New Jersey’s final Global Warming Response Act Recommendations Report was just released by the state Department of Environmental Protection one year after its initial draft. The report presents a plan for the state to reach its goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020, while also positioning the state to reach its goal […]
Smart Growth
New Jersey Embraces Smart Growth to Combat Climate Change
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009Smart Growth in Transition – Part V: Property Taxes
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009New Jersey is heavily reliant on property taxes to pay for local services while New Jersey households pay the highest property taxes in the country.
Smart Growth in Transition, Part I: State Planning
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009The neglect suffered by the State Planning Commission and Office of Smart Growth over the past several years is well-documented.
What Will Smart Growth Look Like in a Christie Administration?
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009Photo Source: New Jersey Department of State
Yesterday’s change in leadership in Trenton will likely have an impact on land-use policy in the state in the coming years. Though we’ll have to wait and see what exactly a Christie administration will mean for smart growth in New Jersey, Christie’s responses to a New Jersey Future questionnaire […]
Study Confirms Need to Put Teeth Behind State Smart Growth Plans
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009A new study titled, “Managing Growth With Priority Funding Areas: A Good Idea Whose Time Has Yet to Come” highlights Maryland’s efforts at creating priority funding areas to incentivize smart growth land development decisions. The study shows that voluntary incentives alone are not enough to curb sprawl and direct growth. While New Jersey’s […]
Update from Washington
Thursday, October 29th, 2009With so much going on around land-use policy in New Jersey, not to mention the looming gubenatorial election, its easy to lose track of national level developments. Thankfully, our friends at the Tri-State Transportation Campaign have provided an excellent summary of six federal bills that could have a big impact on land use and transportation […]
What People Think About State Planning in New Jersey
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009On October 16, 2009 more than 300 people — lawyers, planners, policy makers, environmentalists, developers and citizens — attended a day-long conference at Princeton University co-hosted by New Jersey Future and the Policy Research Institute for the Region titled Where Are We Growing: Planning for New Jersey’s Next 20 Years. After a day of examining […]
New Jersey Future Supports Bond Issue
Monday, October 26th, 2009Photo Source: Dan Fatton
Growing smart also means preserving smart. New Jersey ranks as a national leader in land conservation. In round numbers, 30% of our state is publicly owned or deed-restricted parkland or farmland. And each year, hundreds of millions of dollars are raised by the state, all 21 counties and more than 200 […]
Gubernatorial Candidates Weigh In on Smart Growth
Thursday, October 15th, 2009Candidates Corzine, Christie and Daggett offer many similarities and some nuanced differences in their approaches to promoting smart growth.
Letter to Gubernatorial Candidates
Thursday, October 15th, 2009
Photo Source: Star Ledger
Sixteen environmental, planning and housing organizations have come together to endorse a policy agenda for creating a prosperous New Jersey through better land and water policies.
