Reinventing our suburbs, our state, and our future

July 28, 2017

Here in New Jersey, it’s time to anticipate new social and development patterns, reimagine our suburbs, and prepare for a new generation of prosperity.

Start by considering some history, courtesy of the superb new book New Jersey’s Postsuburban Economy by Rutgers professors James Hughes and Joseph Seneca. The authors recount how New Jersey successfully evolved from an urban manufacturing-based economy to an economic powerhouse based on suburbanized information and research-driven employment.

NJBiz.com, July 26, 2017

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