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  • New Jersey Future’s Lame Duck Legislative Priorities for 2023-2024

    New Jersey Future’s Lame Duck Legislative Priorities for 2023-2024

    December 5, 2023 : 0 comments

    The Legislature’s “lame-duck” session began in November and will end in early January. This is a time before newly elected legislators take office in January, and is a time of great unpredictability.  This can be an active, albeit brief, window of time when legislators may be willing to hear new policy priorities or advance existing bills in the final weeks of the session. 

  • The Future of Housing in New Jersey

    The Future of Housing in New Jersey

    November 30, 2023 : 0 comments

    Housing shapes communities while communities shape the quality of life and access to opportunities for each of us. Local officials are on the front lines of housing development, shaping what kind of housing gets built, where it can be constructed, and the local roads and sidewalks residents use to get from their homes to everywhere else.

  • The NJ State Development and Redevelopment Plan is Being Updated – Where and How Should New Jersey Grow? Add Your Voice!

    The NJ State Development and Redevelopment Plan is Being Updated – Where and How Should New Jersey Grow? Add Your Voice!

    October 12, 2023 : 0 comments

    The State Planning Commission (SPC) is hosting a series of eight webinars in October to gather input on how to update the New Jersey State Development & Redevelopment Plan. Last adopted in 2001, the State Plan provides a comprehensive framework intended to guide future development, redevelopment, conservation, preservation, and restoration efforts in the state of New Jersey.

  • Green Infrastructure in the Garden State: Stormwater Research in the Delaware River Watershed

    Green Infrastructure in the Garden State: Stormwater Research in the Delaware River Watershed

    September 20, 2023 : 0 comments

    In 2020, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) updated the Stormwater Management Rules, which now require that municipalities incorporate green infrastructure into major development projects. In many areas of the state, this relatively new policy change has meant a significant departure from the way that stormwater management was approached previously.

  • Accessing New Federal Funding for Active Transportation Projects:  Camden County Got a Bunch, How Can You?

    Accessing New Federal Funding for Active Transportation Projects: Camden County Got a Bunch, How Can You?

    September 18, 2023 : 0 comments

    The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) was signed into law by President Joe Biden on November 15, 2021, investing $1.2 trillion in America’s infrastructure. From the IIJA, New Jersey municipal, county, and state governments have the opportunity to tap into once-in-a-generation funding programs, many of which support safe and accessible transportation alternatives for walkers, bikers and rollers.

  • Creating Safe Communities and Options for Walk-Bike-Ride Transportation in New Jersey

    Creating Safe Communities and Options for Walk-Bike-Ride Transportation in New Jersey

    August 8, 2023 : 0 comments

    “Every decision about transportation is an opportunity to build a clean, healthy, and more prosperous future,” declared Christopher Coes, Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) as he provided prepared remarks to open the session “Delivering Walk-Bike-Ride Transportation in New Jersey” at the 2023 Planning and Redevelopment Conference co-hosted by the NJ Chapter of the American Planning Association and New Jersey Future.

  • Rethinking Colonial Narratives and Transforming Native Insight into Actions: Indigenous Preservation of History

    Rethinking Colonial Narratives and Transforming Native Insight into Actions: Indigenous Preservation of History

    July 20, 2023 : 0 comments

    “Lenape means ‘the original human’, and that is where we need to get back to,” Chief Vincent Mann expressed, adding, “[reconnecting with the land] would provide us a way to encourage the people of tomorrow to take what we are sacrificing to create for them to further the future.” Indigenous people have a rich history of interacting in harmony with the environment.

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