Staff from the Planning Healthy Communities Initiative will conducted a desktop Health Impact Assessment of the New Brunswick Municipal Public Access Plan. The HIA examined the projected impacts of the plan elements on aspects of local public health including recreational opportunity, public safety, social cohesion and local economic development. The study largely focused on existing literature and secondary sources as its data sources, and also incorporated new primary data obtained through a 2016 public survey administered as part of the Public Access Plan development. The final report is available here.
Laurie Harrington named Executive Dir. of Heldrich Center
Laurie Harrington has been appointed Executive Director of the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University. She has been serving as Acting Executive Director of the center since February 2024 and previously served as the center’s Assistant Director...