ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

Contents

Letter from Peter Kasabach, Executive Director 5

Awards Program 6

About the Smart Growth Awards 7

2011 Awards Selection Committee 8

Thank You and Listing of 2011 Awards Sponsors 10

2011 Honoree Profiles 11

James G. Gilbert, C ary Edwards Leadership Award 11

Bailey Corner, Pilesgrove & Woodstown 12

Barbara W. Valk Firehouse Apartments, Madison 13

Bayshore Recycling Complex, Woodbridge 14

Byram Village Center 15

The Cracker Factory, Trenton 16

Duke Farms, Hillsborough 17

Hoboken Housing Authority Vison 20/20 Plan 18

Map of Smart Growth Award-Winning Projects by CountY 19

Previous Smart Growth Award Winners 20

Display Advertising 23

A Salute to Our Funders 40 June 9, 2011

Dear Distinguished Honorees and Guests:

Welcome to New Jersey Future’s James G. Gilbert, was as instrumental in the adoption 2011 Smart Growth Awards of the first State Development and Redevelopment celebration. Plan in 1992 as former Assemblyman and Attorney General Cary Edwards was in the passage of the State This year’s celebration marks Planning Act seven years earlier. a very special occasion for us. This is the 10th year New Jer- This year’s Smart Growth Award-winners reflect an sey Future is honoring proj- unusually wide range of projects and plans: a creative ects from across our state that inter-municipal affordable-housing project in Piles- advance the cause of smart grove and Woodstown; an innovative example of growth. As we look back over the years, we are both industrial sustainability in Woodbridge; a new town awed and humbled by the progress that has been made center in Byram; historic redevelopment projects in in the state toward achieving smart growth outcomes Trenton and Madison; a unique environmental stew- and by the emerging leadership coming from all sec- ardship and education effort in Hillsborough; and a tors to support this all-important movement—a move- comprehensive neighborhood revitalization strategy ment that our state will depend on for its future health in Hoboken. These are real-world examples of the and prosperity. kind of vision and creativity—in big cities and small towns, in rural and suburban centers and revitalized Since our first Smart Growth Awards celebration in urban neighborhoods—that will help make New Jer- 2002, we have presented 64 awards—some for innova- sey a better, more vibrant and exciting place to live. tive planning, others for creative projects, still others for effective policies that have advanced the principles At New Jersey Future, we continue to advocate for of smart growth in all parts of our state. Smart Growth policies that will set our state on a course toward Awards are now on proud display from Salem, Wool- smart, sustainable growth. We invite you to join us in wich and Collingswood in the south to Jersey City, Pa- our efforts, and we thank you for joining us in hon- terson and Wood-Ridge in the north, from Camden, oring the seven 2011 Smart Growth Award-winning Delanco and Trenton on the Delaware River to Atlantic projects that have moved us several steps closer to City, Belmar and Long Branch on the Atlantic Ocean— achieving this goal. and a whole host of cities and towns in between. Sincerely, Over the years, special recognition has been given to Verizon, Merck & Co., SJP Properties, PSE&G and, last year, to our longtime trustee Cary Edwards, whose un- timely death shortly thereafter we now commemorate with the establishment of the Cary Edwards Leadership Award. It is particularly appropriate that this year’s re- Peter Kasabach cipient, former State Planning Commission Chairman Executive Director

5 ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

AWARDS PROGRAM

6:20 p.m. WelcomE

Peter Kasabach Executive Director, New Jersey Future

6:25 p.m. pRESENTATION of AwardS

2011 Smart Growth Awards

Pamela Mount Chair, 2011 Awards Selection Committee Member, New Jersey Future Board of Trustees Owner, Terhune Orchards

Ingrid Reed Member, 2011 Awards Selection Committee Member, New Jersey Future Board of Trustees Senior Fellow, New Jersey Future

Cary Edwards Leadership Award

Harry Pozycki Chair, The Citizens Campaign

Steven J. Pozycki Chairman & CEO, SJP Properties

6 About the Smart Growth Awards

New Jersey Future’s Smart Growth Awards honor ad- June 2002 marked the first Smart Growth Awards cel- opted plans and approved and built developments in ebration. The annual event attracts state, county and all parts of the state that exemplify sound land-use prac- municipal leaders, as well as community activists and tice through the implementation of smart-growth prin- professionals who are committed to bringing smarter ciples as embodied in the State Development and Re- growth to New Jersey. development Plan. The awards shine a well-deserved spotlight on the town officials, developers, contractors, architects and corporations with the courage to initiate projects and growth patterns that help strengthen New Jersey’s economic, social and environmental future.

Nominees are drawn from a statewide public nomina- tion process launched in the fall of each year. The fi- nalists are selected by an Awards Selection Committee of professional developers, architects, planners and re- development experts (see page 6). The winning proj- ects are chosen following site visits and interviews with project leaders.

Preference is given to projects that promote redevel- opment and infill development in areas and centers About the Antique Tiles designated for growth by the State Plan. In addition, winning projects are evaluated against the following New Jersey Future’s Smart Growth Awards are created smart-growth criteria: with antique tiles made in and around the Trenton area at the end of the 19th century. They were made Near existing development and infrastructure by Trent Tile, Providential Tile Works and the Robert- Increase range of housing options son Art Tile Company, all of which manufactured dec- Create or enhance a vibrant mix of uses orative tiles for use in homes and offices. At its prime, (residential, retail, office) Trent produced 8 million square feet of tile each year. Protect or enhance open space, farmland, parks and critical environmental areas New Jersey Future is proud to offer these awards as a reminder of the great things that will continue to hap- Create or enhance choices for getting around pen in our state. Walkable, designed for activities at the street level that encourage personal interaction The tiles were collected, restored and mounted by Respects community character, design and Marge Miccio of Artifacts Gallery, which offers a large historic features collection of Trenton memorabilia. It is located at 1025 Create or enhance linkages to existing South Broad Street, Trenton, (609) 599-9081 and can developments or plans be found online at www.artifactsgallerytrenton.com.

