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Fall 2009 (E-Newsletter)
- Governor-Elect Weighs in on Smart Growth
- Where Are We Going? Planning on the Next 20 Years
- New Jersey Future Sets Sights on Reauthorization of Transportation Trust Fund
- State's Structure Warps Land-use Decision
- Congressman Holt Joins Constituent on Daily Commute for 'Take Your Legislature to Work Day'
- Workshop Highlights Grants for Walkable Communities
- Call for Nominations for 2010 Smart Growth Awards
Summer 2009 (E-Newsletter)
- New Jersey Future Honores Seven Projects with Smart Growth Award
- Governor Urged to Preserve, Strengthen State Planning Process
- Smart Housing Incentives Act Advances
- New Jersey Loses Two Civic Leaders: Bruce Coe and John Payne
- Five New Members Join NJF Board
- NJF Joints T4-America Campaign
Fall 2008 (click here for PDF)
- Legislation Drafted to Create Smart Housing Incentive Program
- Discussion Showcases Role of Art in Redevelopment
- Affordable-Housing Opportunities Abound in 'Built-out' Areas"
- 2009 Smart Growth Awards - Call for Nominations
- Draft of State Plan Rewrite Expected by Year's End
Spring 2008 (click here for PDF)
- Redevelopment Forum Draws a Record Crowd
- Task Force Participation Opens Doors to Opportunity
- Seven Projects, 29 Honorees Garner Smart Growth Awards
- Members and Friends Warm to 'Growing Cooler' Event
Winter 2008 (click here for PDF)
- Doria, Jackson to Speak at Redevelopment Forum
- Smart Housing Task Force to Tackle Zoning and Environmental Reviews
- Reconnect Jobs and Transit in New Jersey
- Report Puts focus on Brownfields
- New Jersey Future Welcomes Five New Board Members
Fall 2007 (Click here for PDF)- Peter Kasabach Named Executive Director
- Jonathan Rose to Keynote 2008 Redevelopment Forum
- Task Force Seeks Ways to Promote Smart For Economic Prosperity
- Energy Use, Emissions Linked to Development
Issue #2 Summer 2007 Click here for PDF.
- NJF Honors Eight Projects with Smart Growth Awards
- Brookings Report Promotes State Role in Revitalizing Cities
- Redevelopment forum Focuses on Bringing New Life to Old New Jersey
- Build it...and They Will Ride
Issue #1 Winter 2007. Click here for PDF.
- Redevelopment on the Brink
- Capital Talk: Sewers, State Planning, and Housing
- NJ By the Numbers: Is Housing Shortage Behind Slowing Growth in NJ?
- Making Sense of NJ's Tax Reform Proposals
Issue #3, 2006 Click here for PDF.- Cross Acceptance Resumes with Strengthened Map
- Seven Awards for Outstanding Smart Growth Efforts
- News from New Jersey Future
Issue #2, 2006 Click here for PDF.
- Seven win Smart Growth Award
- Meet Eileen Swan
- Leveraging Assets to Build Stronger Communities
- News from New Jersey Future
Issue #1, 2006 Click here for PDF.
- Plan Endorsement for Ocean Township
- NJ's Prosperity: Where and How We Grow
- Smart Growth Awards
- News from New Jersey Future
Issue #4, 2005 Click here for PDF.
- Election 2005: The Candidates Speak on Smarter Growth
- Four Ways to Genuine Prosperity: A New Agenda for New Jersey
- State Planning Updates
- Upcoming Events
Issue #3, 2005 Click here for PDF.
- Best in Smart Growth: 2005
- New Course for NJ's Development? The View from the Ombudsman’s Office
- Fast Track Law: An Update
- State Plan Update: A Look at Cross Acceptance and Plan Endorsement
Issue #2, 2005 Click here for PDF.
- Eight Win Smart Growth Award Honors
- New Jersey's Wildlife Strategy
- Smart Growth and the Environment: The View from the Commissioner's Office
- Recommendations Series: Historic Preservation
Issue #1, 2005 Click here for PDF.
- Critical Update Underway for State Plan Map
- Meet the Executive Director, George Hawkins
- The State Planning Commission Members
- Smart Growth Policy Updates
Issue #3, 2004 Click here for PDF.
- Affordable Housing and the Proposed COAH Rules
- "Race to the Middle" in Development Wastes Land, Money & Time
- Incorporating Parking in Downtown Redevelopment
- New Training for Planning & Zoning Board Members
Issue #2, 2004 Click here for PDF.- Viewpoint: Streamlining Development and Protecting the Highlands
- NJF's Smart Growth Award Winners
- Transfer of Development Rights to Stop Sprawl
- Products from New Jersey Future
Issue #1, 2004 Click here for PDF.- Three Steps Forward for Smart Growth
- Eight Win Smart Growth Award Honors
- Smart Growth Legislative Watch
- News from New Jersey Future
Third and Fourth Quarters 2003 Click here for PDF.
- Will State be Ready for Cross Acceptance?
- 2003 Year in Review
- The Best in Smart Growth 2003
- Three Tests for Smarter Growth
Second Quarter 2003 Click here for PDF.- Six Win 2003 Smart Growth Award Honors
- Smart Growth Just Got Easier
- Legislative Watch
- News Brief - NJF Appointed to Blue Ribbon Transportation Commission
First Quarter 2003 Click here for PDF.- A Checklist for Smarter Growth in 2003
- Interview with Timothy J. Touhey
- The newest State Planning Commission members
- Legislative Watch
Summer, 2002 Issue Click here for PDF.- Setting the Pace for Smarter Growth
- A Celebration of Smart Growth
- Legislative Watch
- News Brief - SPC Appointments
- Thanks
Early Winter 2002 Click here for PDF.- New Members - State Planning Commission
- News From New Jersey Future
- Legislative Watch
- Thanks
Fall 2001 - Special Edition - Election 2001 Click here for PDF.- Experience Speaks
- The Candidates on NJF's 20 Ways to Smarter Growth
- Newsbrief
- Legislative Watch
- Thanks
Summer 2001 Click here for PDF.- NJ Off Course for Genuine Prosperity
- What do Voters say?
