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SUMMARY:TNJ Institute: Creative Placemaking Workshop 3: Creative Placemaking and Economic Impact
DESCRIPTION:The North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority/Together North Jersey in conjunction with The Center for Creative Placemaking (CCP) is hosting the third in the series of workshops on Creative Placemaking. Specifically\, the workshop is designed for mayors\, council members\, commission and board members\, municipal planning and engineering officials that are interested in exploring how arts-related activities in their town can support overall growth and development goals.  The workshop will focus on practices and policies that municipal leaders and decision-makers can use to foster Creative Placemaking planning in their communities. The CCP workshop will feature: \n\nUnderstanding the process of Creative Placemaking and the economic value of undertaking Creative Placemaking planning over traditional redevelopment processes\,\nPolicies in NJ that have been successful against a self-analysis of your municipality’s policies\,\nUnderstanding of how and why it is critical to engage the larger community\,\nIdeas of creative ways to brand the unique aspects of the community\,\nFunding sources for Creative Placemaking planning\, and\nPanelist of leaders from state\, county and local officials from the NJTPA region sharing best practices which have led to success in NJ communities.\n\nAbout the Instructors \nSuzanne Ishee and Stuart Koperweis lead The Center for Creative Placemaking (CCP); which provides training and consultation to advance the field of Creative Placemaking. CCP works with individuals and institutions\, municipalities and organizations to present specialized workshops for professionals and government officials in the tri-state region and beyond. \nWorkshop Program \nTarget Audience:  Municipal Officials and Decision-Makers \n\n9:00 – 9:15 – Welcome\n9:15 – 9:45 – Intro and Overview of Creative Placemaking and Value of this approach\n9:4 5-10:45 – Presentation of Findings based on Successful Municipal Practices and Policies\n10:45 – 11:00-Break\n11:00 – 11:30 – Workshop participants’ municipality exercise\n11:30 – 1:00 – Panel Discussion and Q&A with State and Local (rural\, urban and suburban) Leaders\n\nWorkshop Materials \n\nCreative Placemaking and Economic Impact Overview\nCreative New Jersey\nNewark: Live\, Learn\, Work\, and Play\nCreative Placemaking and Economic Impact\nMorris Canal Greenway\nMonmouth County Master Plan\nVernon\, New Jersey\nSpecial Improvement Districts
URL:https://togethernorthjersey.com/event/tnj-institute-creative-placemaking-workshop-3-creative-placemaking-and-economic-impact/
LOCATION:NJTPA\, 1 Newark Center\, 17th Floor\, Newark\, NJ\, United States
CATEGORIES:TNJ Institute
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SUMMARY:TNJ Institute: Creative Placemaking Workshop 2: Crowdmapping
DESCRIPTION:What kinds of arts and cultural activities can help communities?  That’s a pretty easy list to create.  Where should it happen? That’s a harder question. It’s the focus of Crowdmapping\, the second workshop in the series of Creative Placemaking workshops sponsored by North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority. \nCrowdmapping is a fun\, social and serious practice that helps participants: \n\nIdentify creative assets and opportunity areas in a community.\nDevelop more sophisticated strategies for how the arts can address social\, cultural and economic issues in a community.\nSee an area in new ways\, and turn eyesores into opportunity sites\nMake connections with one another\, and build a practice of collaboration that is essential for sustainable creative placemaking.\n\nIn this workshop\, you will learn by doing.  You and your classmates will crowdmap downtown Newark. (Wear comfortable walking shoes and clothes)\, then explore strategies for creative placemaking in the area.  Crowdmapping can be used in any type of community. \nAbout the instructor: Leonardo Vazquez\, AICP/PP\, Executive Director\, The National Consortium for Creative Placemaking. Leo is a multiple award-winning planner who teaches and uses crowdmapping in his creative placemaking practice.  He is the principle author of Creative Perth Amboy\, an award-winning plan with strategies developed\, in part\, through crowdmapping. \nWorkshop #3\, the last workshop in the series\, will take place in the early fall. \nWorkshop Program \n8:30 to 9:00     Registration \n9:00 to 9:15      Welcome – Zenobia Fields \n9:15 to 9:45      Program overview | dialogue: Key Social\, economic and cultural issues in Newark – Leonardo Vazquez \n9:45 to 10:45   Making Space for Creativity \n10:45 to 11:00 Break \n11:00 to 11:15 Overview of Crowdmapping and selection of team and sites \n11:15 to 12:15 Crowdmapping \n12:15 to 1:00    Lunch – on your own \n1:00 to 2:30     Review findings and planning discussion