Utilize green or regenerative design techniques and materials

NEW JERSEY FUTURE SMART GROWTH AWARDS 2011 7 2011 Selection Committee

Pamela Mount (Committee Chair) acquisition of Leadership in Energy and Environmen- Member, New Jersey Future Board of Trustees tal Design (LEED®)-certified construction projects, Owner, Terhune Orchards she has managed more than a dozen LEED projects. Councilwoman, Lawrence Township She currently chairs the board of the U.S. Green Build- Since buying Terhune Orchards in 1975, Pam and ing Council’s New Jersey chapter, and serves as the li- Gary Mount, along with their three children, have ex- aison for the Education & Outreach Committee. Ms. panded the farm to 200 acres and established it as a Harrison has also been an active member of Indoor Air local community resource. The farm grows more than Quality Association for nearly a decade. 35 fruits and vegetables, from apples to zucchini, and has a farm market open year-round, as well as a bak- Robert Melvin, AICP/PP ery and cider mill. Ms. Mount was elected to Lawrence Principal Township Council in 1999, 2003 and 2007, and served Group Melvin Design as mayor in 2001, 2005 and 2009. Pam has served in Under Robert Melvin’s leadership, Woodbury-based recent years as founder and board chair of five non- Group Melvin Design completed a Transfer of Devel- profits: Lawrence Community Foundation, Lawrence opment Rights plan based on neo-traditional design Hopewell Trail, Farmers Against Hunger, Sustainable and sustainable principles for Woolwich Township — Lawrence and Sustainable Jersey. She is a member of the first TDR plan adopted under the 2004 statewide the DEP Clean Air council and Chair of the Mayors TDR enabling legislation. Previously, as director of Committee for a Green Future which over sees the Sus- planning for Washington Township, Mercer County, tainable Jersey Program. Mr. Melvin was responsible for planning and facilitat- John P. Clarke, FAIA ing implementation of Washington Town Center, the Senior Partner first “New Town” in New Jersey in a half-century to Clarke Caton Hintz be fully designed and positioned for development by John Clarke founded Clarke Caton Hintz, one of the a municipality in partnership with the development region’s most respected architectural, planning and community. He is a founding member of the New Jer- landscape design firms, in 1979. The firm reflects Mr. sey Chapter of the Congress for the New Urbanism. Clarke’s commitment to take a multi-faceted, inter-dis- ciplinary approach to design and development proj- Kelly A. Mooij, Esq. ects. He was the lead designer for the Mercer County Director of Government Relations Waterfront Ballpark, New Jersey’s most successful mi- New Jersey Audubon Society nor league baseball stadium. His design for the Roe- Kelly Mooij joined the New Jersey Audubon Society in bling Elementary School, which involved the adaptive April 2008 with experience in government relations reuse of an existing industrial structure, has won nu- complemented by an extensive environmental law merous design awards. Early in his career, Mr. Clarke background. Under her direction, the Government Re- was on the faculty of several schools of architecture, in- lations unit has enjoyed a number of successes includ- cluding the University of Virginia, Columbia University ing passage of the $400 million bond issue to renew and NJ Institute of Technology. the Garden State Preservation Trust; the campaign to Anastasia Harrison keep parks open in FY 2009; Dismal Swamp conserva- Director of Sustainability, Gannett Fleming tion legislation, Sunday bow-hunting legislation; and Board Chair, US Green Building Council-NJ Chapter working in coalition with other groups to pass forest Based in Gannett Fleming’s South Plainfield Office, stewardship legislation, all-terrain vehicle regulation Anastasia Harrison ensures that the international plan- legislation and several other important conservation ning, design and construction management firm’s bills. She has also been successful in working to increas- projects have the ability to reach the highest levels of ing funding to New Jersey for wildlife refuges, as well as sustainability. Responsible for leading the pursuit and ensuring federal support for state wildlife grants.

8 10th anniversary celebration 2011 Selection Committee

Anthony J. Perno III, Esq. Ingrid W. Reed President and CEO Member, New Jersey Future Board of Trustees Cooper’s Ferry Development Association Senior Fellow, New Jersey Future Anthony Perno joined Cooper’s Ferry Development Chair, NJSpotlight.com Association (CFDA) in 1999, when CFDA was an eco- Ingrid Reed held positions at The Rockefeller Univer- nomic development organization focusing on Cam- sity in New York City and Princeton University’s Wood- den’s downtown waterfront. As a project manager row Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, and eventually Vice-President, Anthony expanded and served as director of the New Jersey Project at Rut- the operations and funding by launching a $50 mil- gers’ Eagleton Institute of Politics for 15 years before lion infrastructure improvement program called the retiring in 2010. In retirement, she actively pursues her Interior Gateway as well as an award-winning home volunteer and professional interests in planning, gov- repair program that renovated more than 300 homes ernance, ethics and election issues. Currently a senior in the city. In 2009 as President, Anthony also broad- fellow at New Jersey Future, she also chairs the board ened the organization’s neighborhood portfolio and of NJSpotlight.com, the web site focusing on policy is- partnerships, and recently oversaw the merger with the sues critical to the state and its communities. She was Greater Camden Partnership. Anthony serves on the the founding chair of the Capital City Redevelopment board of the St. Joseph’s Carpenter Society, Camden Corporation and serves on its board. She is also on the County YMCA Advisory Board, and Camden County board of the Municipal Land Use Center at The Col- Open Space Commission, while also serving as Gover- lege of New Jersey. nor Christie’s appointment to the UMDNJ Task Force. He was re-elected to Merchantville Council in 2010, Donald M. Slaght where he lives in with his wife and two children. Managing Director Advance Real Estate Solutions Michael Redpath As managing director of Advance Real Estate Solu- President tions, a division of Advance Realty, Donald Slaght pro- Redpath and Associates vides corporations, investors and building owners with Michael Redpath has more than 30 years’ experience a comprehensive platform of investment, development managing nonprofit organizations and working within and advisory solutions. Before joining Advance, he was communities for the purpose of tourism and economic co-founder and executive vice president of Workstage development. He is currently President of Downtown LLC, a national company that developed more than 30 New Jersey and Executive Director of the Spring Lake build-to-suit projects totaling nearly $500 million for Business Improvement District. Redpath has served as clients including ADP, PayPal, Northrup Grumman, chief operating officer of organizations as diverse as Cox Communications, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines the New Jersey Amusement Association, New Jersey and Fairfield University. Earlier, he held a number of Offshore Powerboat Racing Association, Atlantic City’s positions at Gale & Wentworth, Inc., where he man- ACORA business organization and the New Jersey Trav- aged all service-sector divisions including leasing, as- el and Resort Association. He served three terms as a set, property and facility management, construction member of the Governor’s Travel and Tourism Advi- and development services. Mr. Slaght is vice chairman sory Council. In 2001, after nearly six years as director and former chairman of the Board of Directors of Spe- of public affairs (marketing) for Seaside Heights, he cial Olympics New Jersey. founded Redpath and Associates, a Toms River-based consulting firm focusing on business districts, tourism, and community development.

NEW JERSEY FUTURE SMART GROWTH AWARDS 2011 9 ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

Awards Sponsors

New Jersey Future offers its heartfelt thanks to the sponsors of the 2011 Smart Growth Awards, whose generous support makes it possible to celebrate the best in development and redevelopment projects in the state of New Jersey.

10th Anniversary Sponsors

Atlantic City Electric Marchetto Higgins Stieve Architects and Planners AvalonBay Communities, Inc. Merrill Lynch Advance Realty Group Minno & Wasko Architects & Planners Bayshore Recycling Corporation New Jersey Conservation Foundation Biggins Lacy & Shapiro & Co., Inc. New Jersey Economic Development Authority Cooper’s Ferry Development Association New Jersey Highlands Coalition Cooper University Hospital New Jersey Housing & Mortgage Finance Agency Edison Properties, LLC Pinelands Preservation Alliance ENVIRON PNC Bank Florio, Perrucci, Steinhardt & Fader, LLC Harry and Caroline Pozycki Genova, Burns & Giantomasi PSE&G Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis LLP Robert Wood Johnson Hospital - Hamilton Group Melvin Design Rosewood Properties Investors Savings Bank Sharbell Development Group H2M Architects & Engineers Sun Farm Network Jack Lettiere Consulting Silverman KSS Architects LLP SJP Properties LCOR Terhune Orchards Langan Engineering & Environmental Services Verizon Lowenstein Sandler PC Whitman Strategy Group M & M Development LLC Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer PA Maraziti Falcon & Healey, LLP Wolff & Samson PC

10 10th anniversary celebration c arY EDWARDS LEADERSHIP AWARD

JAMES G. GILBERT Managing Director-Investments and Wealth Management Advisor, Merrill Lynch

The Cary Edwards Leadership Award recognizes indi- As former chairman viduals who have a longstanding commitment to im- and member of the proving the quality of life and promoting smart growth Englewood Plan- in New Jersey through sustainable land-use policy and ning Board, he has practice. The recipients of this award are dedicated worked to imple- to strengthening communities by encouraging rede- ment sound land- velopment and development where infrastructure al- use planning and ready exists and by preserving and enhancing agricul- regulation at the lo- tural and natural resources. cal level.

