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Principles
of Smart Growth
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mixed land uses
• compact, clustered community
design
• range of housing choice
and opportunity
• walkable neighborhoods
• distinctive, attractive
communites offering a sense
of place
• open space, farmland,
and scenic resource preservation
• future development strengthened
and directed to existing communities
using existing infrastructure
• transportation option
variety
• predictable, fair and
cost-effective development decisions
• community and stakeholder
collaboration in development
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What
is Smart Growth?
Smart
Growth is the term used to describe
well-planned, well-managed growth
that adds new homes and creates new
jobs, while preserving open space,
farmland, and environmental resources.
Smart Growth supports livable neighborhoods
with a variety of housing types, price
ranges and multi-modal forms of transportation.
Smart Growth is an approach to land-use
planning that targets the State’s
resources and funding in ways that
enhance the quality of life for residents
in New Jersey.
Smart
Growth principles include mixed-use
development, walkable town centers
and neighborhoods, mass transit accessibility,
sustainable economic and social development
and preserved green space. Smart Growth
can be seen all around us: it is evident
in larger cities such as Elizabeth
and Jersey City; in smaller towns
like Red Bank and Hoboken, and in
the rural communities like Chesterfield
and Hope.
In
New Jersey, Smart Growth supports
development and redevelopment in recognized
Centers—a compact form of development—as
outlined in the State Development
and Redevelopment Plan, with existing
infrastructure that serves the economy,
the community and the environment.
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