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"In its simplest form, sustainable progress means making sure that our actions today will provide us with the kind of life we want to live in the future."


Newsletter Archive

Copies of New Jersey Future's newsletter dating back to 1986 are available by mail or fax from our archives. For additional information, contact njfuture@njfuture.org or call New Jersey Future at 609-393-0008.

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


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