This year’s winner—James G. Gilbert —has been a tire- And in his capacity less advocate for state planning, smart growth and sus- as a member of the tainable development in New Jersey. board of the High- lands Coalition, he As the first chair of the State Planning Commission, he has kept a close and was a driving force behind the initial adoption of the watchful eye on the State Development and Redevelopment Plan in 1992, latest effort to ensure effective regional planning in an carrying out the mandate of the State Planning Act environmentally sensitive region of the state. that New Jersey define and delineate those areas where future growth was to be encouraged and those that Mr. Gilbert’s many civic activities include former mem- merited preservation and protection. After adoption bership on the board of directors of the New Jersey of the State Plan, he shepherded the commission and Conservation Foundation; board of trustees of the staff through the painstaking cross-acceptance process, Community Theatre in Morristown; board of direc- the first effort to integrate state land-use planning with tors of New Jersey Common Cause; and Joint Advisory Board of the Bloustein School of Planning and Public county and local master plans and zoning ordinances. Policy/Center for Urban Policy Research, Rutgers Uni- Serving on the board of trustees of New Jersey Future versity. for the past two decades, he has steadily and forcefully In his professional life, Mr. Gilbert was a securities advocated for effective implementation of the State analyst at the Morgan bank, moving on to become a Plan, and for sustainable growth, environmental pres- municipal bond investment banker and underwriter at ervation, neighborhood revitalization and transporta- Paine Webber (now UBS ), then a corporate syndicate tion choice. staffer at W.E. Hutton before helping start the Corpo- A past president and current member of the board of rate Bond Department at Merrill Lynch, eventually New Jersey Planning Officials, he has promoted pub- heading the Corporate Bond New Issue Department. lic interest in municipal and regional planning, fos- He is now managing director-investments and wealth tered the cooperation of planning and zoning boards management advisor at Merrill Lynch, leading a team throughout the state in furthering the aims of plan- of financial advisors in the Morristown office. ning, assisted local boards with advice and encouraged the development of regional, county and state plan- Mr. Gilbert lives in Morristown with his wife, Kathleen, ning as an aid to local planning. and their two children.

NEW JERSEY FUTURE SMART GROWTH AWARDS 2011 11 CREATIVE INTER-MUNICIPAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING

BAILEY CORNER, PILESGROVE AND WOODSTOWN haley.donovan LLC, Ingerman, Pilesgrove Township and Woodstown Borough

It is not an everyday occurrence for two municipali- ment buildings linked by sidewalks on narrow streets ties in New Jersey to work together to build affordable within the community. The main road and sidewalks housing, but that is what happened in the case of Bai- from the new community link through to the older one ley Corner. What started in 2002 as a plan to meet one and also provide safe access to the newer, highway-ori- town’s affordable-housing requirements—and took ented amenities. seven years from conception to groundbreaking—has turned into a model for inter-municipal cooperation. Parking was moved off the street and into a long, wide alley behind the buildings to avoid vehicular conges- Situated on 9 acres straddling tion and enhance pedestrian the border between Pilesgrove safety on the main roads. A and Woodstown, Bailey Corner Colonial-style community build- was originally conceived as 75 ing, a community garden and a affordable units, part of a larger small pocket park with a tot lot redevelopment master plan for were placed in the middle of the Pilesgrove and an attempt to sat- neighborhood, forming a town isfy the township’s outstanding square-like nexus for commu- affordable-housing obligation. nity congregation. Compatible But the two municipalities streetscaping, lighting, signage, agreed to expand the project additional sidewalks within into Woodstown, allowing an- the community, indigenous other 16 units to be built that drought-resistant landscaping satisfied Woodstown’s affordable-housing obligation and related environmental design components com- and giving the project access to Woodstown’s sewer plete the integrated neighborhood feel. system. The residences are available in a range of sizes: 14 one- In agreeing to do this, both municipalities insisted that bedroom units, 49 two-bedroom units and 28 three- the development connect with and enhance the char- bedroom units, all single-story and designed in six acter of its surroundings—the older, compact Wood- different styles. Each has a separate entrance and a cov- stown neighborhood on one side and newer commer- ered porch facing the street, and the ground-floor flats cial development in Pilesgrove on the other. It needed are wheelchair-accessible and fully handicap-adaptable. to draw the pedestrian-friendly nature of the Wood- All buildings in the project have been constructed to stown neighborhood into the new development and, Energy Star standards. Financing for the $20 million at the same time, accommodate effectively the volume project was provided through a creative combination of both residents and vehicles that 91 additional units of low-income housing tax credits, subsidies from the would bring. New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency and deferred development fees. Cherry Hill-based affordable-housing developer Inger- man and Haddonfield architectural firm haley.dono- The opening of the Bailey Corner community has had van addressed these priorities by designing the units a doubly positive outcome. Both towns have satisfied into two-story buildings of Colonial style and scale. their affordable-housing obligations, and have shown The development, right down to its name, Bailey Cor- that the result when jurisdictions work together can be ner, has a small-town feel to it, with each of its apart- greater than the sum of their individual efforts.

12 10th anniversary celebration INCLUSIONARY INFILL DEVELOPMENT

BARBARA W. VALK FIREHOUSE APARTMENTS, MADISON Borough of Madison, Madison Affordable Housing Corporation and Madison Housing Authority

The Barbara W. Valk Firehouse Apartments is a modest wind turbine in the bell tower and geothermal op- four-story, 12-unit apartment building that houses very- tions. Some of the original building’s materials have low-income senior citizens in the heart of Madison’s also been recycled, including exterior brick, interior central business district. Despite its relatively small doors and copper pipes, for use in the construction of size, the project has made a big impact the new town fire and police building. on the surrounding neighborhood and in the lives of the seniors who live there, a Self-sufficiency programs geared specifi- percentage of whom were homeless prior cally to the needs and interests of the el- to moving in. derly residents of the building will be pro- vided, including budgeting, independent The building is located on the site of the living skills, housekeeping, fraud preven- original Madison Hook and Ladder Com- tion, health, exercise and safety programs. pany firehouse, which was built in 1903 A social worker will visit residents on an and eventually converted into an unre- as-needed basis to assess and address prob- markable two-story commercial building lems and/or needs, and to assist them in that came to serve as the borough’s health accessing other programs for which they center for a time. When the Madison Af- may be eligible, such as health and phar- fordable Housing Corporation was con- maceutical assistance programs, home en- sidering its options for redeveloping the ergy assistance, SSI, food stamps, etc. The site for new housing opportunities, it de- residents will be encouraged to maintain cided to look to the past and design the independence with walkable access pro- new building to approximate the look vided to area services, shopping and pub- and feel of the original historic building lic train, bus and van transportation. and blend into the fabric of the borough’s downtown. The community has been involved in ev- ery aspect of the planning of this project. The Firehouse Apartments consists of nine At several public forums, as well as pre- one-bedroom and three two-bedroom handicapped- sentations before the municipal council and planning accessible units. It is mixed use and hosts the offices board, the public was given opportunities to ask ques- of the Madison Housing Authority and the Madison tions and make suggestions. Additional meetings were Affordable Housing Corporation on the first floor, held with surrounding neighbors and business owners putting the office workers and residents within walk- to discuss the proposed plans for the new building. Af- ing distance of main street shopping, library, places of ter some initial skepticism, the project moved forward worship, municipal complex, train station and other and has enjoyed widespread public support. amenities. The Firehouse Apartments have spurred other devel- The building was constructed with “green” features, opment in the area. Directly across the street from the with individual utility meters as well as Energy Star- site is an abandoned building that is being developed rated electric range and refrigerator, hot water heater into 12 units of market-rate housing with commercial and central air conditioning installed in each unit. In stores on the first floor. The municipality is also investi- addition, renewable energy sources are being explored gating the development of additional parking for area for the building, including solar panels for the roof, merchants adjacent to the new building.

