Working for Smart Growth:
More Livable Places and Open Spaces
Governor Jon Corzine’s economic development team is seeking input into a five-year strategic business plan, intended to improve the state’s business climate and encourage economic growth.
A first draft of the plan is expected at the end of March.
New Jersey already has a long-term business plan designed to guide growth and investment: the State Development and […]
New Jersey is growing naturally at almost exactly the same pace as its residents are moving out.
Some have predicted that aging Baby Boomers will help spell the end of sprawling development, as older Americans turn away from large-lot, McMansion-style housing and seek the housing and lifestyles available in urban and older suburban settings with their multi-family housing options, access to public transit and walkable downtowns.
State leaders can help by changing the policies that make it easier and cheaper to develop our greenfields than to rebuild our older suburbs and cities.
Without new ways of managing growth and without fixing the systems that drive development, including the property tax system, New Jersey will never reach genuine prosperity.
The market seeking urban housing options is making itself felt in New Jersey, according to the latest Census figures.
New Jersey is the most segregated state in the nation by income, when comparing the family incomes of children in public schools.
The majority of New Jersey voters have consistently favored existing communities over new development as a state funding priority in polls conducted over the past few decades.
Eminent domain may be the only tool available in certain cases for achieving community redevelopment.
The Borough of Fanwood is pioneering an innovative approach to preserving the character of its historic district with its Victorian-era homes and huge oaks.
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