In partnership with the NJ AARP chapter and other organizations, New Jersey Future is part of a collaborative effort to advance age-friendly state policy and local implementation, and with funding support from The Henry and Marilyn Taub Foundation, the Community Foundation of South Jersey, and the Grotta Fund for Senior Care, we’ve been able to conduct NJ-specific age-friendly research, develop a NJ-specific community guide, and work directly with communities to facilitate their local initiatives.
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From Planning With Purpose to Action for All Ages
Thursday, December 2nd, 2021How to Reinvigorate Retail-Anchored Downtowns in a Post-Pandemic World
Friday, June 25th, 2021Downtown economies need to reimagine retail. With empty storefronts plaguing Main Streets across the state and country, the How to Reinvigorate Retail-Anchored Downtowns in a Post-Pandemic World panel at the 2021 Planning and Redevelopment Conference offered insight about the future of downtown retail amid a time of uncertainty. Recognizing that the pandemic rewarded retailers that were “adaptive, resourceful, and capable of reinvention,” the panel described a large-scale placemaking project in the redevelopment of key sites in downtown Westfield and offered a forward-thinking perspective for attracting and retaining retail.
Helping towns design for all ages: New Jersey Future’s aging-friendly program is gaining momentum
Monday, February 15th, 2021A summary of milestones recently achieved by a number of towns New Jersey Future is working with to implement aging-friendly land use goals.
New Jersey Future Releases Guide to Implementing Aging-Friendly Land Use Decisions
Friday, January 15th, 2021New Jersey Future, with funding from The Henry and Marilyn Taub Foundation, developed Creating Great Places to Age in New Jersey: A Community Guide to Implementing Aging-Friendly Land Use Decisions to provide local communities with a step-by-step process to design their towns for the needs of older adults.
Visualizing an Aging-Friendly Built Environment for Implementation in Ridgewood Village
Tuesday, November 10th, 2020New Jersey Future partnered with the Village of Ridgewood to develop an aging-friendly land use implementation plan, and now a graduate design studio class at the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University is helping to move it along.
Planning for Aging-Friendliness in Fair Lawn Borough
Tuesday, December 17th, 2019Through a decision-maker and stakeholder engagement process, New Jersey Future will facilitate aging-friendly implementation planning in Fair Lawn over the next year. Kudos to Fair Lawn for integrating aging-friendly community building into local planning!
Local Implementation Planning in Ridgewood Village Will Help Create Great Places to Age in New Jersey
Monday, October 14th, 2019New Jersey Future recently facilitated an implementation workshop in collaboration with aging-friendly coordinators from Westwood Borough, Teaneck Township and Ridgewood Village.
A Better Way To Plan for Traffic Effects of New Development
Friday, November 2nd, 2018San Jose, California, is using a vehicle-miles-traveled score as a more accurate way than the traditional level-of-service analysis to assess the effectiveness of various traffic mitigation initiatives developers might employ.
DEP Gathers Input at Coastal Resilience Summit on Local Actions To Plan for Climate Change
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018At an invitation-only gathering hosted by the state DEP, New Jersey Future provided insight on innovative planning strategies and implementation actions from other coastal locations that could inform coastal resilience initiatives in New Jersey.