NEW JERSEY FUTURE SMART GROWTH AWARDS 2011 13 INNOVATIVE INDUSTRIAL SUSTAINABILITY

BAYSHORE RECYCLING COMPLEX, WOODBRIDGE Bayshore Recycling Corporation and Woodbridge Township

Bayshore Recycling Corporation’s facility represents a and recycles mixed construction and demolition de- unique example of smart growth in an industrial con- bris into secondary products, such as mulch and bio- text that brings together brownfield redevelopment, fuel; provides full-service metals recycling; and accepts advanced recovery of materials through recycling and dredge material at a barge terminal on site. sustainable operations. When build-out of the 15-year development plan is completed, Bayshore will operate Atop Bayshore’s Materials Recovery Facility, 9,365 pho- 100-percent “green” businesses powered by 100-per- to voltaic solar panels generate 679 kilowatts of electric cent renewable energy. power, supplying 40 percent of the energy needs of the low-temperature thermal desorption facility processing Bayshore’s 52-acre site is located in the Keasbey section contaminated soils. All other existing or new buildings of Woodbridge, which was founded in 1882 by Antho- at the complex will also be fitted with a rooftop solar ny and George Keasbey, who established the Raritan array as the 15-year plan is implemented. Installation Hollow and Porous Brick Company, later known as the of three wind turbines within the next two years will Carborundum Company. generate an additional 2.25 Since that time, the area has megawatts of energy. The remained industrial and, as a balance of the facility’s re- result, has historic contami- newable energy needs will be nation from industrial and met through development manufacturing operations of on-site biomass-to-energy that have taken place. technologies currently un- der technical review. Woodbridge Township has taken a strong interest and Bayhore’s multi-faceted re- lead in the revitalization of cycling complex provides a this area, achieving designation of 655 acres adjacent model to advance materials recovery in line with the to the Bayshore site as a Brownfield Development Area State Recycling Plan and the goal of achieving a munic- by the state Department of Environmental Protec- ipal recycling rate of at least 50 percent. In addition, tion. The township has committed resources toward the state’s 2008 Energy Master Plan calls for 900 mega- the area’s eventual cleanup and development, and has watts of energy from biomass as part of New Jersey’s put a redevelopment plan in place for the Keasbey sec- 2020 Renewable Portfolio Standard. Eventual imple- tion, seeking to establish the area as an Eco-Industrial mentation of on-site biomass-to-energy technologies Park—“an industrial system of planned materials and will go a long way toward helping the state meet this energy exchanges that seek to minimize material use standard. and waste, building sustainable economic, ecological and social relationships.” The Bayshore Recycling Complex is a model for how municipalities and businesses can partner to foster Bayshore and its affiliated companies currently oper- well-located, sustainable industrial development that ate five separate but related recycling businesses on stimulates economic growth, improves community and the site, which is well situated near water, road and rail environmental health and innovates the next genera- transportation networks. One of the largest recyclers tion of renewable energy technologies. in the Northeast, Bayshore recycles concrete, asphalt, brick, block and glass cullet into aggregate materials; Supporting Partners: Cowan, Gunteski & Co.; Greener by remediates petroleum-contaminated soils; recovers Design; Sun National Bank; Wolff & Samson

14 10th anniversary celebration NEW TOWN CENTER PLAN

BYRAM VILLAGE CENTER Byram Township, Heyer Gruel & Associates and New Jersey Highlands Council

Byram Township, working in collaboration with the Township’s petition for plan conformance, formally New Jersey Highlands Water Protection and Planning granting its designation as the first Highlands Center. Council, created and adopted an ambitious plan that will establish a mixed-use town center for the township, The center as designated consists of 141.4 acres for address its affordable-housing obligations and protect development and redevelopment and 55.6 acres of the significant natural resources along a scenic tribu- protected Highlands Environmental Resource Sites. tary of the Musconetcong River, Lubbers Run. The 31.1-acre Village Center “core” is at the heart of the plan; it will include 90,550 square feet of commer- Byram is a largely rural township in Sussex County with cial/retail space, 39,640 square feet for civic uses and a approximately 8,500 residents living in a 22.7-square- 2.67-acre park. The residential component of the Vil- mile area. More than 98 percent of the township, lies lage Center calls for 130 units (30 single-family units; in the Highlands Preservation Area, where develop- 8 two-family units; 24 townhouses; and 68 apartments), ment is limited by the Highlands Act. The remainder including 26 units (a combination of rental and for- of its land lies in the Plan- sale) that will be deed-re- ning Area. stricted for low- and mod- erate-income households In 2002, Byram Township to address the township’s identified a 197-acre village affordable-housing obliga- center as a core develop- tion. Byram is in the pro- ment area and was granted cess of adopting the nec- a center designation by essary zoning ordinances the State Planning Com- to help ensure the plan’s mission. This designation, eventual implementation. however, was set to expire in May 2010, inspiring the township to seek a new des- The Village Center core has access to wastewater utility ignation as a Highlands Center, in conformance with services via a contract agreement with the Musconet- the Highlands Regional Master Plan. cong Sewer Authority, to provide capacity of approxi- mately 40,000 gallons per day. Design elements include For several months, the Highlands Council staff and gateway treatments at the entrances to the Center, a township professionals worked collaboratively to fash- central plaza with benches, street lighting, tree plant- ion a plan that would enable the township to achieve its ings, sidewalks and paver-textured crosswalks and cen- goals of revitalizing an existing developed area along ter median. Also included is a walking/bicycle trail to its main artery, Route 206, and meeting its affordable- allow pedestrian access to the town-wide trail system. housing obligations while simultaneously protecting the critical natural resources identified in the Regional Byram Township’s Village Center plan accommodates Master Plan. This process resulted in a reconfiguration local and regional growth and economic development of Byram’s Village Center to shift the development pat- while protecting the environment and water resources tern toward existing developed areas, incorporate De- for future generations, serving as a model for other partment of Transportation safety improvements and communities in the Highlands region and beyond. protect critical environmental resource areas. It is important to thank and remember Christopher Hellwig, In September 2010, after years of an extensive com- who passed away before the planning process was finished. munity visioning process that engaged residents, the Without him this effort would not have been possible. He is Highlands Council unanimously approved Byram missed dearly.