URL:https://togethernorthjersey.com/event/tnj-institute-creative-placemaking-workshop-2-crowdmapping/
LOCATION:NJTPA\, 1 Newark Center\, 17th Floor\, Newark\, NJ\, United States
CATEGORIES:TNJ Institute
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170620T083000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170620T150000
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SUMMARY:TNJ Institute: Funding\, Foundations\, and Grant Writing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Together North Jersey will be hosting a full-day event on funding\, foundations and grant writing on June 20\, 2017 at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy in New Brunswick\, NJ.  The workshop will provide TNJ stakeholders with information about the potential sources for grants aligned with advancing strategies from the Together North Jersey Plan.  It will also share information on how to find the right grant opportunities for projects and how to prepare stronger proposals that increase success in getting grants.  The day will include a conference-style plenary session in the morning and an optional hand-on training workshop in the afternoon. \nPART 1: PLENARY/CONFERENCE-STYLE PROGRAM (Special Events Forum) \n8:30 to 9:00 Registration (a light breakfast will be served) \n9:00 to 9:15  Welcome and Overview \n\nMary K Murphy\, Executive Director of the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA) and Honorable Peter Palmer\, Freeholder from Somerset County and Chairman of the Board for NJTPA;\nZenobia Fields\, Department Director for Planning at NJPTA\n\n9:15 to 9:30 TNJ 2.0 Update:  Focus on Implementation – Jon Carnegie\, Executive Director of the Voorhees Transportation Center and Project Director for Together North Jersey \n9:30 to 10:00 The Federal Role in Funding \n\nUS Department of Transportation – Calvin Edgehill\, FHWA\nUS Housing and Urban Development – Justin Scheid\, Deputy Director\, Office of International and Philanthropic Innovation\nUS Economic Development Administration – Matthew Suchodolski\, Management Analyst\nUS Department of Labor\, Employment Training Administration – Eric Nelson\, Director\, Office of Special Initiatives\n\n10:00 to 11:00  Panel of Private Funders:  Discussion of their mission and criteria for how they fund projects/what they look for. \n\nModerator – Zenobia Fields\, Department Director of Planning for NJTPA\nValley National Bank – Jerry Flach\, Project Management Leadership Professional\nWells Fargo Regional Foundation – Crystal Dundas\, Program and Communications Officer\nHorizon Foundation – Filomena Machleder\, Program Officer\n\n11:00 to 11:15   BREAK \n1:15 to 12:15  Panel of Local Communities: NJ Communities that have implemented projects using non-traditional partnerships or funding sources \n\nModerator – Vivian Baker\, Director\, Intermodal and Interagency Coordination for NJTRANSIT\nPerth Amboy – Mayor Wilda Diaz\nCity of Passaic –Rick Fernandez PP AICP – Business Administrator\nNew Brunswick Tomorrow – Jaymie Santiago\, Executive Director\nSomerville – Colin Driver\n\n12:15 to 1:15   Lunch – on your own in New Brunswick \nPART 2: OPTIONAL HANDS-ON WOKRSHOP PROGRAM (Room 369) SEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIRED!!! \n1:30 to 3:00   Finding Foundation Funding: Tips & Strategies: There are funding opportunities for communities to implement a variety of improvements and programs that address healthy community design.  Attendees will learn about grant writing 101 and the ins and outs of applying for foundation grants. Participants will walk away with ideas on how to leverage community resources\, tips and strategies for applications\, and how to find the grants that align with community goals. Panelists from the foundations will be invited to stay for this session. \n\nModerator – Leigh Ann Von Hagen\, AICP\, PP – Voorhees Transportation Center\, Rutgers University\nCraig Weinrich\, Director of Members Services for the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers\n\nBreakout Activity and Interactive Discussion –”Fund This Idea”: Attendees will be given a hypothetical project and work in small groups to brainstorm potential funding sources and application components. Participants will present their ideas to a “shark tank” (and the rest of the group) who will provide feedback and discuss how to strengthen applications.
