Smart Growth Principles
			The term Smart Growth describes well-planned, well-managed growth that adds new homes and creates new jobs, but preserves 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. It is an approach to land-use planning that targets New Jersey’s resources and funding in ways that enhance the quality of life for residents in New Jersey. Smart Growth principles can be seen in use 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. Smart Growth Principles mixed land uses compact, clustered community design range of housing choice and opportunity walkable neighborhoods distinctive, attractive communities 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 decision-making