Creating opportunities for more people to walk, bike, and take public transit is a critical element of growing and developing smarter. As we improve infrastructure and programs to accomplish this goal, we must make sure that we are improving access for everyone, especially those who have traditionally been, and continue to be, excluded or made to feel less safe in these spaces.
Smart Growth
Supporting Equitable Access to Transit and Active Transportation
Monday, May 23rd, 2022Geography of Equity and Inclusion: The Big Picture
Thursday, June 24th, 2021Spatial segregation persists across the United States and continues to result in economic, educational, and health disparities. Nonetheless, according to several planning professionals and activists at the Geography of Equity and Inclusion: The Big Picture session, equitable approaches, processes, and strategies can help mitigate spatial segregation in New Jersey.
New Jersey Future analysis of the New Jersey Economic Recovery Act of 2020
Monday, December 21st, 2020There is much for smart growth advocates to like in S3295/A4, the economic incentives legislation passed by the New Jersey Legislature. New Jersey Future looks forward to working with the legislature and administration to move from vision to incentivized projects on the ground.
New Jersey’s population impacted by loss of immigrants
Thursday, August 6th, 2020Recent changes in federal immigration policy have slowed the stream of immigrants to a trickle with implications for the New Jersey’s overall population growth.
Smart Growth Gets Smarter
Wednesday, March 11th, 2020More than 500 planners, developers, local and state officials, and other professionals joined New Jersey Future in New Brunswick at the March 6 day-long conference to look at current redevelopment trends and hear from thought leaders in the field.
Deadline Extended to May 31! Apply for a 2020 Smart Growth Award
Monday, January 13th, 2020The deadline for 2020 Smart Growth Award submissions is January 17, 2020. Get started on your application today!
Apply for a 2020 Smart Growth Award
Monday, November 11th, 2019The deadline for 2020 Smart Growth Award submissions is January 17, 2020. Get started on your application today!
Remembering Brendan Byrne
Friday, January 5th, 2018New Jersey Future mourns the loss of our friend and supporter, former Governor Brendan Byrne. New Jersey is the better for his service, and the poorer for his passing.
Smart-Growth Policy Priorities Well Represented on Murphy Transition Team
Monday, November 27th, 2017Smart-growth policy issues are well represented by the 15 experts now or formerly associated with New Jersey Future who have been named to the transition teams working with Governor-elect Phil Murphy.
McKinsey’s Smart Economic Vision for New Jersey
Thursday, July 20th, 2017A new report from McKinsey & Company on ways to accelerate New Jersey’s economic growth includes many smart-growth recommendations that New Jersey Future’s gubernatorial platform also addresses.