URL:https://togethernorthjersey.com/event/tnj-institute-funding-foundations-and-grant-writing-workshop/
LOCATION:Edward J. Bloustein School\, 33 Livingston Avenue\, New Brunswick\, New Jersey\, 08901
CATEGORIES:TNJ Institute
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SUMMARY:TNJ Institute: Creative Placemaking Workshop 1: Introduction to Placemaking
DESCRIPTION:This will be the first of a three-part series of workshops leading the use of Creative Placemaking – aka Arts Based Placemaking – to foster economic benefits in a community.    This first session introduces the overarching Placemaking process to set the table for Workshops #2 and #3\, which will introduce Creative Placemaking\, which is the process of using the arts and other cultural activities as the foundation for your Placemaking program.  Workshops #2 and #3 will take place in the late summer to early fall. \nPlacemaking is both an overarching idea and a hands-on approach for improving a neighborhood\, city\, street corridor or region. This workshop will show how Placemaking can be used by communities to engage residents\, businesses\, visitors\, government and other stakeholders to develop strategies for creating exciting vibrant places that promote local growth and prosperity. The ultimate success of Placemaking depends on the collaboration between all the stakeholders to develop broad-based plans and strategies\, and the local support needed to implement them. The workshop will include speakers who are experts at Placemaking strategies\, and local community leaders from northern New Jersey to explain how they initiated these efforts in their communities. \nFinally\, this session will share how to implement Lighter Quicker Cheaper solutions that don’t cost a lot of money and can begin to make small changes quickly.  This overcomes planning fatigue\, allows communities to test changes in experimental and reversible ways\, and creates a sense of empowerment in citizens that they can actually make things happen. When done correctly\, costly and time consuming delays created by having to sell the expert solutions to the public are avoided.   Likewise\, varying opinions of the stakeholders are managed throughout the process. \nWorkshop Program \n  \n8:30 to 9:00                  Registration \n9:00 to 9:15                  Welcome – Zenobia Fields \n9:15 to 9:45                   Introductions and Overview – Gary Toth/Laura Torchio \n9:45 to 10:45                Introduction to Placemaking – Streets as Places; Thinking Beyond the Station; Lighter\, Quicker\, Cheaper – Gary Toth/Laura Torchio \n10:45 to 11:00             Break \n11:00 to 11:30             Placemapping Exercise – Gary Toth/Laura Torchio \n11:30 to 1:00                Session with Local Officials and Their Experiences – peer to peer exchange moderated by Gary Toth/Laura Torchio \n\nValley Arts District\, Orange/West Orange\nMiddlesex County – Rahway to Woodbridge Center\nMoCo – Monmouth County Arts\nOpen Discussion\n\nWorkshop Presentation \n\nPart 1\nPart 2\nPart 3\nPart 4
URL:https://togethernorthjersey.com/event/tnj-institute-creative-placemaking-workshop-1-introduction-to-placemaking/
LOCATION:NJTPA\, 1 Newark Center\, 17th Floor\, Newark\, NJ\, United States
CATEGORIES:TNJ Institute
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SUMMARY:TNJ Institute: Census Business Builder Showcase
DESCRIPTION:An update on Census Business Builder\n2020 Census Local Update of Census Addresses Operation\nCensus Demographic Data\n \nTogether North Jersey and NJTPA are working with the U.S. Census  Bureau to bring you a showcase of “Census Business Builder”\, a new tool to help small business owners get data for the type of business they want to open. \n “Census Business Builder” is a suite of services that provides selected demographic and economic data from the Census Bureau tailored to specific types of users in a simple to access and use format. This suite currently includes the Small Business Edition and a proposed Chamber of Commerce Edition\, but will include other tailored editions in the future. \n The U.S. Census Bureau will be hosting the workshop on April 27th in the NJTPA conference room. The workshop will begin promptly at 10:00am and end at 1:30pm. The workshop will demonstrate how users can select Census Bureau statistics to help support research into opening new businesses or expanding existing ones.
