
Landmark redesign of a bustling historic corridor spanning 16 blocks in the city
Primary Partners: City of Hoboken; T&M Associates; Underground Utilities Corporation; New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection; North Hudson Sewerage Authority; Suez
MURPHY VARNISH WORKS, NEWARK
Community-focused restoration of an abandoned historic icon creating new housing and retail
Primary Partners: Golden Towers Corp; Studio for Urban Architecture & Design (SUAD); City of Newark (Landmarks and Historic Preservation Commission)
SOCIAL PROFIT CENTER AT MILL ONE, HAMILTON
Innovative nonprofit-driven restoration of a sizable historic building creating affordable mixed-use workspace for local nonprofits and artists
Primary Partners: Isles, Inc.; Hamilton Township; New Jersey Community Capital; US Bancorp Community Development Corporation
Thank You to the 2020 Smart Growth Awards Sponsors
Title Sponsor
Community Builders
Strategic Partners
Supporters
Contributors
New Jersey Economic Development Authority
Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti LLP
Colleagues
MidAtlantic Engineering Partners, LLC
New Jersey’s Clean Energy Program
Studio for Urban Architecture & Design (SUAD)
Jury
Since 2002, New Jersey Future has honored more than 125 projects with Smart Growth Awards. Winners are selected from a statewide public nomination process by an independent jury. Judging the 2020 Smart Growth Awards were:
- Todd Gomez, Market Executive – North Region, Community Development Banking, Bank of America
- Earl Jackson, Principal, Earl Jackson Architectural Workshop
- Teri Jover, Business Administrator, Borough of Highland Park
- Debbie Mans, Partner, twentytwenty public affairs; former Deputy Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
- Courtney McCormick, Vice President, Internal Audit Services, PSEG
- Jen Velez, former Executive VP, RWJBarnabas Health; former Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Human Services
