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 […]
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2011 Redevelopment Forum
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010Sustainable Communities: The Light at the End of the Tunnel
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010In New Jersey, a group of cities, counties and state government, regional agencies, educational institutions and non-governmental organizations (including New Jersey Future)from throughout the 13-county North Jersey region have formed the “North Jersey Sustainable Communities Consortium.”
NJ Future on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010New 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.
RPA Report Finds ARC To Raise Home Values By $18 Billion
Friday, July 30th, 2010Source: RPA
Though it’s been billed as the most expensive infrastructure project in the nation, the Access to the Region’s Core (ARC) tunnel currently under construction between New Jersey and New York will provide a substantial return on investment, according to a study released this week by the Regional Plan Association. Looking at the impact on […]
Sprawl Not Yet a Thing of the Past
Thursday, July 29th, 2010New Jersey has long been the nation’s most developed state, but new data show it is now more developed than anything else.
Parking at NJ Transit Stations Can Generate More than Revenue
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010NJ Transit’s rail system has a network of 66,000 public, private and municipally owned parking spaces at its stations, of which approximately 79 percent are occupied on the average weekday.
The three stations with the largest amount of parking are Metropark, Princeton Junction and Trenton, all on the Northeast Corridor line. The three stations with the […]
Menendez Introduces Bill to Provide Tax Credit for Transit Oriented Development, But Will the Zoning Be There?
Monday, April 26th, 2010In New Jersey, oftentimes it is municipal opposition, not developer disinterest, that can stymie transit-oriented development and other types of smart growth.
“Unpredictability” Tops List of Impediments to Redevelopment According to Forum Attendees
Monday, April 19th, 2010New 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, 2010Smaller families and single homebuyers will seek smaller, less expensive homes near jobs and transportation.
Market Forces Portend Shift From Sprawl to Redevelopment
Thursday, February 18th, 2010The percent of New Jersey households containing children under age 18 has been falling steadily, to the point that two-thirds of New Jersey households are now child-free.