URL:https://togethernorthjersey.com/event/tnj-institute-census-business-builder-showcase/
LOCATION:NJTPA\, 1 Newark Center\, 17th Floor\, Newark\, NJ\, United States
CATEGORIES:TNJ Institute
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170403T093000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170403T120000
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SUMMARY:TNJ Institute: National Flood Insurance Program Community Rating Systems
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is designed as a peer exchange for counties and municipalities in Northern New Jersey to make them more aware of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Community Rating System (CRS) and the benefits it can bring to property owners in flood plain areas. The workshop will highlight several counties in our region with CRS User Groups that already provide support to local communities taking advantage of the CRS Program to improve resiliency. \nWHEN: Monday\, April 3  9:30 to Noon \nWHERE: NJTPA Board Room – 1 Newark Center\, 17th Floor\, Newark\, NJ \n9:30 – to 9:40 – Welcome – Mary K. Murphy\, Executive Director\, NJTPA \n9:45 to 10:15 – Community Rating System Overview – Marianne Luhrs\, AICP\, Natural Hazards Program Specialist/Regional CRS Coordinator\, FEMA \n10:15 to 11:00 – The Local Experience: \n\nJason Botcher\, GIS Specialist\, Hudson County;\nJoe Barris\, Assistant Director of Planning\, Monmouth County; Margaret Murnane\, Monmouth County Office of Emergency Management;\nMark Villinger\, Principal Planner\, Ocean County\n\n11:00 to 12:00 – Q&A/Discussion and Next Steps – Facilitated by Jeff Perlman\, NJTPA
URL:https://togethernorthjersey.com/event/tnj-institute-community-rating-systems-peer-exchange/
LOCATION:NJTPA\, 1 Newark Center\, 17th Floor\, Newark\, NJ\, United States
CATEGORIES:TNJ Institute
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SUMMARY:TNJ Institute: Parklets Workshop
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is intended for local officials\, staff and business representatives who are considering the creation of parklets in their local business district. The workshop will include a review of the current status of parklets in communities in NJ and other areas\, and an overview of the steps needed to create a single parklet\, or a program for more than one parklet.  The workshop will include a discussion of the benefits that can come from parklets in a business district\, the factors to consider in locating them\, the concerns you can expect to encounter from members business owners\, elected officials and residents of the community\, and the issues and costs involved in designing\, constructing\, and maintaining them. \nEvent Materials and Presentations \n\nParklet Overview and the City of Summit Case Study – Krzysztof Sadlej\, Topology:\n The Rahway Experience – Samson Steinman\, Mayor\nThe Hudson County Experience – Jay DiDomenico\, Director\, Hudson County TMAHudson County Experience\nHandouts from the City of Newark:\n\nNewark_Parklets_Planning_Guide_2015.11.06\nBetter Block Newark Themes – June 2015\nBergen St Better Block Event Flyer A 2015.06.06
URL:https://togethernorthjersey.com/event/tnj-institute-parklets-workshop/
LOCATION:NJTPA\, 1 Newark Center\, 17th Floor\, Newark\, NJ\, United States
CATEGORIES:TNJ Institute
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170112T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170112T163000
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SUMMARY:TNJ Institute: FHWA Road Diet Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Training materials are now available! \nThe participant handbook is available for download. \nAdditionally\, these videos and resources are available from the FHWA website: \n\nNew Jersey Road Diet video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm_zrAfRj20\nFHWA-produced Road Diet video:\n\n·         Long version – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3ucpaCigig \n·         Short version – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_xTUCPWG78 \nPlease check out FHWA’s Road Diet website – lots of resources\, plus more http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/road_diets/ \n  \nNJTPA and Together North Jersey are pleased to partner with FHWA to offer a one-day workshop that explores how Road Diets can improve safety\, operations\, and livability in communities. \nWhat is a Road Diet? Four-lane undivided roadways often experience a large number of crashes–especially between high-speed through traffic\, left-turning vehicles\, and other road users. One treatment for addressing this safety concern is a Road Diet\, which typically involves converting an existing four-lane segment to three lanes: a through lane in each direction and a center two-way left-turn lane (TWLTL). \nWho should attend? \n\n   Transportation Engineers and Planners\n   Pedestrian & Bicycle and Safe Routes to School Coordinators\n   Local Police\, Fire\, EMS and Transit\n   Community Leaders\n\nWhat will you learn? \n\n   Learn about the different types of Road Diets and why they work.\n   Identify roads that are good candidates for Road Diets.\n   Learn what segment and intersection design elements are affected by a Road Diet.\n   Practice reallocating street space for other uses\, including non-motorized user needs.
URL:https://togethernorthjersey.com/event/tnj-institute-fhwa-road-diet-workshop/
LOCATION:NJTPA\, 1 Newark Center\, 17th Floor\, Newark\, NJ\, United States
CATEGORIES:TNJ Institute
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