As part of its Creating Great Places to Age program, New Jersey Future has been researching strategies that dozens of municipalities in New Jersey have implemented to provide a more diverse housing stock. These examples of successful local strategies demonstrate possible paths other towns can take to meet the needs of their residents and develop great communities.
Places To Age
Aging-friendly housing options: A case study
Tuesday, May 5th, 2020The Best Is Yet To Come: New Jersey Future Helps Towns Become Great Places to Age
Monday, March 9th, 2020New Jersey Future recently held kickoff meetings in Pompton Lakes in Passaic County and Ridgefield Park in Bergen County as part of its Creating Great Places to Age program.
Planning for Aging-Friendliness in Fair Lawn Borough
Tuesday, December 17th, 2019Through a decision-maker and stakeholder engagement process, New Jersey Future will facilitate aging-friendly implementation planning in Fair Lawn over the next year. Kudos to Fair Lawn for integrating aging-friendly community building into local planning!
New Jersey Future’s David Kutner To Receive Statewide Planning Award
Monday, January 14th, 2019New Jersey Future Planning Manager David Kutner, who directed the organization’s post-Hurricane Sandy recovery planning work, will receive APA NJ’s award for outstanding professional planning.
New Jersey Future Resources Highlighted at National Planners’ Convention
Tuesday, May 1st, 2018Resources developed as part of New Jersey Future’s work with several municipalities on Creating Great Places To Age were featured at the American Planning Association’s annual National Planning Conference in April.
Making New Jersey’s Communities More Aging-Friendly
Thursday, March 29th, 2018Speakers at a New Jersey Future Redevelopment Forum session on making the state’s communities more aging-friendly highlighted the need for a greater range of housing options, and more places where all the amenities older residents need are within easy, walkable reach.
Transportation, Housing Improvements Needed To Make New Jersey Towns More Aging-Friendly
Wednesday, August 12th, 2015Two recent articles highlight the difficulties many New Jersey towns have in making themselves accommodating to older residents.
Princeton Is First New Jersey Community To Earn WHO ‘Age-Friendly’ Designation
Monday, October 6th, 2014Princeton has earned the World Health Organization’s age-friendly communities designation, the first municipality in New Jersey to receive the honor.
