On their 15th anniversary, a salute to the multi-year winners and supporters of New Jersey Future’s Smart Growth Awards.
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Fifteen Years of Smart Growth Success
Friday, May 13th, 2016Chuck Marohn on the Value of Roads, Streets, and People
Wednesday, May 4th, 2016At a recent presentation in New Jersey, Strong Towns’ Chuck Marohn talked about how people, rather than cars, create community wealth, and how we benefit from prioritizing people in our planning.
Jersey Water Works Releases 2016 Workplan
Wednesday, April 27th, 2016The cross-sector collaborative will focus on optimizing current water system operations and engaging affected communities in water-infrastructure investment decisions.
Forum Roundup: The Triple-Bottom-Line Beauty of Green Infrastructure
Tuesday, April 19th, 2016Forum panelists discuss how green infrastructure offers social and economic benefits as well as the benefits of managing stormwater before it enters a community’s drainage system.
Case Study: How Bioswales Are Helping To Clean Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal
Monday, April 11th, 2016The bioswales along the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, N.Y., are helping to clean stormwater runoff and prevent it from entering the canal, and have become much-appreciated local amenities.
The Greatest Danger Facing New Jersey’s Water Infrastructure: The Unknown
Monday, April 4th, 2016At a recent NJ Spotlight roundtable, water experts acknowledged we have only a vague idea of the state of our aging water systems, and of true cost of upgrading them.
Public-Interest Organizations Urge Commitment of Disaster Competition Award Funds to Regional Planning
Thursday, March 24th, 2016A group of public-interest organizations sent a joint letter to Gov. Christie urging him to commit National Disaster Resilience Competition award funds to regional resiliency planning initiatives.
Forum Roundup: Finding the Opportunities in Affordable Housing
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2016Speakers at the Redevelopment Forum session on affordable housing all stressed the opportunities inherent in creating more affordable housing, and that towns should be proactive so they get the kind of housing that helps them meet other objectives.
Forum Roundup: Cities, Redevelopers Join Forces To Tackle Floodproofing, Sewer Upgrades
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016At the Redevelopment Forum, representatives from three cities detailed how they are engaging redevelopers in a number of ways to meet the challenge of flooding, aging infrastructure and climate change.
Design Competition Aims To Accelerate Water Infrastructure Innovation
Tuesday, March 15th, 2016The Build it Green (BIG) Competition will provide technical assistance and engineering support services to selected New Jersey cities and utilities to design innovative, financeable projects that reduce combined sewer outflows (CSOs) while also making neighborhoods and downtowns better places to live, work and invest.
