Presentation for Fostering an Innovation Economy session.

1. Facilitating Investment -
The Role of Government Through Planning

2. Urban planning is a technical and political process concerned with
the development and use of land, planning permission, protection and use of the
environment, public welfare, and the design of the urban environment, including air,
water, and the infrastructure passing into and out of urban areas such
as transportation, communications, and distribution networks.
Urban Planning

3. Leadership through Education
Holism understands knowledge as something that is constructed by the
context in which a person lives. Therefore, teaching students (the public)
to reflect critically on how we come to know or understand information is
essential. As a result, if "we ask students (the public) to develop critical
and reflective thinking skills and encourage them to care about the world
around them they may decide that some degree of personal or social
transformation is required."

4. Municipal Land Use Law
• Enables municipalities to enact zoning and site development
standards
• Established boards to oversee their administration, with
support by professional planners
– Planning Board: administrative in nature, appointed by Mayor, public,
one council member, one administrative officials, alternates.
– (Zoning) Board of Adjustment: approves deviations from Zoning
Ordinance. Appointed by governing body
• Sets forth the contents of the Master Plan
• Provides the means for municipalities to review development
applications.

5. NEPA
“The Congress, recognizing the profound impact of man’s activity on the
interrelations of all components of the natural environment, particularly the profound
influences of population growth, high-density urbanization, industrial expansion, resource
exploitation, and new and expanding technological advances and recognizing further the
critical importance of restoring and maintaining environmental quality to the overall
welfare and development of man, declares that it is the continuing policy of the Federal
Government . . . to create and maintain conditions under which man and nature can exist
in productive harmony, and fulfill the social, economic, and other requirements of present
and future generations of Americans.”
NEPA – National Environmental Policy Act

6. Planning Boards
• Powers
• Site Plan Review
• Subdivision
• Official Map
• Conditional Uses
• Referrals (Capital Improvements, Legislation, etc)
• Master Plan and all its elements
– Effectuates Zoning Ordinance (Governing Body)
• Redevelopment Analysis
– Redevelopment Plans (Governing Body)

7. EIS

8. Planning (As infrastructure)
• Constituency Building
» Identify issues
» Vision for the future
» Educates and diminishes opposition
» Psychological - Holism
• Policies that are focused on Implementation
» Zoning
» Various elements revealing intent
• Leadership.

9. The Who
https://www.eremedia.com

10. Local Demography
What and Who else should we consider?
63.1% White,
27.6% African American,
4.3% Asian,
7.6% Hispanic or Latino.
GENERATION (ages) # Percentage in Ewing
Greatest Generation (88 and older) 977 3%
Silent/Chosen Generation (66 - 87) 4,298 12%
Baby Boom Generation (47 - 65) 9,283 26%
Generation X (30 - 46) 6,205 17%
Generation Y (16 - 29) 10,301 29%
Generation Z (15 and younger) 4,726 13% and Growing…
Total 35,790 100%
72%
2010 Census . Specific to Ewing Township, Mercer County, New Jersey
59%

11. Characteristics of the Generations

13. Characteristics of the Generations
Greatest Generation (88 and older) born 1901-1923 (3% in Ewing)
Fought in WWII; Experienced great depression; understood hard work and shared sacrifice; understood value of
money; segregation was reality; extended family lived close by; immigrants poured in US; Began initial
suburbanization and decentralization of American cities.
Silent/Chosen Generation (66 - 87) born 1945 - 1922 (12% in Ewing)
Stories of depression and WWII; Grew up through the ear of the suburbanization of America; Emergence of
“traditional” family (single-family home white picket fence American Dream begins; Leaders of civil rights born
Baby Boom Generation (47 - 65) born 1964 - 1944 (26% in Ewing)
2nd largest generation in America; Ushered in age of consumerism and debt; CEO’s and leaders of today; Lived
through Vietnam; Demand lifelong prosperity and entitlement; potential to crash social security.
Generation X (30 - 46) born 1965 - 1981 (17% in Ewing)
The “Me” generation; Individualistic; Traditional family begins to change; Woman strong in workforce; Divorce rates
rise; Work to live rather than live to work; Inception of home computers, video games and internet as tool
Generation Y (16 - 29) born 1982 - 1995 (29% in Ewing)
“Millennials”; The largest generation; Want choice; Tech savvy; Instant communication; “Trophy” kids: No one loses,
everyone get a reward; More racially tolerant; Environmentally conscious; Prefers mobile Urban lifestyle; Place
matters, no just job
Generation Z (15 and younger) born 1996 - today (13% in Ewing)
Too early to discern traits; Declining birth rate; Likely to have similarities to Gen Y; More non-traditional households
Sources: Thomas Friedman, Wikipedia
APA, Mitchel Silver AICP

14. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
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Source: APA, Mitchel Silver AICP

15. 1) Generation X and Y will be moving into leadership
and decision-making positions. Their values will
begin to influence laws and public policy.
2) The 80 million millennials (15-28) will be the
generation to watch. They will have as big as an
impact on our culture as the baby boomers.
3) The 2020s will be the decade when single person
households will surpass family households for the
first time in American history.
4) Baby Boomers heading into retirement and downsizing
Opportunity for Change!

18. Millburn Green Streets
City of Portland, OR

19. Source: http://blog.conservation.org/2015/01/urban-jungle-singapore-leads-the-way-on-green-space/
Human Nature - Singapore Leads the Way on Green Space
http://www.hoganlovells.com

20. Chuck Latini, Jr Principal
L&G Planning
Latini & Gleitz Planning
West Trenton, NJ
cwl@latinigleitz.com