NEW JERSEY FUTURE SMART GROWTH AWARDS 2011 15 HISTORIC DISTRICT REDEVELOPMENT

THE CRACKER FACTORY HHG Development and New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency

The rehabilitation of The Cracker Factory, a historic building: solar panels heat and cool common areas, structure in the capital city of Trenton, transformed energy-efficient electric heat pumps provide central a vacant, dilapidated industrial facility into a premier heating and cooling and upgraded insulation and new “green” workforce housing development that has add- thermal windows were installed. Each loft offers En- ed value to the local neighborhood while preserving ergy Star-compliant appliances, and water consump- the architectural integrity of the structure. The project tion is reduced via front-loading washers and low-flow showcases how redevelopment that respects historic toilets. Redeveloping the existing properties also saved assets can garner community support and enhance the construction materials from ending up in a land- neighborhood vitality. fill, and instead reduced construction costs, as Originally known as the compared to building the A. Exton & Co. Cracker same quality new. Factory and the birth- place of oyster crackers This development fur- in the mid-19th century, thers Trenton’s goal of in- the site was once home creasing homeownership to a thriving manufactur- by making homes with ing facility that over time modern amenities avail- became a deteriorated able at affordable prices. storage warehouse. At Through the New Jersey one point, there were plans to bulldoze much of the Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency’s (HMFA) ho- surrounding neighborhood to build new affordable meownership construction subsidy program, CHOICE, housing, displacing many longtime residents in the the “emerging market” project received a subsidy of process. Through the efforts of local grassroots organi- $75,000 per emerging market unit, as well as a re- zations, however, a new development plan was adopted duced-interest-rate construction loan. The HMFA rec- that would save and adapt the existing structures, thus ognized that a market-rate residential project located avoiding the displacement of residents. in this area would not be viable without subsidy, as the cost of construction would be more expensive than the The developer designated under the new plan, HHG feasible purchase price per unit. Development, specializes in rehabilitating historic structures and preserving their character and architec- The Cracker Factory has received wide community ture while incorporating sustainable and green build- support and praise from organizations including the ing practices. Although the shape and design posed Trenton Historical Society, Trenton Landmarks Com- a challenge, having been built up in five stages over mission, the City of Trenton and the statewide historic roughly 80 years, HHG was able to adapt it successful- preservation advocacy group Preservation New Jersey. ly into configurations that range from Victorian row houses to industrial spaces, including converting two The Cracker Factory redevelopment breathes new life large brick ovens into rooms in one of the lofts. into not just a historic site but an entire neighborhood. It achieves the community’s vision of enhancing the Completed in 2009, The Cracker Factory is a mixed- integrity of historic landmarks and driving community income housing project of 18 one- and two-bedroom building and economic revitalization by providing af- lofts featuring gardens, terraces and garages. Green fordable homeownership opportunities. technologies were integrated into the fabric of the

16 10th anniversary celebration ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND EDuc ation

DUKE FARMS, HILLSBOROUGH Duke Farms Foundation

Duke Farms in Hillsborough Township was originally and assessing and improving soil health. Nonprofit developed as the private estate of tobacco and hydro- partners will maintain offices in a campus surrounding power magnate James Buchanan Duke. By the time the Visitor’s Orientation Center. he died in 1925, he had transformed more than 2,000 acres of farmland and woodlots into an extraordinary Duke Farms is adaptively reusing a number of build- landscape, excavating nine lakes, constructing 45 ings to serve the new vision. The Farm Barn, once used buildings and nearly 2½ miles of stone walls and more to shelter thoroughbred horses and later dairy cattle, than 18 miles of roadway. will provide 22,000 square feet for a combination of uses, including an orientation center, classroom and His daughter, Doris, inherited control of the estate, meeting space. A 640-killowatt ground-mounted solar and continued to add to the prop- array of 3,120 panels provides erty. When she died in 1993, she 100 percent of the estimated expressed in her will that Duke electrical power for the renovat- Farms serve as a haven for na- ed Farm Barn. This alternative tive flora and fauna and be used energy component complements to drive positive change on issues 54 geothermal wells that aid in concerning the health and pro- efficient heating and cooling of tection of the environment. the orientation center and sur- rounding offices. The Duke Farms Foundation, cre- ated in 1998 to own and operate Other buildings being adaptively the property, is now transforming it into a regional reused are two historic conservatories, originally used center for environmental stewardship, offering greater to supply produce and flowers and later filled with public access and educational programs with a focus orchids and plant collections featured as part of the on sustainability and the responsible management of Duke Farms public garden tour. One of the conserva- land resources. tories and greenhouse complexes has been renovated and is the center of native plant nursery where more With its refocused mission, Duke Farms will provide than 100,000 plants have been propagated and used in many ways for visitors to understand the interrelation- restoration projects on the property. The other is be- ship between land management and the quality of the ing renovated to LEED Gold standard, the first LEED- living landscape. A constructed wetland system will certified conservatory in the nation. treat wastewater generated on site using native plants. Visitors will see first-hand in the parking lot how storm- Duke Farms underwent an exhaustive planning pro- water can be filtered and returned to groundwater cess, taking stock of its resources, working with state, through the use of bioswales and rain gardens. federal and local conservation organizations, reaching out to local communities and other public gardens to Since 2008, Duke Farms has been providing formal assist in the development of a new vision for the prop- and informal education programs, with classes in sub- erty. Duke Farms has worked diligently to lead by do- jects ranging from orchids to bird identification to ing, and will serve as a model of stewardship and sus- organic farming to summer biking tours. Agricultural tainability for the 21st century. and horticultural programs and workshops for farm- ers and landowners are available on a variety of topics, Supporting Partners: Andropogen; Conservation Resources including how to integrate wildlife enhancement and Inc.; Hillsborough Township Planning Department; Irwin management strategies with farm production practices & Leighton; Somerset County Planning Department; Vitetta

NEW JERSEY FUTURE SMART GROWTH AWARDS 2011 17 COMPREHENSIVE NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATON STRATEGY

HOBOKEN HOUSING AUTHORITY VISION 20/20 PLAN Hoboken Housing Authority and Marchetto Higgins Stieve Architects and Planners

Hoboken’s rebirth from a former industrial working- with the recent influx of new market-rate luxury hous- class city to a more affluent, modern, bustling, come- ing directly adjacent along Jackson Street, created a back city has made it a poster child for 21st-century ur- unique set of conditions ripe for total transformation. ban revitalization. But the city’s success has not come without consequences; popular demand has dimin- The combination of its own equity in the property ished the availability of affordable housing, as many along with the capacity for more dense redevelopment older apartments have been converted to market-rate on site, gave the housing authority confidence that rentals and expensive luxury condominiums. As a re- it could attract public and private investment for the sult, Hoboken’s low-income residents have had to rely transformation of the HHA campus into a sustainable, increasingly on the availability of housing in the public transit-oriented, mixed-use, mixed-income neighbor- housing projects. hood. The Vision 20/20 Plan adopted by the HHA calls for phased development, The Hoboken Housing Authority with residents relocated into new (HHA) is the largest provider of buildings in order to vacate the low-income housing in the city. older buildings one at a time. Like other older, urban public Each empty building would then housing agencies in New Jersey, be razed to create a development the HHA has a housing stock site for a new residential building that is obsolete, below current that would mirror the style of the safety and environmental stan- surrounding residential neigh- dards and costly to maintain. The main campus of the borhood. At the completion of each phase, the num- HHA, constructed in 1949, contains 806 family-orient- ber of new units would exceed the number of decom- ed public housing units in 25 separate buildings on a missioned units, ensuring that existing residents will 17-acre site in the southwestern portion of the city. The not be displaced and, at the same time, providing for a buildings are poorly configured, isolated at the back variety of mixed-income housing options, allowing for of town and challenged by issues typical of World War upward mobility within the neighborhood and a de- II-era public housing projects: concentration of pov- concentration of poverty. erty, wasteful energy consumption, inability to serve handicapped residents, lack of opportunity for upward The neighborhood redevelopment plan also allows migration and poorly planned placement of buildings, for the extension of the city street grid through the creating hidden outdoor spaces giving rise to crime- site and includes facilities for recreation, transit, early related safety issues. childhood education and charter schools, retail space, shops and restaurants, and community program space When evaluating whether to renovate or to rebuild its for job skills training. housing stock, the HHA determined that rebuilding was the only option. Two recent developments gave the The ultimate vision is the creation of a vibrant, healthy, housing authority an extraordinary opportunity to pro- mixed-income neighborhood with residential build- ceed with a rebuilding plan. Completion of NJ Transit’s ings that front the street; with sidewalks and trees that Hudson Bergen Light Rail, with stops at Second Street create an attractive, pedestrian-friendly corridor; and and Ninth Street directly adjacent to the HHA campus, with retail, civic, recreational and educational uses that greatly improved access to the neighborhood. This, to- provide residents with a sense of hope and renewed gether with relatively high property values associated opportunities for socio-economic growth.

