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Posts Tagged ‘New Jersey’

2011 Redevelopment Forum

Tuesday, December 21st, 2010

Hopefully you have already saved the date for our upcoming Redevelopment Forum, which will be held at the Hyatt Hotel and Conference Center in New Brunswick, on Friday, March 4, 2011.
This one-day conference is a great education and networking event for professionals and concerned citizens. More than 500 planners, architects, developers, municipal officials, advocates and […]

NJ Future on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

New Jersey Future’s Research Director Tim Evans was a guest today on WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show discussing Union County. The show was part of a series called “Your Anecdotal Census“, which is looking at demographic changes in the New York City area in advance of the 2010 census.

Sprawl Not Yet a Thing of the Past

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

New Jersey has long been the nation’s most developed state, but new data show it is now more developed than anything else.

If New Jersey Were a Country …

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

Only four countries in the world are more urbanized than New Jersey, where the population density is 10 times that of the United States as a whole.

Tell NJ’s Senators to Stand up for Transit Riders in New Jersey!

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

The recent service cuts and fare hikes at NJ Transit were a serious blow to the thousands of New Jersey residents who rely on public transportation. They were also part of a trend of service cuts and fare hikes at transit agencies across the country, as detailed in T4 America’s new report, Stranded at the […]

2010 Smart Growth Awards

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

Join us on Wednesday, June 2!
The Smart Growth Awards celebration is considered one of the state’s premier networking events and an occasion that draws wide media attention. We expect another well-attended ceremony with more than 300 development industry professionals, as well as local, regional, and state leaders. Since 2002, New Jersey Future has honored smart […]

Celebrate Earth Day on Two Wheels … or Two Feet

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

New Jersey ranks third to last in per-capita spending of federal transportation dollars on bicycle and pedestrian projects, according to the T4America campaign.

“Unpredictability” Tops List of Impediments to Redevelopment According to Forum Attendees

Monday, April 19th, 2010

New Jersey Future’s fifth-annual Redevelopment Forum, rescheduled and held on March 19, attracted close to 500 people who attended 22 workshops on a wide variety of topics. 
2010 Redevelopment Forum. Source: NJ Future
The conference attendee surveys from the Redevelopment Forum offered some revealing insights to what conference-goers feel are the primary obstacles to redevelopment in New […]

Demographic Changes May Mean Big Redevelopment Opportunities

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

Smaller families and single homebuyers will seek smaller, less expensive homes near jobs and transportation.

Support for Gas Tax from a Surprising Source

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Only 35 percent of the 628 responses said they thought hiking the gas tax amounted to a death wish for the state’s politicians.

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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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