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PlanSmart NJ
FORMER NAME
The Regional Planning Partnership
ADDRESS
118 West State Street
Trenton, NJ 08608
PHONE
609-393-9434
FAX
609-393-9452
INTERNET ADDRESS
ADMINISTRATOR
Dianne R. Brake, President
CONTACT NAME
Ann Brady, Vice-President
DESCRIPTION
A non-profit, non-partisan planning organization which
advocates sound land-use planning on a region-wide basis:
across municipal boundaries, between the public and private
sectors and among the region's residents. Serves as a planning
clearinghouse for central New Jersey and brings an informed and
professional perspective to critical planning issues.
PROGRAMS
Vision 2050: A long-range vision of the future, different from
the sprawl we are producing now. Growth is directed at cities
and downtowns and selected growth centers, and connected
by an inter-regional transit system which provides a real
alternative to the automobile. Project Manager: James Hess.
GOZ (R) Computer Model: A model constructed to work on the
ArcView GIS software to calculate the impact of build-out of
various zoning scenarios. Of use to local officials and other
groups interested in examining alternatives to the current
growth patterns. Project Manger: James Hess
Central New Jersey Transportation Forum: Providing support to
a group of municipal officials and non-profit organizations who
are dicussing the future of transportation investment in this
region. Project Manager: Dianne Brake
New Jersey Regional Coalition and the Central Jersey Regional
Coalition organized to bring together faith-based, union and
civic groups and local officials to support more affordable
housing, stronger regional planning and property tax reform.
Project Manager: Noelle Reeve
FOUNDED
1968
SUBJECTS
Advocacy
Environmental Organizations and Services
LAST UPDATED
2/08