More than 300 people attended the 2009 Smart Growth Awards on June 3, 2009 at the Newark Club.

New Jersey Future’s Smart Growth Awards honor town officials, developers, contractors, architects and corporate leaders who have the courage to resist status quo growth patterns and instead adopt smart growth values and design principles.  Click here to view the winners. For the list of sponsors, click here.

Title Sponsors
    

Antique tiles from Artifacts Gallery in Trenton that
are given to Award Winners.

Art Linfante, an award
winner for Bloomfield Center Redevelopment Plans talks with
Peter Kasabach, New Jersey Future Executive Director.

Tom O'Neill, chair of the Smart Growth Award jury and
New Jersey Future Board Member, talks with one of the winners.

Vincent Myers, Smart Growth Award juror,
talks with colleagues.

Chris Sturm, Senior Director of State Policy at New Jersey Future,
talks with a guest.

Toni Griffin, New Jersey Future board member and
Smart Growth Award winner, talks with Susan Bass Levin,
Deputy Executive Director at the Port Authority of NY and NJ.

Ingrid Reed, Chair of New Jersey Future Board of Trustees welcomes
guests at the event.

Peter Kasabach, Executive Director at New Jersey Future
gives remarks at the event.

Tom O'Neill, chair of the Smart Growth Award jury,
and New Jersey Future board member, presents the awards.

Winners wait to receive their award.

Peter Kasabach gives Bob Goldsmith his award for 14 Maple Avenue.

Bloomfield Center Redevelopment Plan receives their award.

Peter Kasabach gives Toni Griffin her award for
the Broad Street Station and Living Downtown Redevelopment Plans in Newark.

Peter Kasabach and New Jersey Future Board Members.

Teri Jover, Managing Director at New Jersey Future and
Emily Goldman of the New Jersey Smart Growth Alliance.

Awards Selection
The Awards are selected by an independent jury, which includes representatives of New Jersey Future's Board of Trustees, as well as other respected professionals in development and planning. All nominations receive careful consideration by the Awards Selection Committee -- please click here to see the list of this year's jurors.

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Sustainable Design and Implementation
 
14 Maple Avenue, Morristown
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Robert S. Goldsmith/Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis, Morristown Parking Authority

Town Center Redevelopment Plan

Bloomfield Center Redevelopment Plan, Bloomfield
Township of Bloomfield, Newwork, Value Research Group

Comprehensive Revitalization Strategy
 
Broad Street Station and Living Downtown Redevelopment Plans, Newark
City of Newark, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP

Creative Affordable Housing and Neighborhood Preservation 
Fairview Village, Camden
Camden Redevelopment Agency, New Jersey Housing & Mortgage Finance Agency,
RPM Development

Main Street Redevelopment
 
The Avenue Development and the Marketplace at Eden, South Orange
Eden Gourmet, Township of South Orange Village, Sterling Properties

Participatory Neighborhood Plan
 
North Camden Neighborhood Plan, Camden
Camden Lutheran Housing Inc., Cooper’s Ferry Development Association,
Save Our Waterfront

Community-University Partnership

Rowan Boulevard, Glassboro
Borough of Glassboro, Rowan University, SORA Holdings