- How Smart Growth can Help
- Legislative Watch
- Thanks
Spring 2001 Click here for PDF.- NJ Off Course for Genuine Prosperity
- NJF in the News
- Thanks
- Legislative Watch
February 2001 - 2001 Smart GrowtReporth Card NJ Stepping Up to Challenge of Change
- Revised State Plan to be Adopted March 1
- "Regional Planning Preserved the Character of Our Community"
- Citizen Group Triumphs in Hillsborough
- Sustainable State Institute Moves Toward Reality
- New Jersey Future Thanks...
Fall 2000 - Sober Realities, Solutions with Promise
- "Best Practices" From Around the Nation
- News from New Jersey Future
- New Jersey Future Thanks...
Summer 2000 - "Best Practices" Featured at Sept. 15 Conference, Reception
- Statewide Survey Results: Voters Favor Spending on Exisiting Communities
- Business Interests and Smart Growth by James H. Dodge
- News Briefs
- New Jersey Future Thanks...
March/April 2000 - Revised State Plan Inches Closer to Unveiling
- At the Helm of State Planning: State Planning Commisssion Profiles
- Sustainable Business Conference Set for April 18
- New Jersey Future Thanks...
January/February 2000 - Legislature Takes Up Smart Growth Sword -Transportation and School Issues Key
- Cities, Suburbs Win With Inside Game/Outside Game by David Rusk
- NJF Shares in $9.35 Million Duke Grant
- CAFRA Rules Adopted
- From the Executive Director: State Development Plan Can't Work If It's Ignored
- News From New Jersey Future News in Brief
- New Jersey Future Thanks...
November/December 1999 - The Maryland Model:Making Smart Growth Smarter
- Celebrating Public Transit, With Style
- News From New Jersey Future News in Brief
- New Jersey Future Thanks...
September/October 1999 - New Jersey Chosen to Model Smart Growth to the Nation
- The Newer and Smarter American Dream by Robert L. Liberty
- Senator Lautenberg to be Honoredat November Celebration
- CAFRA Rules Released
- Nation's Governors Adopt Smart Growth
- News From New Jersey Future NJF Welcomes B. Timothy Evans
- New Jersey Future Thanks...
Summer 1999
The Summer 1999 edition of the newsletter was a special edition devoted to the release of the Sustainable State Report. - The 1999 Sustainable State Report
- The 1999 Sustainable State Leadership Conference
- 1999 Conference Address by Gary Gardner, Worldwatch Institute
- 1999 Executive Order on Sustainable Development
March/April 1999 - So What's Wrong With Sprawl? Opponents of Smart Growth Speak Out by Susan M. Burrows
- Making the Doers Planners by Martin A. Bierbaum
- Drawing Cities into the State Plan
- News From New Jersey Future: Board Briefs
- New Jersey Future Thanks...
January/February 1999 - Sustainable State Goals and Indicators Near Release
- NJ Leads In Nation's Smart Growth Race:But For How Long? by Barbara L. Lawrence
- What We Lost in the Great Suburban Migration by Ray Suarez
- CAFRA Revisions Could Curb "Dumb" Growth
- News From New Jersey Future: Board Briefs
- New Jersey Future Thanks...
November/December 1998 - Report to Launch NJ Toward Sustainable Future
- Berlin's Livable Communities: A State Plan in Action
- Ideas for Saving New Jersey's Countryside by Richard Wakeford
- From the Director: Smart Growth Lessons from Germany by Barbara L. Lawrence
- News From New Jersey Future: Marianne Jann Joins New Jersey Future Staff
- New Jersey Future Thanks...
September/October 1998 - New Jerseyans Turn Out to Shape Sustainable State
- It's Your Turn: Upcoming Events
- Degnan Named NJF Chair
- State Plan Victory in Hillsborough, But Fight Not Over
- Toasting a New Agenda for NJ's Quality of Life
- New Jersey Future Thanks...
- NJF in the News
- Board Briefs
May/June 1998 - Statewide Workshop Shapes Goals, Measures for a Sustainable State
- NJF Chair to Head State Planning Commission
- Across Two Cultures: The "Sustainable Development Divide" by Dr. Martin Bierbaum
- Growth, Sprawl & NJ: Five More Myths
- NJF in the News
- New Jersey Future Thanks...
- Task Force to Review Hillsborough Go-Ahead
- Board Briefs
March/April 1998 - Goals for a Sustainable State
- Growth, Sprawl & NJ: Five Myths and Misconceptions
- Legal Update: Hillsborough
- From the Director: Bittersweet Days
- Your Chance to Help the Future
- NJF in the News
- Board Briefs
- News From New Jersey Future
- New Jersey Future Thanks...
January/February 1998 - Sustainable State Leadership Meetings
- NJF Starts On-line Discussion Groups
- Barbara Lawrence Asks What Gov Whitman's Legacy Will Be
- Lessons To Be Learned from Netherlands by Dorothy Bowers
- State Plan Upheld in DEP vs. NJ Builders Assoc
- Coalition Forms to Fight Suburban Sprawl
- New Jersey Future Thanks...
- Board Briefs
- News From New Jersey Future