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2007: The Leadership Institute
The New Jersey Smart Choices Leadership Institute was a four-day intensive workshop held in March 2007 at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
The Leadership Institute brought together seven local teams from eight municipalities across the state: Asbury Park, Fair Haven, Middlesex, Hamilton, Raritan, Orange/West Orange and Toms River. The purpose of the Institute was to:
- Provide community leaders with the knowledge, skills and means to more successfully integrate transportation planning and local land use decision-making;
- Provide an environment where leaders can learn from each other, and join a growing network of committed individuals whose ongoing collaborations will foster smart growth solutions and sustainable community change throughout New Jersey; and
- Seek to identify "champions for change" and provide them with techniques and tools that will allow them to be more effective leaders in their respective municipalities.
Posted below are some of the materials produced, distributed or presented at the Leadership Institute (more will be posted as they become available):
- Proceedings
- Lessons Learned
- Presentation: Newwork Principal Michael Saltzman, The Role of Housing in Redevelopment
- Presentation: PPS Vice-President Andy Wiley-Schwartz, Building our Towns around Places
- Presentation: Newwork Principal Michael Saltzman, The Role of Housing in Redevelopment
- Presentation: Clarke Caton Hintz Principal John Clarke, From Vision to Plan
- Presentation: NJDOT Project Planning & Development Director Gary Toth, Transportation and Community
- Presentation: University of Maryland Professor Charles Field, Interest-based Negotiations
- Presentation: NJ Office of Smart Growth Executive Director Eileen Swann, Resources for Smart Growth
- Presentation: NJ TRANSIT Assistant Director of Transit-Friendly Land Use & Development Vivian Baker, Transit-Oriented Development
- Presentation: LCOR Real Estate Vice-President Anthony Marchetta, Transit-Oriented Development: A Developer's Perspective
- Presentation: NJ Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency Chief of Policy and Community Development Peter Kasabach, How the Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency Can Help You
- Presentation: National Center for Smart Growth Associate Director John Frece, Shaping the Message
- Hand-out: Recommended Reading List for Leaders in Smart Growth from Judy Brown and Andy Wiley-Schwartz
- Report: Who Lives in New Jersey Housing? New Jersey Demographic Multipliers How many people and school children are generated by new housing in New Jersey? From the Department of Community Affairs
- Report: Who Lives in New Jersey Housing? A quick guide to New Jersey Demographic Multipliers from the Department of Community Affairs
- Report: Parking Matters: Designing, Operating and Financing Structured Parking in Smart Growth Communities from the Department of Community Affairs
For more information, contact Carmen Valentin at the Municipal Land Use Center, (609) 771-2865.
Funding for the Leadership Institute was provided by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.