October 18, 2011
NEWS
Walmart Goes Green With Solar, Wind (Piniat, Lacey Patch) Lacey, Ocean County
“Walmart has confirmed that the company is pursuing a solar energy project at the Lanoka Harbor location in addition to its plan to install wind turbines in the parking lot as part of its renewable energy initiative.”
Warehouse boom in Robbinsville is just one part of regional trend (Clerkin, The Times of Trenton) Robbinsville, Mercer County
“A new flurry of activity in Robbinsville’s warehouse sector is turning the township’s industrial parks into major employers, as a spate of businesses that have recently settled in the area have generated nearly 500 local jobs in the past two years, township officials said.”
OPINION
Zoning denial for N.J. medical marijuana facility is classic NIMBY case (Staff Editorial, The Times of Trenton) Maple Shade, Camden County
“The zoning board in Maple Shade last week turned down a plan for location of a medical marijuana facility in the township.”
October 13, 2011
Maple Shade bars medical pot dispensary (Walsh, The Courier-Post) Maple Shade, Camden County
“The township zoning board Wednesday night unanimously rejected plans to open a medical marijuana dispensary here.”
Board just says no (Levinsky, phillyburbs.com) Maple Shade, Camden County
“The township Zoning Board on Wednesday night unanimously denied a request by a nonprofit group for a medical marijuana dispensary at a former furniture store off Route 73.”
West Milford officials rebuff proposal to assit developers (Zimmer, Suburban Trends) West Milford, Passaic County
“The Township Council has voiced its opposition to proposed state legislation that would provide relief for developers facing prohibitive economic conditions.”
Age-restricted development will not be converted in S.B. (McLafferty, Sentinel) South Brunswick, Middlesex County
“More than 100 homes in South Brunswick will not be converted from age-restricted to market housing after the Planning Board denied an applicant’s request to do so during its Oct. 5 meeting.”
Ewing developer cuts back on housing project near GM site (Karas, The Times of Trenton) Ewing, Mercer County
“A developer withl long-running plans for an unpopular affordable housing development off Parkway Avenue has offered to cut his housing total by half to ease concerns about the project.”
October 4, 2011
Maple Shade proposed for medical marijuana dispensary (Walsh, Courier-Post) Maple Shade, Camden County
“A nonprofit organization wants to open a dispensary for medical marijuana here.”
Signs of hope stretch beyond the boardwalk (Kitchenman, NJ BIZ) Atlantic City, Atlantic County
“Atlantic City Cruises President Jeff George said he saw one sign of immediate improvement from state-initiated reforms intended to improve the city’s economy: his neighborhood became cleaner.”
Planning Board to Make Green Village Redevelopment Recommendations (Chirls, Madison Patch) Madison, Morris County
“The Planning Board is scheduled to put its official stamp on its recommendations for a major borough development project.”
Upcoming Energy Ordinance Receives Planning Board Scrutiny (Kyriakakis, Manchester Patch) Manchester, Ocean County
“Manchester’s planning board reviewed an upcoming renewable energy ordinance, discussing its implications before the final version makes it to the township council for a vote at a still undetermined date.”
Apartment complex sign of Newton’s renaissance (Reilly, NJ Herald) Newton, Sussex County
“A renaissance is taking over Newton, from the opening of the Newton Theatre to the proliferation of gourmet eateries along Spring Street.”
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
NJ Transit derailment renews calls for second tunnel under Hudson River to Manhattan (Frassinelli, The Star-Ledger) Statewide
“The area between New York Penn Station and the Hudson River train tunnel resembles a big bowl of spaghetti, with wires and tracks and trains veering in every direction.”
New Jersey’s ‘Live Where You Work’ home loan program comes to Camden (Hester Sr., New Jersey Newsroom) Camden, Camden County
“Camden on Tuesday became the 38th New Jersey city or town to join the state’s Line Where York Work program, which provides low-interest, fixed rate mortgage loans to first-time homebuyers who purchase homes in a municipality where they work.”
Developer, Bordentown Township reach financial agreement on waterfront community (O’Sullivan, phillyburbs.com) Bordentown, Burlington County
“A preliminary financial agreement for a planned $300 million waterfront development requires the township to authorize up to $22 million in bonds for infrastructure improvements throughout the multiphase project.”
Jersey City Planning Board forwards McGinley Square redevelopment plan to City Council (McDonald, The Jersey Journal) Jersey City, Hudson County
“The Jersey City Planning Board tonight approved a recommendation that the City Council adopt the controversial McGinley Square Redevelopment Plan.”
Developer Moving Forward With His Efforts to Open Outpatient Detox Facility in Lawrence Twp. Building (Tredrea, Lawrenceville Patch) Lawrence, Mercer County
“Real estate developer John Simone is employing a dual strategy in his continuing effort to install a drug and alcohol detoxification facility in a vacant building he owns on Federal City Road in Lawrence Township.”
Friday, December 24, 2010 (Afternoon)
NEWS
Sewer hookup to aid towns (Desai, The Courier Post) Camden County
“Camden County will extend its sewer line south, bringing much-needed capacity — and potential development — to six municipalities.”
