New Jersey Future is celebrating the 15th anniversary of the Smart Growth Awards! This year, they will celebrate the winners at a cocktail reception Thursday, June 9, at Panasonic North America’s Newark headquarters. This annual event is one of the networking highlights of the year, drawing almost 300 land-use professionals, planners, attorneys, developers, and local and state officials.
In celebration of Rutgers University’s 250th Anniversary, this conference will showcase efforts of Rutgers’ faculty, staff and students in the Raritan Basin, provide a forum for identifying a University-wide agenda for stewardship of the Raritan, and establish a network for collaboration among University-based research, extension and outreach-efforts related to the Raritan Basin.
Plan now to attend the 2016 New Jersey Sustainability Summit on June 15 at The College of New Jersey. Be part of the collaborative enterprise needed to ensure a sustainable future for New Jersey and beyond!
Join the New Jersey County Planners Association to celebrate their 60th Anniversary with an afternoon of presentations, including a historical review of the NJCPA and a look at the past and future 60 years in regional planning. An optional awards dinner will follow.
Please join us Friday the 24th to network with fellow planning professionals and planning students working on both sides of the Hudson! This event serves as a wonderful opportunity to meet planners from the region as well as connect with old-friends. Small appetizers will be provided.
Golf and Mingle with Today's LEEDing Green Building Players.
Please join APA-NJ on Saturday, July 9th for a 2-hour walking tour of Duke Farms, a model of environmental stewardship that inspires visitors to become informed stewards of the land. It is a place of education, enjoyment and research that enhances the environmental health of the region.
Hosted in the heart of downtown Summit - a Main Street New Jersey community since 2014. This 66th NJDI features a day-long intensive workshop teaching how to run a business recruitment program within a variety of budgets and staffing constraints.
As communities look to measure sustainability in a world of proliferating indicators and rating systems, planners find that some metrics are easier to measure – and manage – than others. Dive deeper into the topic of sustainability metrics with speakers from Audubon International, STAR Communities, New York State, and SUNY Binghamton, who will share real world examples and recommendations for measuring sustainability.
This seminar will focus on real estate finance and provide techniques you can use to make the municipal review process more productive. The speakers will explain how zoning and other factors impact the development decision-making process. It has been approved by Rutgers-Center for Government Services for 3 CE credits toward renewal of your certificate.
New Jersey’s failure to plan for and provide housing at the right price is encouraging outmigration and affecting the economy. The panel will discuss the ramifications of such shortfalls, the need to move forward with planning for affordable housing, and the benefits to neighborhood stability and investment when affordable housing is made available. New Jersey cannot afford to wait for the court’s decision, we must begin to plan for and provide a variety of housing choices for all New Jerseyans, including the middle class.