18 10th anniversary celebration Previous Smart Growth Awards Winners

2010 2009 Community-University Partnership Individual Leadership Award Sustainable Design and W. Cary Edwards, Esq. Implementation Rowan Boulevard, Glassboro Of Counsel, Waters, McPherson, 14 Maple Avenue, Morristown Borough of Glassboro; Rowan McNeill, PC Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation; University; SORA Holdings Robert S. Goldsmith/Greenbaum Creative Neighborhood Rowe Smith & Davis; Morristown 2008 Affordable Housing Parking Authority Historic Building Reuse Lafayette Gardens Hope VI Eleven 80, Newark Revitalization, Jersey City Town Center Redevelopment Cogswell Realty Group; Bank Jersey City Housing Authority; Plan of America; Bovis Lend Lease; Michaels Development Company; Bloomfield Center Redevelopment Building Conservation Associates; Wallace Roberts & Todd Plan, Bloomfield Gruzen Samton Architects; NJ Township of Bloomfield; Newwork; Economic Development Authority Historic Reuse & Downtown Value Research Group Development Infill Affordable Housing Historic Golden Swan & CWA Comprehensive Revitalization Abbett Avenue Apartments, Strategy Office Redevelopment, Trenton Morristown Broad Street Station and Living Clarke Caton Hintz; Facility Homeless Solutions; Town of Downtown Redevelopment Plans, Strategies; Lamarra Construction; Morristown; F.J. Rawding Architect; Newark Woodrose Properties William E. Simon Foundation; City of Newark; Skidmore, Owings United Way of Morris County Innovative Growth & Land & Merrill LLP Conservation Strategy Institutional Commitment to Woolwich Transfer of Creative Affordable Community Revitalization Development Rights Plan Housing and Neighborhood Preservation Health Sciences Campus, Cooper Group Melvin Design; New Jersey Fairview Village, Camden University Hospital, Camden State Planning Commission; Wool- Camden Redevelopment Agency; The Cooper Health System Board wich Township NJ Housing and Mortgage Finance of Trustees; Camden County; Camden Redevelopment Agency; Main Street Community Agency; RPM Development Revitalization Cooper Lanning Civic Association; MidTown Commons, Neptune Main Street Redevelopment New Jersey Housing & Mortgage CityWorks, Inc; Neptune The Avenue Development and Finance Agency; Saint Joseph’s Township; New Jersey Economic the Marketplace at Eden, South Carpenter Society Development Authority; TD Bank Orange Eden Gourmet; Sterling Mixed-use Downtown Anchor Mixed-Use Waterfront Properties; Township of South The Heldrich Redevelopment Enhancement Orange Village Project, New Brunswick Maxwell Place on the Hudson, New Brunswick Development Hoboken Participatory Neighborhood Corporation; The John J. Heldrich Dean Marchetto Architects; Plan Center for Workforce Develop- Hoboken Brownstone Company; North Camden Neighborhood and ment at Rutgers; Keating Urban Toll Brothers Waterfront Park Plan, Camden Partners Camden Lutheran Housing Inc.; New Town Center & Cooper’s Ferry Development New Town Center Traditional Neighborhood Association; Save Our Waterfront Development Development Plainsboro Village Center Robbinsville Town Center Plainsboro Township and Sharbell Feinberg & Associates; Robbinsville Development Corporation Township; Sharbell Development Corp.

NEW JERSEY FUTURE SMART GROWTH AWARDS 2011 20 Town Center Revitalization Participatory Community Historic Building Reuse Plan Vision The Waxwood, Princeton Borough Rahway Town Center Master Plan Somerville Station Area and Hillier Architecture City of Rahway; Bier Associates; Landfill Vision Plan Diversified Communities; Timothy Borough of Somerville; NJ TRAN- Infill Neighborhood Design Haahs & Associates SIT; Regional Plan Association; NJ Wesmont Station, Wood-Ridge Department of Transportation; NJ DMR Architects; Duany, Plater- Transit-Friendly Downtown Office of Smart Growth; Somerset Zyberk & Company; Somerset Redevelopment County Planning Board Development LLC; Wood-Ridge Park Square, Rahway Borough Landmark Companies; Minno & School-Based Community Wasko Architects and Planners; Revitalization Main Street Revitalization City of Rahway Catto Community School and Boys Broadway Center, City of Long & Girls Club, Camden Branch 2007 Boys & Girls Club of Camden Broadway Arts Center, LLC; City of Adaptive Educ ational Reuse County; City of Camden Board of Long Branch St. Philip’s Academy, Newark Education; Camden Redevelop- St. Philip’s Academy; Gensler; ment Agency; Universal/Keating Participatory Neighborhood Structure Tone, Inc. Ventures, LLC; Hillier Architec- Planning ture; NJ Schools Construction Camden Parkside Neighborhood Creative Downtown Corporation Strategic Plan, Camden Redevelopment Strategy Camden Department of Planning Epstein’s Rehabilitation Plan and Transit-Friendly Town Center and Development; Hillier Architec- Implementation, Morristown Transit-Oriented Development ture; Parkside Business and Com- Town of Morristown; Morristown Plan, Dover munity in Partnership Parking Authority; Phillips Preiss Town of Dover; Heyer, Gruel & Shapiro Associates, Inc.; Associates 2005 Epstein’s LLC 2005 Smart Growth Leadership 2006 Award Infill Affordable Housing 2006 SMART GROWTH LEADERSHIP PSE&G Creed II Affordable Housing, AWARD Moorestown Matrix Development Group; 2005 Smart Growth Awards Moorestown Ecumenical Neigh- Wachovia Bank, N.A. Atlantic City Outlets: The Walk, borhood Development; Builders Atlantic City League of South Jersey; Community-University The Cordish Company; Casino Partnership Moorestown Township Reinvestment Development New Jersey City University West Authority Main Street Redevelopment Campus Redevelopment Plan, Jersey City 800 Main Street, Belmar Cranford Crossing, Cranford A. Nelessen Associates, Inc.; Borough of Belmar; The Gale Westminster Communities; KSS Architects; New Jersey City Company; Newwork; Rotwein & Township of Cranford Blake Associated Architects University Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor, Mixed-Use Downtown Design Creative Affordable Housing Bayonne The LumberYard Condominiums, Rosner Complex, Delanco Bayonne Local Redevelopment Collingswood Delanco Renaissance, LLC Authority; Clarke Caton Hintz, Borough of Collingswood; Ehrenkrantz Eckstut & Kuhn Costanza Builders; Kanalstein Architects; Fidelco Realty Danton Associates