JOBS
Junior-Level Planner, Mid-to-Senior-Level Planner, Mid-Level Architect (Senior Living), Mid-Level or Senior Architect (Affordable Housing) — Wallace Roberts & Todd, Philadelphia
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 (Morning)
Cherry Hill rejects affordable housing proposal (Walsh, The Courier-Post) Cherry Hill, Camden County
“The township planning board has rejected an affordable-housing proposal for the Short Hills Farm neighborhood, but an almost decade-long fight over the issue seems far from over.”
Plans to build on beachfront lot in Ocean City benefits charity but disturbs neighbors (Miller/Dineen, The Press of Atlantic City) Ocean City, Cape Map County
“A gift by the estate of late candymaker Helen Shriver Schilling is stirring controversy over one of New Jersey’s rarest treasures: an undeveloped beachfront lot.”
Monday, November 22, 2010 (Morning)
NEWS
‘Transit Village’ prep progress in Hawthorne (Griffiths, The Record) Hawthorne, Bergen County
“The borough continues to do preparatory work needed to establish Passaic County’s first transit village around its rail station.”
RFP
Zoning Board Planner — Plainsboro, Middlesex County
Zoning Board Engineer — Plainsboro, Middlesex County
Planning Board Planner — Winslow, Camden County
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 (Afternoon)
NEWS
Gov. Christie pledges to veto affordable housing bill advanced by N.J. Assembly panel (Friedman, The Star-Ledger) Trenton, Mercer County
“As mayors, lobbyists and state government officials packed a Trenton committee room for a hearing on a bill that would abolish the controversial Council on Affordable Housing, Assemblyman Jerry Green offered words of warning: Nobody, he said, will leave completely satisfied.”
Feds want $271M from NJ Transit for tunnel (Staff, Associated Press) Newark, Essex County
“NJ Transit owes the federal government $271 million for the Hudson River rail tunnel that Gov. Chris Christie scrapped last month.”
Council rejects Hilltop housing proposal (Staff, Verona-Cedar Grove Times) Cedar Grove, Essex County
“The Cedar Grove Township Council rejected a controversial project to build townhouses at the site of the old Essex County Hospital Center on Monday night.”
Voorhees may allow hotels, development on Rt. 73 strip (Desai, The Courier Post) Voorhees, Camden County
“Spurred by a legal challenge to a zone variance approval, the township now plans to change rules to allow hotels and other commercial developments on a strip of Route 73.”
U.F. postpones hearing on rezoning land near Allentown (Meggitt, Examiner) Upper Freehold, Monmouth County
“Over a dozen township and Allentown Borough residents appeared at the Nov. 4 Township Committee meeting, only to find that the public hearing they came for had been postponed indefinitely.”
OPINION
Housing hearing shows why Christie can’t afford to leave home (Mulshine, The Star-Ledger) Trenton, Mercer County
“If I could suggest just one reform to improve the way our state government operates, it would be this: The governor can’t sign a bill until he has sat in on at least one hearing about it.”
Monday, October 18, 2010 (Morning)
Details of Speedwell Ave. plans to be presented (Koloff, The Daily Record) Morristown, Morris County
“Developers and town planners will present more detailed amendments proposed for the Speedwell Avenue redevelopment plan later this month as the project appears to be gaining some traction after being stalled for the past year.”
Haddonfield residents wary of proposed senior housing (Osborne, The Philadelphia Inquirer) Haddonfield, Camden County
“For 127 years, the Bancroft School has stood in the center of what is now Haddonfield’s historic district, its tree-filled grounds surrounded by Victorian homes.”
Would-be Mount Olive, N.J., subdivision being restored to its natural state (Roman, The Daily Record) Mount Olive, Morris County
“The Land Conservancy of New Jersey has completed the first phase of a project to restore a 134-acre parcel of partially developed land in the Highlands Area back to its natural forested state, and officially revealed those changes to the public on Friday.”
Monday, September 20, 2010 (Morning)
NEWS
Powerhouse Phase One done (Kaulessar, Hudson Reporter) Jersey City, Hudson County
“The Jersey City Redevelopment Agency announced earlier this month that the first phase of the stabilization of the 102-year-old Hudson and Manhattan Powerhouse, located on Washington Street in downtown Jersey City, is complete.”
Western Edge, 2.0: New redevelopment plan draws mixed reviews (Smith, Hudson Reporter) Hoboken, Hudson County
“Not everybody at the Jubilee Center was satisfied with the new draft of the Western Edge Redevelopment Plan introduced on Tuesday. However, Mayor Dawn Zimmer’s goal is to address the public’s concerns and present a final design for the plan to the council on Sept. 22 at a public budget workshop.”
COURT OPINION
D. Russo, Inc. v. Romankow (Appellate Div) Union, Union County
Sexually oriented business at issue. Remanded to trial court to determine if there are a sufficient number of alternative sites for the plaintiff to operate its business.
JOBS
Part Time Assistant Zoning Officer/Code Enforcement Officer Cherry Hill, Camden County
