2014 New Jersey Planning Awards

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Transcript of 2014 New Jersey Planning Awards

President’s,Award Trenton 250 Vision Element

City of Trenton Jeffrey Wilkerson Regina Saintilien Stephanie Register Group Melvin Design Adam Tecza

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Outstanding,Student,,,Project,Award

Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and

Public Policy

Atlantic City Comprehensive Planning Studio - Fall 2014 Ms Elizabeth Terenik Planning Director

Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy

Atlantic City Comprehensive Planning Studio - Fall 2014

Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy

Atlantic City Comprehensive Planning Studio - Fall 2014

Alex Belensz Kevin DeSmedt Eric Geroulis Matt Kirson Mikhail Kublanov Christian Mercado Elijah Reichlin-Melnick Gabriel Sherman Kevin Sievers Katie Wettick Steven Zimmerman Helen Zincavage

Professor Susan Gruel Professor Fred Heyer

Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy

Atlantic City Comprehensive Planning Studio - Fall 2014

Provides Recommendations for; •  Waterfront Access •  Economic Development •  Sustainability and Resiliency

Specific Focus on 10 Opportunity Sites;

•  Developed Specific Analysis and Concept Work

•  Proposals for each site aim to further waterfront revitalization by activating pedestrian space, creating opportunities for economic development, and improving public access to the waterfront.

Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy

Atlantic City Comprehensive Planning Studio - Fall 2014

Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy

Atlantic City Comprehensive Planning Studio - Fall 2014

Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy

Atlantic City Comprehensive Planning Studio - Fall 2014

Outstanding,Plan,Award

City of Hoboken Green Infrastructure Strategic Plan

City of Hoboken Perkins Eastman, with Louis Berger Group Clarke Caton Hintz NJ TRANSIT Together North Jersey

Louis Berger Group & Clarke Caton Hintz with Together North Jersey, NJ TRANSIT, and the City of Hoboken

HOBOKEN GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE STRATEGIC PLAN

Outstanding,Plan,Award

Supporting Priority Investment in Somerset County

Somerset County Planning Board Somerset County Planning Division Parsons Brinckerhoff Phillips Preiss Grygiel Techniquest A.Strauss-Wieder

SOMERSET COUNTY INVESTMENT FRAMEWORK Priority Growth Investment Areas (PGIAs): where primary growth and investment are preferred and where growth-inducing investment is encouraged Priority Preservation Investment Areas (PPIAs): where land preservation, environmental protection and stewardship are preferred Alternate Growth Investment Areas (AGIAs): Areas within adopted Sewer Service Areas that are neither PGIAs, LPAs or PPIAs, where large scale, growth-inducing investments are not desired. Local Priority Areas (LPAs): In Somerset County, LPAs are also identified, comprised of smaller towns and villages that are “PGIA-eligible”, but where job retention and community sustainability are high priorities, and where investments that support quality of life and economic stability are desired Limited Growth Investment Areas (LGIAs):: Areas outside of Sewer Service Areas that are neither PGIAs, LPAs or PPIAs, where large scale investments that may lead to additional development is not desired.

Supporting Priority Investment In Somerset County Through Access and Mobility Improvements

PILOT STUDY SITES

- ACCESS & MOBILITY

STUDY

RECOMMENDED PILOT STUDY SITES

Site%Name! Municipality! Concept!

Sanofi%Aventis%Site! Bridgewater%Twp! Upgrade%Mixed%Office%to%Mixed%Use%Town%Campus!

Hotel%Site%near%287%Off%Ramp! Franklin%Twp! Consolidate%Isolated%Parcels;%Increase%Value%of%Leasable%Space!

KPMart%Shopping%Center! Hillsborough%Twp! Redevelop%Vacant%Highway%Commercial!

Weldon%Quarry! Watchung%Boro! Redevelop%Quarry%Site%%as%Mixed%Use%Center!

East%Central%Business%District! Somerville%Boro! Redevelop%as%Transit%Oriented%Development%(TOD)%Center!

Village%Commercial%District! Green%Brook%Twp! Upgrade%Corridor%to%Village%Greenway!

Nora%Shopping%Center! Franklin%Twp! Upgrade%Suburban%Arterial%to%Main%Street!

