The “Transit-Friendly Development” newsletter, a joint effort of NJ Transit and the Bloustein School’s Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center at Rutgers University, “aims to enrich the transit-oriented development (TOD) conversation in New Jersey’s diverse communities by highlighting what is happening in the state and around the country: best practices, model programs, legislation and local problem-solving experiences.”

This newsletter is a fountain of information regarding new development opportunities and the January 2008 issue highlights two transit-oriented redevelopment plans:  one for the City of Berkely in Burlington County and the other for the Borough of Somerville in Somerset County.  The City of Berkely, along with the neighboring community of Edgewater Park are working together to take advantage of new light rail service to their communities.  It is expected that Edgewater Park will be preparing its own redevelopment plan to work in concert with Berkley. 

Somerville’s redevelopment plan has been in the public arena since the summer and the deadline for submitting responses to the Borough’s request for proposals is approaching.  The deadline is March 14, 2008.  The link to the landfill redevelopment plan also provides information on other redevelopment areas in Somerville.

For more information on Berkely’s or Somerville’s redevelopment plans, please contact us at pmorin@saul.com.