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Redevelopment Brings Benefits, Challenges

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ-The third annual Redevelopment Forum attracts a cross section of developers, planners and politicians.

By Brianne Harrison | Updated on March 05, 2008

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ-With developable land in short supply in New Jersey, redevelopment is becoming a necessity in many of the state’s towns and cities. Therefore, it was hardly surprising that the third annual New Jersey Future Redevelopment Forum attracted more than 500 attendees, ranging from developers to political figures to town planners, all of whom came to attend workshops that shared the benefits and challenges of transforming the old into something new and vibrant.

The program offered 22 workshops in four different tracks: urban policy planning and design; legal, technical and financial; and sustainability. The talks covered such subjects as reviving struggling malls, the benefits of light rail, soil cleanup standards, building mixed-income neighborhoods and eminent domain. Below is a sampling of some of the discussions:

Unleashing Light Rail’s Redevelopment Potential: moderator Vivian E. Baker, the assistant director of transit-friendly land use and development with NJ Transit led a panel that consisted of Bob Cotter, director of Jersey City’s division of city planning, Martin E. Robins, a senior fellow with Rutgers’ Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center, Darlene A. Scocca, Burlington County’s economic development representative and John P. Sheridan Jr., President and CEO of Cooper Health System. Each discussed how beneficial light rail systems have been for encouraging growth and stimulating the economies of places like Jersey City, which has seen considerable investment around its light rail stations.

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