Address: 1041 U.S. Route 202/206 Municipality: Bridgewater Township Current Zoning: Office/Commercial Size: 110.75 acres

SANOFI AVENTIS, BRIDGEWATER TOWNSHIP •  Current!Status!

–  Vacant!single2tenant!office!site!

•  Key!Constraints!–  Capacity,!incomplete!interchanges!

–  Cannot!be!connected!to!adjacent!sites!

•  Concept!2!Mixed!Use!Campus!–  R&D!office/hotel!and!conference/!quality!

rental!residenGal/small!retail!and!dining!

–  CollaboraGve!and!interacGve!office!!design!with!on2site!ameniGes!

–  Improve!on!site!circulaGon!

–  Improve!U.S.!206!Street!frontage!to!open!site!and!improve!visibility!

–  Walkable!site!design!

Outstanding,Implemented,, ,Plan,Award

Roosevelt Plaza Park

City of Camden Cooper’s Ferry Partnership Group Melvin Design Sikora Wells Appel.

Roosevelt Plaza Park

2012

Phase I of Roosevelt Plaza Park’s revitalization began in June 2012 with the demolition of the Parkade Building, reintroducing 75,000 square feet of open space into Camden’s downtown. The planning and redesign of the park was overseen by the Camden Redevelopment Agency (CRA).

The photo above is looking towards City Hall at the corner of Market Street and 5th.

City Hall

Learn more at our Friday session (3:15pm – 4:45pm) William Whyte 2.0: Uncovering Possibilities for Public Space in Camden

Learn more at our Friday session (3:15pm – 4:45pm) William Whyte 2.0: Uncovering Possibilities for Public Space in Camden

Learn more at our Friday session (3:15pm – 4:45pm) William Whyte 2.0: Uncovering Possibilities for Public Space in Camden

Learn more at our Friday session (3:15pm – 4:45pm) William Whyte 2.0: Uncovering Possibilities for Public Space in Camden

Distinguished,Civic,,Leadership,Award

Randall Solomon & Donna Drewes

Sustainable Jersey

•  Program start: February 2009

•  422 (75%) NJ municipalities participating

•  82% of NJ�s population lives in these

communities

•  177 municipalities certified:

•  149 towns at bronze level

•  28 towns at silver level

Sustainable Jersey Participating Communities

Donna Drewes NJPP, AICP, Co-Director, Sustainable Jersey

Randall Solomon, Co-Director, Sustainable Jersey

Metrics 422 ! ! !Registered!MunicipaliGes!!!

28 !! ! ! !Silver!CerGfied!MunicipaliGes!!!

149 ! ! !Bronze!CerGfied!MunicipaliGes!

7,000+! ! !AcGons!completed!(since!2009)!

180+! ! ! !Trainings!and!outreach!events!completed!around! !! ! ! !the!State!

60(AVG) ! ! !People!a\ending!each!event!

5,000(AVG) ! !Web!Page!visits!per!month!

35,000(AVG) ! !Facebook!page!views!per!month!

3,400+!! ! !Recipients!on!the!Sustainable!Jersey!Mailing!List!

Sustainable Jersey Small Grants Program

Since 2009, over

$1.8 million in

grants to

municipalities

Elwood,“Woody”,Jarmer,Award,,Environmental,Achievement

Jennifer Wenson Maier, PP

Rebuilding Union Beach

Rebuilding,Union,Beach

Rebuilding,Union,Beach

•  14 eco-friendly, solar, prefabricated, FEMA compliant homes for Low to moderate income residents.

•  Turf Stone paver permeable driveways, •  Rain gardens, rain barrels, native planting •  10% recycled roofing, •  Bamboo flooring, •  No VOC paint, •  Energy star appliances and lighting, water

efficient plumbing fixtures. •  Elevated to 1' above FEMA requirements •  ADA compliant •  Solar offsets the increased property taxes

Distinguished,Service,Award

Tom Schulze, AICP

Community,Planning,Assistance

Community,,,,,Planning,,,,,,,,Assistance

Budd,Chavoosian,Award

Carlos M. Rodrigues, PP, AICP