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1. Smithsonian ranks Red Bank, N.J. third best small town in the nation
(N.J./State)

... Bank one of the best downtowns in the country!" In the early 1990s, under the New Jersey Development and Redevelopment Law, the town authorized the creation of an organization to manage redevelopment ...

2. Christie proposes $1 million in state aid for college freshmen in 14 cities and towns
(N.J./State)

... were selected based on a look at what communities had the greatest need, cross-referencing state Department of Education priority schools and state Department of Community Affairs’s state Redevelopment ...

3. Please.
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... that the planned development is now continuing. The overall redevelopment plan is still in its infancy, so declaring it a failure or success is wildly premature to the point of being laughable. And ...

4. Red Bulls soccer stadium in Harrison was not worth the cost
(Sports/Professional)

... the team's lawyers feel that the land underneath the stadium is owned by the tax-exempt Harrison Redevelopment Agency. Why should Mateschitz pay for something he doesn't really own? The land below his ...

5. Force to share and the under"lieing" Redevelopment Plan
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... which is tonight "Tuesday" at Monmouth University, 6pm. The hearings are about a plan called "NJ Redevelopment Plan". The bill written about in this article looks to me as if it is an outside step preparing ...

6. Christie's tax-cut 'gift'
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... cities, just two dozen blocks from the State House, I see around me every day reason to despair, as decades of tax equalization for the poorer towns are upended, core public services from police to redevelopment ...

7. Christie’s budget attacks NJDEP and clean energy economy
(Opinion/Commentary)

... tax revenue including funding for watershed management planning, brownfield redevelopment, diesel programs, and parks capital improvements. This money is required to go to these programs as a result of ...

8. Christie says state will provide $675M to repair schools
(N.J./State)

... projects on the 2011 plan are scheduled to advance as was planned – 2 have already entered into construction procurement, 7 will advance into construction procurement and predevelopment activities in 2012 ...

9. Proposed Carteret soil recycling facility has Middlesex County divided
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

BY JOE TYRRELL NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM A proposal to build a soil recycling facility to foster redevelopment of a former industrial site along the Rahway River in Carteret has won the initial backing ...

10. Rep. Frank LoBiondo scrutinized for earmark spending
(N.J./State)

... acquired for the redevelopment, complained to the Post. But the project has transformed a formerly blighted area. Shelby told the newspaper that any benefits to him were so "remote" from the public purpose ...

11. Review of N.Y. & N.J. Port Authority finances finds agency 'challenged and dysfunctional'
(Money/Economy)

... controls of World Trade Center redevelopment costs, and the findings of the report provide a strong foundation for current executive leadership to get things moving in the right direction. It is the Special ...

12. Sen. Weinberg reintroduces government transparency bills
(N.J./State)

... procedure of public meetings since the enactment of the law in the 1970s. The bill would include quasi-governmental organizations – as well as independent authorities, redevelopment entities and improvement ...

13. For San Francisco 49ers, N.Y. Giants game is not the most important contest of the year
(Sports/Professional)

... may also be another problem with the stadium proposal. California Governor Jerry Brown has decided to do away with local Redevelopment Agencies in the state and it is unclear of Santa Clara can use some ...

14. N.Y. Red Bulls soccer must pay arena property taxes to Harrison, N.J.
(Sports/Professional)

... from 2010 and 2011, court papers showed. The team’s argument that the land where the 25,000-seat stadium is located is owned by the tax-exempt Harrison Redevelopment Agency was rejected by Judge Christine ...

15. N.J. in a hockey state of mind
(Sports/Professional)

... the Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation and the Commonwealth of Philadelphia’s Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program, making for a very positive public/private matching of funds for a new audience of ...

16. Gov. Christie announces Greystone Psychiatric Hospital demolition plan for open space
(N.J./State)

... Authority, including redevelopment bonds, and open space funding. The state will retain ownership of the site until the bonds are retired. Sen. Joe Pennacchio (R-Morris) said he is pleased to learn of ...

17. Gov. Christie's plan to privatize parks breaks the public's trust
(Opinion/Commentary)

... places for this infrastructure such as landfills, redevelopment sites, brown fields, and roof tops. The governor called for “unique partnerships” to raise funding and we are concerned this could include ...

18. N.J.'s 'Strategic Plan' for environment is the opposite of smart growth
(Opinion/Commentary)

... is going to undermine redevelopment of our existing cities and towns. This plan is a series of policies and goals without any map. There is no transparency since we do not know where the growth areas ...

19. Christie announces new state plan that focuses on business and job creation
(Money/Economy)

... parks and recreation. Such areas would include the Regional Innovation Clusters, port areas, growth areas as identified by regional or county master plans and municipally designated redevelopment areas. ...

20. Port Authority's budget-busting toll, fare hikes go into effect
(N.J./State)

... of Friday. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey maintains the toll increases will help fund a 10-year, $25 billion capital plan. That plan includes $11 billion for redevelopment of the World ...