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Planning for Sea-Level Rise I: Accounting for Damage
This series of articles was written by New Jersey Future intern Connor Montferrat. Introduction For the past four years, New Jersey Future has assisted several coastal communities with recovery and...
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Planning for Sea-Level Rise II: Redirecting Development
This series of articles was written by New Jersey Future intern Connor Montferrat. Rendering of Woolwich Township TDR This is the second of a series of posts that will examine strategies being used in...
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New Jersey Future Staff To Speak at Planning Conference
Three members of the New Jersey Future staff will be on the dais at the New Jersey Chapter of the American Planning Association’s annual New Jersey Planning Conference, Jan. 26 and 27 in New Brunswick....
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Planning for Sea-Level Rise III: Restricting Development
This series of articles was written by New Jersey Future intern Connor Montferrat. How rolling easements move to protect changing shorelines. This is the third of a series of posts that will examine...
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Planning for Sea-Level Rise IV: Changes to Building and Site Standards
This series of articles was written by New Jersey Future intern Connor Montferrat. Increased setbacks can keep structures safer from rising seas. This is the fourth of a series of posts that will...
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Planning for Sea-Level Rise V: Overlay Zones
This series of articles was written by New Jersey Future intern Connor Montferrat. Examples of overlay zones. This is the fifth of a series of posts that will examine strategies being used in states...
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Planning for Sea-Level Rise VI: Tax Districts
This series of articles was written by New Jersey Future intern Connor Montferrat. This is the sixth of a series of posts that will examine strategies being used in states throughout the country to...
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Recommendations for the Next Governor
At its annual Redevelopment Forum, New Jersey Future released an ambitious but pragmatic plan for how the next governor can best utilize and preserve New Jersey’s most valuable assets in order to grow...
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Forum Roundtable: Getting to a Regional Approach to Coastal Resilience
New Jersey has been developing densely and extensively along its 125-mile coast and fragile barrier islands for more than three centuries. Hurricane Sandy was a wake-up call that storms are becoming...
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Joint Environment Committee Dives in on Climate Change, Coastal Resilience
The following article was written by New Jersey Future intern Chris Gough. Planning Manager David Kutner delivering testimony at the hearing. The Senate Environment and Energy Committee and the...
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Gubernatorial Candidates on Key Issues Facing New Jersey
Phil Murphy Kim Guadagno New Jersey Future asked the Democrat and Republican\two gubernatorial candidates how they plan to address some of the critical issues the new governor of New Jersey will face....
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Symposium Addresses Dangers of Inaction on Climate Change
Memories of Hurricane Sandy loomed large at New Jersey Future’s The Shore of the Future symposium “Dealing with Sandy was a nightmare for us,” said John Spodofora, mayor of Stafford Township and one of...
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New Report Shows New Jersey Is Still on the ‘Long Road Home’ After Sandy
On Oct. 29, 2012, hurricane Sandy devastated many communities along New Jersey’s coast. Five years later, many families have yet to recover from the storm and are still not back in their homes. A new...
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Smart-Growth Policy Priorities Well Represented on Murphy Transition Team
Among those named to Gov.-elect Phil Murphy’s transition team are 15 experts who have a current or prior affiliation with New Jersey Future, a sign that the priorities of the incoming administration...
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How the Fourth Regional Plan Could Affect New Jersey
A regional approach to planning ensures that the potential positive and negative impacts on a region are considered when local decisions are made. This lens helps to sustain the health of localities by...
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New Report Outlines Coastal Resilience Strategies
Recommendations include steps communities and the state can take to protect against future storms and sea-level rise. U.S. Air Force photo of Sandy damage to the Jersey Shore. New Jersey Future has...
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Workshop Highlights the Benefits of Green Infrastructure to Developers
Attendees at the Jan. 18 green infrastructure workshop in Bayonne. As communities across New Jersey are looking at their options for eliminating combined-sewer overflows (CSOs), working with private...
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The Transportation-Emissions Reduction Strategy No One’s Talking About
Transportation is clearly an emissions and energy-use issue; moving people and goods from one place to another requires energy, which in turn generates emissions. In fact, the transportation sector is...
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New Jersey Future Contributes Resiliency Planning Chapter to Planning Guide
The New Jersey Chapter of the American Planning Association has published the 2018 edition of the only comprehensive print resource for an overview of New Jersey planning law, regulation and policy....
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DEP Gathers Input at Coastal Resilience Summit on Local Actions To Plan for...
New Jersey Future provided information on innovative planning strategies and implementation actions from other coastal locations Damaged homes along the Jersey Shore (Courtesy of Greg Thompson, USFWS)...
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