New Jersey Future and APA New Jersey Host the 2022 New Jersey Planning and Redevelopment Conference

WHAT:

New Jersey Future and the NJ Chapter of the American Planning Association’s 2022 Planning and Redevelopment Conference, June 14–16, is a three-day hybrid conference—virtual June 14 and 15, in-person June 16.

There are 36 sessions focused on all aspects of redevelopment and planning in New Jersey. In the most intensively-developed state in the nation, redevelopment is increasingly becoming the default method for accommodating New Jersey’s growth, and brings economic benefit to its already-built places while helping to preserve its precious open-space resources. The conference brings together bold ideas, innovative solutions, proven concepts, and best practices for creating better, more inclusive, and equitable places where people live, work, and play.

 

WHO:

Over 700 registrants and 150 speakers including:

• Sheila Oliver, Lieutenant Governor, State of New Jersey & Commissioner, NJ Department of Community Affairs
• Shawn LaTourette, Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
• Tim Sullivan, Chief Executive Officer, New Jersey Economic Development Authority
• Jane Cohen, Executive Director, Governor’s Office of Climate Action and the Green Economy
• Leslie Anderson, President & CEO, New Jersey Redevelopment Authority
• Allison Ladd, Deputy Mayor/Director, Department of Economic and Housing Development, City of Newark
• Shawn Wilson, PhD, President, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
• Clinton Calabrese, Assemblyman, District 36, State of New Jersey
• Adrian Mapp, Mayor, Plainfield
• Janice Kovach, Mayor, Town of Clinton
• Michael Venezia, Mayor, Bloomfield Township
• Dr. Howard Burrell, Mayor, Vernon Township
• Tony Perry, Mayor, Middletown Township
• Carleton Montgomery, Executive Director, Pinelands Preservation Alliance
• Ruth Ann Norton, President & CEO, Green & Healthy Homes Initiative
• Adam Gordon, Executive Director, Fair Share Housing Center
• Dana Bourland, Senior Vice President, The JPB Foundation
• Jim Gilbert, Board Member, New Jersey Future Board of Trustees, and former Chair of the State Planning Commission
• Kimberly Birdsall, MPH, Executive Director, Health Coalition of Passaic County

See the agenda for speaker times. View the full speaker list here.

 

WHEN:

• 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. virtually on Tuesday, June 14 and Wednesday, June 15
• 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency in New Brunswick on Thursday, June 16

Featured sessions include:

• Addressing Key Redevelopment Challenges and How New Federal Funding Will Help Get Us There (June 16, 9:00–10:30 a.m.), featuring Jane Cohen, Executive Director, Governor’s Office of Climate Action and the Green Economy; Lt. Gov Sheila Oliver, Lieutenant Governor, State of New Jersey & Commissioner, NJ Department of Community Affairs; Peter Kasabach, Executive Director, New Jersey Future; Shawn LaTourette, Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection; and Tim Sullivan, Chief Executive Officer, New Jersey Economic Development Authority. During this session, we will hear from state executive branch officials about how the state intends to address cross-cutting land use issues, addressing the challenges of a growing logistics sector, and how these federal funds can best be used to support that work in the most efficient and equitable way.
• Walking the Talk: Planning for Places that Actualize Equity and Inclusion (June 14, 11:30–1:00 p.m.), featuring Allison Ladd, Deputy Mayor/Director, Department of Economic and Housing Development, City of Newark; April De Simon, Principal, Trahan Architects; Eleanor Sharpe, Deputy Director for Planning and Zoning, Department of Planning and Development, City of Philadelphia; Maritza E. Mercado Pechin, Deputy Director, Equitable Development, City of Richmond, VA; and Zunilda Rodriguez, AICP, Senior Associate, Nishuane Group. This session explores the various ways we can not only commit to achieving equity and inclusion in our communities, but also the concrete steps to take to turn ideas into reality.
• Beyond Getting from A to B: Ensuring Safer and Fairer Ways to Move Around (June 15, 11:30–1:00 p.m.), featuring Regan Patterson, PhD, Transportation Equity Research Fellow, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation; Renae Reynolds, Executive Director, Tri-State Transportation Campaign; Richard Ezike, PhD, Director of Infrastructure and Planning, CHPlanning Limited; Shawn Wilson, PhD, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development & President, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials; and Yolanda Takesian Principal Planner, Kittelson & Associates. This session explores how tackling inequity in the transportation sector can help to account for racial and gender needs that have often been neglected during the planning process.
• The Risk to Our Roofs: Considering and Harnessing the Housing-Climate Nexus (June 16, 12:15–2:15 p.m.), featuring Dana Bourland, Senior Vice President, The JPB Foundation; Georgeen Theodore, Professor, Hillier College of Architecture & Design, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Kelvin Boddy, Director of Healthy Homes and Communities, Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey; and Thomas Dallessio, Vice President of Policy, APA-NJ. This session will answer questions such as: “When it comes to climate change, how is housing critical to both mitigation and adaptation/resilience?” and “What should we do to prepare for the threats that our housing faces in the wake of more extreme weather events?”

WHERE:

This is a hybrid event. On June 14 and 15, the sessions will be entirely virtual. On June 16, the sessions will be in-person only at Hyatt Regency in New Brunswick, NJ. For press access, contact Michele Glassburg  (mglassburgnjfutureorg)   or 609-393-0008 x107.