The 2021 New Jersey Planning and Redevelopment Conference brings together bold ideas, innovative solutions, proven concepts, and best practices for creating better, more inclusive, and equitable places where people live, work, and play. 

 

Born out of circumstance and exciting opportunities, New Jersey Future and the New Jersey Chapter of the American Planning Association are proud to partner and present a two-day virtual conference to be held on April 1-2 featuring a multitude of timely session offerings as we restart, recover, and reimagine land use in a rapidly changing and post-pandemic environment. 

 

Join us by submitting a proposal after reviewing the guidelines below. 

Please note that the Conference Committee is not only committed to the diversity of topics and perspectives but the diversity of presenters as well. We believe the issues of systemic racism, segregation, and our legacy of inequality in land use and redevelopment must be tackled in a direct and proactive manner and we will be creating opportunities to do just that at this conference.  

Founded in 1987, New Jersey Future is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that promotes sensible growth, redevelopment, and infrastructure investments to foster vibrant cities and towns, protect natural lands and waterways, enhance transportation choices, provide access to safe, affordable, and aging-friendly neighborhoods, and fuel a strong economy. New Jersey Future does this through original research, innovative policy development, coalition-building, advocacy, and hands-on strategic assistance. Embracing differences and advancing fairness is central to New Jersey Future’s mission and operations. To effectively advance its mission, New Jersey Future is firmly committed to pursue greater justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion through its programs, internal operations, and external communications.

The New Jersey Chapter of the American Planning Association is an independent, not-for-profit organization that provides leadership in the development of vital communities by advocating excellence in community planning, promoting citizen empowerment, and providing the tools and support necessary to meet the challenges of growth and change. Through its educational and advocacy initiatives, the Chapter advances the art and science of good planning — physical, economic and social — to create communities that offer better and more equitable choices for how people work and live.