Working for Smart Growth:
More Livable Places and Open Spaces

 

Tax Policies

NJ’s Dirty Secret – Not Enough Housing Affordable To NJ’s Workers

Friday, December 8th, 2000

Spillover Sprawl

The newest frontier of New Jersey suburbanization is actually in northeastern Pennsylvania.
The population of Monroe County, Pa. grew by 34 percent in the past decade; Pike County, Pa. grew by a whopping 48 percent. New Jersey’s fastest growing county, Somerset, grew by a comparatively “meager” 20 percent.
Both Pennsylvania counties are served by […]

The Minnesota Approach

Monday, October 23rd, 2000

The drawbacks of new business development — from heavier traffic to lost open space — are often shared by surrounding communities. Minnesota requires its communities to also share the tax benefits.
When a business moves to a new community in Minnesota, law requires that the other communities in the region share 40 percent of the […]

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Ingrid Reed For Our Future Fund

 

Our New Jersey Future board of trustees, our staff, and our community, honors Ingrid’s legacy with the Ingrid Reed For our Future Fund, supporting education and training for future Smart Growth leaders with a particular focus on diversifying the field.

 

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