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  • Lieutenant Governor To Speak at Redevelopment Forum

    February 13, 2012 : 0 comments

    N.J. Lt. Gov. Guadagno will deliver the opening remarks at Redevelopment Forum 2012, focusing on how the state is streamlining its incentives to foster growth while preserving critical resources.

  • “Investment Area” Criteria Released for the State Strategic Plan

    February 13, 2012 : 0 comments

    The newly released the Priority Growth Criteria will determine where state development and preservation incentives will be directed. They need to be refined and tested to ensure they support the State Planning Act and work in accordance with smart-growth principles.

 

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North Jersey Receives $5 Million Federal Grant To Boost Growth Around Transit

New Jersey Future is pleased to be part of the project team that will manage a $5 million HUD Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant award, announced today by Secretary Shaun Donovan.

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New Jersey Future Honors Brendan Byrne

November 22, 2011 — Brendan T. Byrne — whose governorship was marked by landmark measures that protected the Pinelands, enhanced mass transit and promoted urban revitalization — was honored by New Jersey Future at a reception at the Morven Museum & Gardens on Nov. 20.

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Coalition of Planning Advocates Calls for Amendments to NJ Economic Development bill

Nov. 30, 2011 — The New Jersey Assembly will be considering passage of a bill (A4306) that, in its current form, will undermine the goals of the State’s Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit (UTHTC) program and weaken the state’s long-term economic competitiveness. The bill should be amended to avoid the erosion of the UTHTC program’s capacity to level the playing field between urban and suburban markets and ensure that the development the program boosts is truly transit-oriented.

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New Jersey Future to Honor Brendan Byrne

November 14, 2011 — Brendan T. Byrne — whose governorship was marked by landmark measures that protected the Pinelands, enhanced mass transit and promoted urban revitalization — will be honored by New Jersey Future at a reception at the Morven Museum & Gardens on Nov. 20 from 4 to 6 p.m.

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Consolidating county’s school districts would yield benefits beyond cost savings

Hunterdon County leaders are looking into the idea of consolidating the county’s more than two dozen school districts into a single, countywide district.

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Christie Administration Can Support Growth and Reduce Environmental Damage … If It Commits to Updating Wastewater Plans

January 20, 2012 — Press coverage of S3156, the recently signed law to change New Jersey’s water quality rule, has been dominated by two opposing positions. The building community has insisted that the existing rule be scaled back and delayed to allow more opportunities for development projects on open lands in order to create jobs and jump-start the economy. Environmentalists, meanwhile, have focused on the bill’s adverse impact on the state’s drinking water supplies.

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How Will the Garden State Grow?

December 27, 2011 — New Jersey has grown and developed during the past quarter-century in much the same way as it did during the half-century that preceded it—ever outward, from established places where infrastructure already exists to sprawling suburbs that encroach on environmentally sensitive areas.

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