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State Guidance for Locating Warehouses is Here

Friday, June 10th, 2022

The Office of Planning Advocacy, the staff for the State Planning Commission, has issued first-of-its-kind guidance on where and how warehouses should be located in New Jersey.

New Jersey Future analysis of the New Jersey Economic Recovery Act of 2020

Monday, December 21st, 2020

There is much for smart growth advocates to like in S3295/A4, the economic incentives legislation passed by the New Jersey Legislature. New Jersey Future looks forward to working with the legislature and administration to move from vision to incentivized projects on the ground. 

New Jersey Future to work with regional campaign for resilience

Tuesday, July 14th, 2020

New Jersey Future is proud to be an inaugural member of the important and growing Rise to Resilience coalition, a group of New Jersey and New York residents, leaders in the business, labor, and justice communities, volunteer organizations, scientists, and environmental advocates.

United in the Fight for Equity and Justice

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020

A message from our Executive Director Peter Kasabach.

How to Strengthen a COVID-19 Small Business Program

Tuesday, May 26th, 2020

New Jersey Future, along with our partners, has spent many years working with downtown leaders to understand how to create vibrant, walkable, equitable downtowns and have provided resources, guidance, and direct services to many of these places. With this experience, we have made several recommendations to improve the impact of the small business program.

Let’s Not Go Backward. Let’s Rebuild Better As We Recover

Tuesday, May 26th, 2020

Within a matter of weeks, COVID-19 has brought to the forefront a multitude of social, environmental, and economic challenges that have persisted in New Jersey long before this pandemic struck. When the virus is gone, these very same challenges will make us even more vulnerable to the next inevitable disaster unless we take radical actions to address them now.

Looking to New Jersey’s Future

Thursday, April 9th, 2020

Creating strong, healthy, resilient communities in the face of COVID-19 – a message from New Jersey Future.

Does the Retail Apocalypse Mean the End of Downtowns?

Monday, February 17th, 2020

New Jersey Future and JGSC Group presented Does the Retail Apocalypse Mean the End of Downtowns? at the annual American Planning Association–New Jersey conference held on January 23rd in New Brunswick. The answer to that apocalyptic question was a resounding “maybe”.

Addressing urban challenges at the APA Policy and Advocacy Conference

Monday, November 11th, 2019

At the APA Policy and Advocacy Conference, executive director Peter Kasabach discussed the role of state policy in helping to advance “Legacy Cities.”

Three Lessons for Reinventing the Suburbs

Friday, October 11th, 2019

Peter Kasabach joined three other experts at the Governor’s Conference on Housing and Economic Development Reinventing the Suburbs panel to unpack the top issues facing our suburbs.

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