Richard researched transportation, land use, history, and other topics. Investigated site plans. Attended public meetings (planning board, zoning board, parking authority board of directors, City Council) to record and help determine what was discussed. Analyzed blueprints and site plans to determine what land uses sites would be put to. Photographed sites that would be affected by proposed projects, as well as sites involved in news events. Employed Sketchup CAD to visualize new land uses, such as buildings and structures. Critiqued and wrote articles in fast-paced work environment, writing before deadlines. Made judgments as to what constituted proper material to include in articles. Created a zoning map; am working on ways to show it to the public. Consulted vintage maps to determine historic land uses.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—New Brunswick Tomorrow, a non-profit organization, is calling for volunteer urban planners to help with the French Street commercial area.
French Street is the epicenter of New Brunswick's growing Latino community, and one of the focus areas of NB Tomorrow's Esperanza Neighborhood Project.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ–It's a big week for the Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership, a stewardship group that looks after the Raritan River and its many tributaries.
On Monday March 9, from 1:30-3:30PM, the organization invites members of the public to a "special presentation" of water quality data in the public meeting room of the New Brunswick Elks Lodge, located at 40 Livingston Avenue.
CRANBURY, NJ–The fallout continues from the New Jersey Turnpike's multiple simultaneous pileups on February 9.
The day after the crashes, the state transportation commissioner and Turnpike Authority chairman, Jamie Fox, ordered a review of the incidents.
The review is examining the factors that caused the mega-crashes, including execution of the Turnpike Authority's winter weather plan, the signs that were posted, vehicle speed, the time that speed limits were lowered, and road conditions.
CRANBURY, NJ—Yet again, ice decorated the roads of New Jersey including its main artery, the NJ Turnpike, making driving conditions treacherous and causing a 23+ car pileup.
The highway turned into what one Twitter user called a "skating rink" between Exit 8 and Exit 8A in Middlesex County, leading to the deadly series of crashes in Cranbury Township.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—After nearly a year of public hearings, more than a dozen hours of testimony, two demolitions, and numerous objections to the process moving forward, the city's Planning Board still isn't any closer to voting on a developer's controversial plans for Mine Street.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ–With 707 housing units permitted between last January and last November, the Hub City is in third place among New Jersey's 565 municipalities in housing permits.
Those 707 units have a combined value of $138,163,436, making New Brunswick second-place in total value of new residential construction.
Only Toms River and Jersey City outrank New Brunswick in number of housing units allowed to be built with permits issued in 2014. In total value of permitted units, New Brunswick is second only to Jersey City.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Shareef Holder, a 29-year-old city resident, pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter and heroin possession, with intent to distribute it.
Holder took a bad situation and made it worse when he crashed into a car on Van Dyke Avenue and then tried to drive away from the scene.
The initial crash happened between 9pm an 10pm on September 28, 2013. What happened next ended up taking an innocent person's life and damaging several more vehicles.
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