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.
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Challenges Abound, Opportunity Knocks as Christie Prepares to Take Office
Thursday, January 14th, 2010Smart 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 IV: Affordable Housing
Thursday, December 17th, 2009How much affordable housing is enough? Where should affordable housing be built? Who should pay for affordable housing?
Smart Growth in Transition-Part III: Urban Revitalization
Friday, December 4th, 2009Revitalizing New Jersey’s cities is a primary goal of the State Development and Redevelopment Plan. Yet in the two decades that have passed since the State Plan was adopted, many cities and towns have continued to exhibit signs of socioeconomic distress.
Smart Growth in Transition, Part II: Transportation
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009Replenishing the Transportation Trust Fund will be the most immediate challenge confronting the incoming Christie administration.
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.
Gubernatorial Candidates Weigh In on Smart Growth
Thursday, October 15th, 2009Candidates Corzine, Christie and Daggett offer many similarities and some nuanced differences in their approaches to promoting smart growth.
Report Outlines Agenda for Urban Transformation
Thursday, May 15th, 2008New Jersey’s older cities have experienced a significant revival since 2000, outperforming the rest of the state in critical measures of economic growth.
Redevelopment: A Blueprint for Sustainability
Thursday, March 6th, 2008New Jersey is the most developed state in the nation—and not by a little bit. According to the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Garden State leads its nearest competitor in this category, Rhode Island, by about 25 percent.
Through the 1990s and into the early 2000s, New Jersey successfully preserved about […]
