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Why the Airport City Newark Project Led by NJIT Is a Big Deal

Advisors from New Jersey Institute of Technology remain focused on the prize: an aerotropolis that welcomes visitors to stay, dine, shop and experience the culture of the largest city in New Jersey, while creating economic opportunity nearby. Click HERE to read the full article.

A Bridge to Equity Between Newark's South Ward and Liberty International

Darius Sollohub, professor and interim director of the New Jersey School of Architecture, Hillier College and Colette Santasieri, PhD, executive director of the Center for Community Systems, have been unwavering in their partnership to bring the full benefit of Newark’s Liberty International Airport to the city of Newark, in particular to the adjacent South Ward neighborhood. Click HERE to read the full article.

NJ Brownfields Assistance Center @ NJIT is awarded the Commerce and Industry Association of NJ’s Environmental Leadership Award

The Commerce and Industry Association of NJ (CIANJ) has given its Environmental Leadership Award to the NJ Brownfields Assistance Center @ NJIT for its dedication to “Cleaning up Communities and Environmental Education”. The NJ Brownfields Assistance Center @ NJIT (a center housed within the Center for Community Systems) is the first-of-its-kind and only center solely focused on assisting NJ communities in overcoming their brownfield challenges. CIANJ’s flagship publication “Commerce Magazine” featured the award winners. Click HERE to read the article (page 28).

NJIT Selected as EPA Region 2 Technical Assistance to Brownfields Communities Provider

NJIT has been chosen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide training and technical assistance to communities in EPA Region 2, which comprises New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, under the Technical Assistance to Brownfields (TAB) Program. Click HERE to read the article.

The NJ Brownfields Assistance Center @NJIT Receives NJEDA Grant

For a second consecutive year, NJIT has received a grant from the NJ Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) that supports the NJ Brownfields Assistance Center @NJIT. (This center is housed within the university’s Center for Community Systems.) NJEDA’s grant helps further the NJ Brownfields Assistance Center @NJIT’s mission to provide free technical assistance to all NJ county and municipal governments and nonprofits interested in having former industrial and commercial properties rid of contamination and redeveloped into community assets. www.njit.edu/njbrownfields

The NJ Brownfields Assistance Center @NJIT is in the News

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Protecting People and Property While Restoring Coastal Wetland Habitats

How do you protect people and property while restoring coastal wetland habitats, and what is the monetary value of these wetland habitats? A recent article that appeared in Estuaries and Coasts provides some answers. "Protecting People and Property While Restoring Coastal Wetland

Habitats" was authored by Michael Weinstein, George Guo, and the Center for Community System's Executive Director Colette Santasieri. Click HERE to read the article.

The Center for Community Systems Receives Prudential Foundation Grant

The Center for Community Systems received a grant from the Prudential Foundation in October 2020 to continue its Newark Airport City – focused work. This is the third grant that Executive Director Colette Santasieri and Professor Darius Sollohub have received from the Prudential Foundation and will allow the Newark Airport City team to continue its mission of promoting for the long-term economic, social, and environmental sustainability surrounding a newly catalyzed Newark Liberty International Airport. An international online conference is planned for the Spring of 2021.

Roadmap to Mill Redevelopment Webinar Series

The NJIT Technical Assistance to Brownfield Communities Program (TAB), a function of the Center for Community Systems designed and held a four part webinar series focused on the redevelopment of New England’s iconic mills.  The series featured many re-purposed New England mills along with experts delving into the trials and triumphs of mill redevelopment. The webinar’s topics included: the history of New England’s mills, planning for redevelopment, challenges and solutions to redevelopment, the funding stack, and adapting to change. Click HERE for the webinar recordings.

The NJ Brownfields Assistance Center @ NJIT conducts an Environmental Justice Virtual Roundtable Discussion

The NJ Brownfields Assistance Center @ NJIT, a function of the Center for Community Systems recently conducted an important and timely virtual roundtable discussion focused on how redeveloped former commercial and industrial sites can be a path towards environmental and social justice. The webinar featured NJDEP's Deputy Commissioner Olivia Glenn who discusses New Jersey's recently passed landmark environmental justice legislation. A round table discussion with Passaic Mayor Hector Lora and Trenton Mayor W. Reed Gusciora followed, focusing on how communities have long suffered the negative impacts of contaminated, industrial and commercial properties, and how transformation of those properties can create local opportunities for social equity and environmental justice. Click HERE for the webinar recording.