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Together North Jersey Discovery Phase Presentation
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This presentation was given at eat of the Together North Jersey Discovery Phase workshops. It provides a general overview of Together North Jersey and background on the outreach process.
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Workshop Agenda• Welcome• Program and Ground Rules• Introducing Together North Jersey• “Listen & Learn” Activity Stations
– Together North Jersey Q&A– NJTPA Regional Transportation Plan– Live– Work– Getting Around
• What’s Important to You Polling• Wrap Up and Closing Remarks
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INTRODUCING TOGETHER NORTH JERSEY
Planning Together for Our Future
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What is Together North Jersey? • Voluntary partnership of cities,
towns, counties, agencies, non-profit organizations and others in northern New Jersey that have agreed to work together with the public to plan for the region’s future
• Funded by a Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant from U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
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Why Together North Jersey?• Declining prosperity
– Stagnant/uneven job growth– High unemployment– Increasing debt delinquencies– Declining home values &
ownership rates
• High cost of living – Housing affordability– Transportation costs
• Fiscal uncertainty– High property taxes– Government debt burden– Looming service cuts – Unfunded maintenance
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Why Together North Jersey?• Underperforming Cities
– Concentration of poverty– Public safety issues– School quality
• Long commutes & traffic congestion
• Environmental & public health concerns– Increase in chronic disease– Air & water pollution
• Recovering from recent disasters
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Why Together North Jersey?
• Changing demographics– Retiring baby-boomers– Rise of the Millennial
generation– Continued immigration
• Shifting real estate market demand– Diverse amenity-rich places– “Walkable” communities– Locations served by transit
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What will Together North Jersey do?• Undertake an extensive outreach
process to figure out what we can do together to address regional challenges
• Implement up to 40 local planning projects to address local priorities and inform the regional plan
• Provide technical assistance and training
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Public and Stakeholder Engagement• Purpose is to listen and learn
– Interviews and small group meetings– 3 Together North Jersey standing committees meeting 3-6 times/year– 50+ public workshops over 18 months– Social media
• Three Phases – Three Basic Questions
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Where are we now and where are we
heading?
Where do we want to go?
How do we get there?
“Discovery” “Visioning” “Action Planning”
LIKE
Change
What makes a great place
LIVE
WORK
Getting Around
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For More Information:
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Jon Carnegie, AICP/PPProject Director
TOGETHER NORTH JERSEY
Executive DirectorAlan M. Voorhees Transportation Center
Bloustein School of Planning and Public PolicyRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
33 Livingston AvenueNew Brunswick, NJ 08901
PH: (848) 932-2840FAX: (732) 932-3714
