Please join New Jersey Future on June 6 to celebrate the best in development and redevelopment projects around the state that embrace sustainable growth and environmental preservation. The ceremony will be held at 15 Washington Street, a building with a rich history connected to Newark’s past.
APA-New Jersey is proud to support the NJ History and Historic Preservation conference, an annual state-wide educational and networking opportunity for history and historic preservation professionals and allied professions. Register now, CM credits have been submitted.
Public engagement is a vital component of any planning project. As online tools become more sophisticated and accessible, planners are starting to use them in greater numbers to help them reach their communities more effectively. But, how do you know which ones to use when and how do you account for all the nuances of projects and locations?
Access to Smart City technologies and applications that high-speed broadband enables has become one of the most critical factors in any community’s economic development, affecting everything from our children’s education, to housing values, enterprise development, and health and welfare services for the poor and elderly. This is especially true in rural America, where access to high-speed broadband underpins any strategy for future economic growth – and is key to overcoming the “digital divide” and economic dislocation that continues to plague many of our small towns and rural communities across the nation.
Save the Date! The Affordable Housing Professionals of New Jersey are excited to once again be hosting a symposium on June 20 at the Metro Top Plaza. Topics include acquiring foreclosed properties, an update on HUD, and extension of controls. Register now a full agenda will be available shortly.
The 2018 New Jersey Sustainability Summit will bring together a unique mix of over 300 diverse participants from the public and private, state and local sectors. This year will highlight state level progress in achieving our collective goals, successful case studies from the ground, our new work in the Gold Star Standard in Water, and more.
Join us on Friday, June 22 from 11am-2pm for a Walking Tour of Downtown Hammonton. Designated one of APA New Jersey’s initial Great Places in New Jersey, Downtown Hammonton is a true standout in South Jersey; a source of renewed pride for residents, and a destination for visitors across the region.
Join us Friday, July 27th as industry leaders discuss smart growth principles through redevelopment studies and plans in addition to leveraging PILOTs. This half-day workshop will empower attendees with the knowledge necessary to understand and negotiate the best deals while also debunking redevelopment myths and misconceptions.
As urban populations have grown, the need for sustainable transportation systems is increasingly crucial. Communities must now account for a range of complex factors in their transportation and land-use planning, including mass transit, economic development, livable communities, population density, climate change, alternative energies and more. This webinar explores the concepts behind hind sustainable transportation and provides an overview of successfully applying sustainable transportation principles in Norway. The webinar also covers a program at the University of Washington designed to train planners and engineers to bring a sustainability perspective to all aspects of transportation systems policy and planning.