Founded in 1987, New Jersey Future is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that promotes sensible and equitable growth, redevelopment, and infrastructure investments to foster healthy, strong, resilient communities; protect natural lands and waterways; increase transportation choices beyond cars; provide access to safe, affordable, and aging-friendly neighborhoods; and fuel a strong economy for everyone. New Jersey Future does this through original research, innovative policy development, coalition-building, advocacy, and hands-on strategic assistance. Embracing differences and advancing fairness is central to New Jersey Future’s mission and operations. New Jersey Future is firmly committed to pursuing greater justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion through its programs, internal operations, and external communications.
This toolkit is a product of New Jersey Future’s Mainstreaming Green Infrastructure program, which aims to move green stormwater infrastructure practices into the mainstream. To accelerate and facilitate the mainstreaming process, New Jersey Future works with municipalities, developers, state agencies, and nonprofit partners to provide education, training, and direct technical assistance.
Special thanks to the following members of the Green Infrastructure Municipal Toolkit Advisory Committee Committee for their insight, constructive input, time and assistance in the preparation of this toolkit:
Dan Bachalis – Town of Hammonton
Leah Furey Bruder, AICP PP – Evesham Township
Bill Cesanek, AICP – CDM Smith
David Cohen – Town of Princeton
Edward Confair, ASLA – E&LP
Kelley Curran – New Jersey Highlands Council
Benjamin Delisle – Jersey City Redevelopment Agency
Thomas Gibbons – Jersey City Municipal Utilities Authority
Steve Foster – Readington Township
Brian Friedlich – Kleinfelder
Maryjude Haddock-Weiler – New Jersey Highlands Council
Jeromie Lange, PE – Maser Consulting
Katherine Lawrence – City of Jersey City
David Mach – Town of Kearny
Gabriel Mahon – New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Rocco Russomanno, PE – Town of Harrison
Randall Solomon – Sustainable Jersey
Alexis Taylor – New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Robert Vettese – ARH Associates
Jim Waltman – The Watershed Institute
Ed Wengrowski – New Jersey Pinelands Commission
Breana Whittaker – City of Newark
Changi Wu – New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Many thanks to the professional team that assembled and designed the Green Infrastructure Municipal Toolkit: