Hopefully you have already saved the date for our upcoming Redevelopment Forum, which will be held at the Hyatt Hotel and Conference Center in New Brunswick, on Friday, March 4, 2011.
This one-day conference is a great education and networking event for professionals and concerned citizens. More than 500 planners, architects, developers, municipal officials, advocates and […]
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Tuesday, December 21st, 2010Report Finds Robust Growth in “Built-Out” Towns
Thursday, December 9th, 2010A New Jersey Future analysis of building permits issued over the past two decades reveals that there has been more robust construction activity in towns that are already at least 90 percent “built-out”.
What Role Should Stadiums Play in Urban Revitalization?
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010Newark's Prudential Center. Source: NY Times
In a recent Star-Ledger op-ed article, Jeff Vanderbeek and Michael Gilfillan (Chairman and Vice Chairman of Devils Arena Entertainment, respectively) tout the success of the Prudential Center in helping to breathe new life into downtown Newark. By all accounts, the arena has been an integral part of a larger renaissance […]
Help Support the ARC Tunnel!
Tuesday, October 5th, 2010Source: NJ.com
Regular readers of this blog know that the ARC Tunnel, a vital rail link between NJ and NY, and the nation’s largest infrastructure project, is under serious threat of being terminated. Despite unprecedented funding commitments from the federal government, Port Authority of NY/NJ and the State of New Jersey, the administration is considering putting an end […]
Traffic Isn’t The Only Type of Gridlock Along Route 1
Thursday, September 16th, 2010New Jersey Department of Transportation released a draft of its long-awaited Regional Growth Strategy for the Route 1 region in Central Jersey.
Sustainable Communities: The Light at the End of the Tunnel
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010In New Jersey, a group of cities, counties and state government, regional agencies, educational institutions and non-governmental organizations (including New Jersey Future)from throughout the 13-county North Jersey region have formed the “North Jersey Sustainable Communities Consortium.”
NJ Future on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010New Jersey Future’s Research Director Tim Evans was a guest today on WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show discussing Union County. The show was part of a series called “Your Anecdotal Census“, which is looking at demographic changes in the New York City area in advance of the 2010 census.
Sprawl Not Yet a Thing of the Past
Thursday, July 29th, 2010New Jersey has long been the nation’s most developed state, but new data show it is now more developed than anything else.
New Tunnel Could Transform NJ’s Landscape … And Brighten its Economic Prospects
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010The ARC tunnel, and the resulting service expansions and improvements, has the potential to fundamentally alter New Jersey’s landscape in the coming decades.
New Jersey Future Statement on S1
Thursday, June 10th, 2010Senator Ray Lesniak. Source: Press of Atlantic City
The following statement was issued by Peter Kasabach, Executive Director of New Jersey Future, on June 10, 2010, following the passage of S-1 in the New Jersey Senate:
“We have little doubt that the good folks looking to re-shape the state’s affordable-housing policy are […]