21 10th anniversary celebration Princeton Downtown Salem Historic Homes, Salem Urban League of Hudson County Redevelopment Project, Princeton City of Salem; Pennrose Headquarters Building, Jersey City Borough Properties, Inc. Urban League of Hudson County; Borough of Princeton, Princeton The Enterprise Foundation; Future; Princeton Regional Cham- Smart Growth Planning and Design Wachovia Bank Community ber of Commerce; Princeton Uni- Initiative, Eastampton Development Finance Group; City versity; Nassau HKT Associates Township of Eastampton of Jersey City; Urban League Affordable Housing & Community Statewide Transportation Policy Town Center Design and Development Corporation New Jersey Department of Trans- Development, Metuchen portation and Commissioner Jack Borough of Metuchen and Looney 2002 Lettiere Ricks Kiss Architects 2002 Smart Growth Pioneer Award Transportation Opportunities The Victor, Camden Verizon Center and Independence House, Dranoff Properties, Inc. and Bank 2002 Smart Growth Awards Paterson of America Englewood West Side New Jersey Community Develop- Redevelopment Initiative, ment Corporation 2003 Englewood 2003 Smart Growth Leadership Group USA and the City of Engle- Valley Neighborhood Revitalization Award wood. Initiative, Orange and West Orange Merck & Co., Inc. HANDS, Inc.; City of Orange; Supporting partners: The City of Hoboken South Waterfront Township of West Orange Linden and the City of Rahway Project, Hoboken 2004 2003 Smart Growth Awards City of Hoboken and the Port Au- Lower George Street thority of New York and New Jersey 2004 Smart Growth Leadership Award Redevelopment Strategy, New SJP Properties Brunswick Adaptive Reuse and Rehabilitation City of New Brunswick; New Bruns- Projects, Edison, New Brunswick 2004 Smart Growth Awards wick Development Corporation; and Red Bank Haddon Avenue/PATCO High- New Brunswick Homes Residents Pennrose Properties, Inc. Speed Line Corridor Study, Council; New Brunswick Housing Camden County Authority Willingboro Town Center, Camden County Division of Plan- Willingboro ning; City of Camden; Borough of New Jersey Performing Arts ReNEWal Realty Collingswood; Township of Had- Center, Newark don; Borough of Haddonfield New Jersey Performing Arts Center Bakery Village, Newark RPM Development and the NJ Harrison Waterfront Oceanfront Asbury, Asbury Park Department of Community Affairs Redevelopment Plan, Harrison Asbury Partners; City of Asbury Town of Harrison and Harrison Park; Clarke Caton Hintz; Ehren- Gaslight Commons, South Orange Redevelopment Agency krantz Eckstut & Kuhn Architects City of South Orange and LCOR

The Roebling Community School, Transfer of Development Rights Trenton Program, Chesterfield New Jersey Schools Construc- Township of Chesterfield tion Corporation; Trenton Public Schools

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29 10th anniversary celebration We make things bloom. New Jersey’s future success depends on our ability to effectively manage the need for environmental protection with the need for a growing economy. At PSEG, we’re committed to both. For three decades, we’ve been working to reduce the environmental impact of our own operations and working with others to achieve effective, innovative solutions to today’s environmental issues. We’re committed to reducing our carbon footprint through investments in renewable energy, efficient central power generation and energy efficiency measures. And, through investments in our customers and communities we’re helping them reduce their carbon footprint as well. Balancing economic development and environmental protection is critical to creating a better, healthier world for our children. It’s one way in which we’re making things bloom in New Jersey.

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35 10th anniversary celebration Harry & Caroline Pozycki congratulate James Gilbert, New Jersey’s first leader of state planning.

NEW JERSEY FUTURE SMART GROWTH AWARDS 2011 36 Robert Wood Johnson Hospital congratulates the 2011 Smart Growth Awards winners.

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2011 Smart Growth Award Winners and The Whitman Strategy Group

the work of New Jersey Future! Congratulations to Jim Gilbert, and thank you for your commitment to and advocacy of sound planning in New Jersey! Environmental and energy expertise Remediation • Government affairs • Sustainable practices Christie Whitman, Jane M. Kenny, Jessica Furey, Susan Mulvaney Princeton, New Jersey and Washington D.C. Eric and Paul Silverman www.whitmanstrategygroup.com

Birdsall Services Group CityWorks, Inc. FTI Consulting,Inc. Clarke Caton Hintz Cushman & Wakefield Grapevine Development haley.donovan LLC Herbert, Van Ness, Cayci & Goodell PC JM Sorge, Inc. – Environmental Consultants Susan and Peter Lederman Sokol, Behot & Fiorenzo McManimon & Scotland, LLC Paul St. Onge, Esq., Gibbons PC David and Mary Moore Sterling Properties Richard Morgan Straight Edge Construction Nexus Properties Studio 5 Partnership, Architects/Planners NAIOP New Jersey Chapter Sun National Bank Pennrose Properties TD Bank Princeton HealthCare System Dr. Jan S. Wells Ingrid and Marvin Reed Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf LLP

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39 10th anniversary celebration Foundations The Bunbury Company FirstEnergy Foundation * ANNIVERSARY The Ford Foundation CELEBRATION The Fund for New Jersey The Geraldine R. Dodge A Salute to Our Funders Foundation Johanette Wallerstein Institute New Jersey Future salutes those foundations, corporations, government PNC Foundation agencies and individuals whose grants and annual gifts have enabled us to The Princeton Area Community present research of the highest caliber, to advocate for statewide policies Foundation * that encourage economic growth while protecting the environment and Wells Fargo Foundation * to provide programs and communications that educate and inform the The William Penn public on issues that affect the quality of life of all those who visit, work Foundation or live in New Jersey. While space prevents us from listing our individual members, we gratefully acknowledge their support. Many thanks to our corporate supporters: Sun Farm Network * Terhune Orchards

Visionary Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer PA Timothy Haahs & Associates, Inc. Wolff & Samson PC * T & M Associates Bank of America * Turner Construction Company * Maraziti, Falcon & Healey, LLP Supporter New Jersey Natural Gas AvalonBay Communities, Inc. Colleague PSE&G Advance Realty Group * Clarke Caton Hintz Tyco International Ltd. * Biggins Lacy & Shapiro & Co., Inc. Cooper’s Ferry Development Wells Fargo * The Cooper Health System Association * Community Builder Cushman & Wakefield * Dewberry Edison Properties, LLC * Dresdner Robin * Atlantic City Electric Greenbaum Rowe Smith & ENVIRON Bayshore Recycling Corporation * Davis LLP * Grapevine Development K. Hovnanian Homes PNC Bank Group Melvin Design HR&A Advisors, Inc. * Verizon H2M Architects & Engineers * Infineum USA LP Investors Savings Bank * Jack Lettiere Consulting Strategic Partner Jersey Central Power & Light KSS Architects LLP * Marchetto Higgins Stieve Architects Jonathan Rose Companies, Inc. * Land Dimensions Engineering * and Planners LCOR * Langan Engineering & Florio Perrucci Steinhardt & Fader, Minno and Wasko Architects and Environmental Services LLC * Planners Lowenstein Sandler * Genova, Burns & Giantomasi New Jersey Redevelopment M & M Development LLC * Hill Wallack LLP * Authority McManimon & Scotland, LLC New Jersey Economic Development PS&S * Pennrose Properties * Authority Robert Wood Johnson Hospital – Saul Ewing LLP New Jersey Housing & Mortgage Hamilton * Sharbell Development Corp Finance Agency Roche * Sterns & Weinroth * Nexus Properties * Rosewood Properties * Terhune Orchards Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Silverman * Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf * Perretti LLP * TD Bank Value Research Group

* Indicates our rising star supporters, those who have increased their financial support this year.

