2005 Smart Growth Award Winners
Read about great smart growth and sustainable development projects around the state and winners in the Smart Growth Awards.
- PSE&G receives Smart Growth Leadership Award
To Public Service Electric and Gas Company for its ongoing commitment to redevelopment and community building in New Jersey’s cities, its leadership in natural resource protection initiatives, and its support for smarter growth statewide.
- NJDOT and Commissioner Jack Lettiere
To the NJ Department of Transportation and Commissioner Jack Lettiere for a significant shift in transportation decision-making toward the use of modern, community-friendly and environmentally friendly solutions to New Jersey’s transportation problems.
- Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor
Redevelopment of the former Military Ocean Terminal in Upper New York Harbor into a 430-acre residential community, with shopping, entertainment and park destinations.
- Atlantic City Outlets, The Walk
A vibrant retail, dining, and entertainment district that serves as a walkable connection between the Atlantic City Convention Center, NJ TRANSIT rail station, and the Boardwalk.
- Valley Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative
A strategic approach to neighborhood stabilization and redevelopment through the rehabilitation of long-vacant properties for first-time homebuyers, comprehensive planning, and inter-municipal cooperation.
- Transportation Opportunities Center and Independence House
The project in Paterson's Historic District is serving as a catalyst for additional strategic development in the neighborhood.
- Princeton Downtown Redevelopment Project
Transformed two downtown surface parking lots into a community destination featuring new retail shops and apartments, a public plaza, expanded library, food market and a municipal garage.
- Cranford Crossing
Cranford Crossing is the largest redevelopment project undertaken in Cranford's downtown in a century and is located in the center of the township's Special Improvement District.