NEW JERSEY FUTURE SMART GROWTH AWARDS 2011 40 New Jersey Future Board of Trustees & Staff

Honorary Co-Chairs Jack Lettiere Jack Lettiere Consulting Governor Brendan T. Byrne Governor James J. Florio Deborah Mans Governor Thomas H. Kean NY/NJ Baykeeper Governor Christine Todd Whitman Joseph J. Maraziti, Jr., Esq. Maraziti Falcon & Healey LLP Board of Trustees Gil Medina Officers: Cushman & Wakefield Brian Trelstad, Chair Carleton Montgomery Acumen Fund Pinelands Preservation Alliance Steven Weinstein, Vice Chair David F. Moore Florio, Perrucci, Steinhardt & Fader, LLC Retired, NJ Conservation Foundation Susan S. Lederman, PhD, Secretary Pam Mount Kean University Terhune Orchards Lee Wasman, Treasurer Stefan Pryor Atlantic City Electric City of Newark Ingrid W. Reed Members: Retired, Rutgers University; Senior Fellow, New Jersey Future William E. Best Peter S. Reinhart, Esq. PNC Bank Hovnanian Enterprises Jay Biggins Susan M. Zellman Biggins Lacy Shapiro & Co., LLC The Housing Partnership Dorothy P. Bowers Retired, Merck & Co. New Jersey Future Staff

Anthony J. Cimino Peter H. Kasabach Robert Wood Johnson Hospital Executive Director Henry A. Coleman, PhD Elaine Clisham Rutgers University Communications and Outreach Associate Samuel A. Delgado Jay Corbalis Verizon Policy Analyst Kathleen Ellis B. Timothy Evans New Jersey Natural Gas Research Director Robert Geddes, FAIA Dan Fatton Architect Outreach and Development Director James G. Gilbert Marianne E. Jann Merrill Lynch Manager of Office and Budget Robert S. Goldsmith, Esq. Josephine (Teri) Jover Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis LLP Managing Director Anne Hoskins Rick Sinding PSEG Services Corporation Senior Communications Consultant Jane M. Kenny Christine (Chris) L. Sturm The Whitman Strategy Group Senior Director of State Policy

41 10th anniversary celebration New Jersey Future is grateful to those who have provided generous support for the 2011 Smart Growth Awards.

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Community Builders

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List as of May 25, 2011

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Atlantic County Passaic 1. Atlantic City Outlets: The Walk, Atlantic City (2005) Bergen ANNIVERSARY Bergen County CELEBRATION Warren 61 Morris 2. Englewood West Side Redevelopment Initiative, Englewood (2002) 56 3. Wesmont Station, Wood-Ridge Borough (2006) 51 3 2 17 Burlington County 53-55 23 Essex 33-35 4. Transfer of Development Rights Program, Chesterfield (2003) 52 24-25 29 5. Rosner Complex, Delanco (2006) 18-22 30-32 33. Lafayette Gardens Hope VI Revitalization, Jersey Passaic County Union Hudson 6. Smart Growth Planning and Design Initiative, Eastampton (2004) 62 28 City (2010) 56. Transportation Opportunities Center and 7. Creed II Affordable Housing, Moorestown (2007) 63-64 34. New Jersey City University West Campus Independence House, Paterson (2005) 8. Willingboro Town Center, Willingboro (2002) Hunterdon Redevelopment Plan, Jersey City (2006) 60 46 42 35. Urban League of Hudson County Headquarters Salem County Camden County Building, Jersey City (2003) Somerset 43-44 57. Baily Corner, Pilesgrove and Woodstown (2011) 9. Fairview Village, Camden (2009) 59 58. Salem Historic Homes, Salem (2004) 10. North Camden Neighborhood and Waterfront Park Plan, Camden Middlesex Mercer County (2009) 36. The Waxwood, Princeton Borough (2006) Somerset County 11. Cooper University Hospital Health Sciences Campus, Camden (2008) 36-37 37. Princeton Downtown Redevelopment Project, 45 49 59. Duke Farms, Hillsborough (2011) 12. Catto Community School and Boys & Girls Club, Camden (2007) Princeton Borough (2005) Mercer 60. Somerville Station Area and Landfill Vision Plan, 13. Camden Parkside Neighborhood Strategic Plan, Camden (2006) 38. Robbinsville Town Center , Robbinsville (2010) 39-41 Monmouth 47 Somerville(2007) 14. The Victor, Camden (2004) 50 39. The Cracker Factory, Trenton (2011) 15. Haddon Avenue/PATCO High-Speed Line Corridor Study, Camden, 38 48 40. Historic Golden Swan & CWA Office Sussex County Collingswood, Haddon, Haddonfield (2004) 4 Redevelopment, Trenton (2010) 16. The LumberYard Condominiums, Collingswood (2007) 41. The Roebling Community School, Trenton (2004) 61. Byram Village Center (2011)

Essex County 5 Middlesex County Union County 8 62. Cranford Crossing, Cranford (2005) 17. Bloomfield Center Redevelopment Plan, Bloomfield (2009) 6 Ocean 42. Town Center Design and Development, Metuchen 18. Broad Street Station and Living Downtown 9-14 7 (2004) 63. Rahway Town Center Master Plan, Rahway (2008) 16 Redevelopment Plans, Newark (2009) 15 Burlington 43. The Heldrich Redevelopment Project, New 64. Park Square, Rahway (2008) 19. Eleven 80, Newark (2008) Brunswick (2008) Projects in Multiple Counties 20. St. Philip’s Academy, Newark (2007) 44. Lower George Street Redevelopment Strategy, New 21. New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark Brunswick (2003) • Statewide Transportation Policy, NJDOT (2005) (2003) 27 26 Camden 45. Plainsboro Village Center, Plainsboro (2008) • Adaptive Reuse and Rehabilitation Project, 22. Bakery Village, Newark (2002) Glouster 46. Bayshore Recycling Complex, Woodbridge (2011) Pennrose Properties, Edison, New Brunswick, Red 23. Valley Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative, Bank, Tom’s River, Trenton (2002) Orange/West Orange (2005) Salem Monmouth County 24. The Avenue Development and the Marketplace 47. Oceanfront Asbury, Asbury Park (2003) The following awards were presented to at Eden, South Orange (2009) 48. 800 Main Street, Belmar (2007) individuals and corporations that have 25. Gaslight Commons, South Orange (2002) Atlantic 49. Broadway Center, Long Branch (2006) advanced smart growth in New Jersey: 50. MidTown Commons, Neptune (2010) Gloucester County • James G. Gilbert, Cary Edwards Leadership Award (2011) Cumberland Morris County 26. Rowan Boulevard, Glassboro (2009) 1 • W. Cary Edwards, Esq., Individual Leadership 27. Woolwich Transfer of Development Rights Plan, 51. Transit-Oriented Development Plan, Dover (2007) Award (2010) Woolwich (2010) 52. Barbara W. Valk Firehouse Apartments, Madison • Matrix Development Group & Wachovia Bank, (2011) Smart Growth Leadership Award (2006) Hudson County Cape 53. 14 Maple Avenue, Morristown (2009) • PSE&G, Smart Growth Leadership Award (2005) 28. Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor, Bayonne (2005) May 54. Abbett Avenue Apartments, Morristown (2008) • SJP Properties, Smart Growth Leadership Award 29. Harrison Waterfront Redevelopment Plan, Harrison (2004) 55. Epstein’s Rehabilitation Plan and Implementation, (2004) 30. Hoboken Housing Authority Vision 20/20 Plan, Hoboken (2011) Morristown (2007) • Merck & Co., Inc., Smart Growth Leadership 31. Maxwell Place on the Hudson, Hoboken (2010) Award (2003) 32. Hoboken South Waterfront Project, Hoboken (2002) • Verizon, Smart Growth Pioneer Award (2002)