Change accelerates, problems persist

Please come to the Arts Council of Princeton to continue the conversation on Saturday, at 9 AM, September 20, 2008

CHANGE

The Hospital is moving to Plainsboro.

The Ys are preparing their expansion plans.

The Recreation Department is completing its long-range plan.

Lubert & Adler, a developer from Philadelphia, can build 280 units on the Witherspoon Campus of the Hospital.

NassauHKT is building 57 units on the Tulane St Lot as part of Phase 2 of the Boroughʼs Redevelopment Plan.

Palmer Square Management is expanding the Nassau Inn and is building Palmer North, 100 market-rate residential units on Paul Robeson Place.

Princeton University is proposing an Arts & Transit Neighborhood on the west side of its campus.

The location of the Dinky Station is an urgent issue. Princeton University is
proposing a large garage on the east side of its campus.

Private developers have been purchasing buildings and properties in the Downtown, but there is not yet a District Plan that serves both their interests
and those of the community.

Residents are being forced out by the increase in property taxes. More & more, our teachers, fire and police are living elsewhere.

SHOPPING

The mix of the stores in our Downtown continues to change with the disappearance of family-owned stores and of stores selling lifeʼs necessities.

Retail no longer serves our everyday needs.

New Garage at Township Complex for Valley Rd Building & New Swimming Pool?

New Garage at Palmer Stadium?
The University is proposing a 1300 car garage .

New Garage for the Ys, Stanworth, Merwick,
Witherspoon Jackson & for Downtown employees?

New Garage behind 185 Nassau?

PROBLEMS

HOUSING. We, in the community, want a town with neighborhoods for many different types of people. All of us, of every economic level, want to be able to afford to continue to live here, and not be taxed and priced away.

DOWNTOWN. We want a town that remains a thriving town, not a quaint curiosity, not a suburban sprawl.

TOWN & TOWN. Whether, technically, one Princeton or two, we want both the Township and the Boro to work as one for all Princetonians.

GOWN & TOWN. We want the University and the Community to work together as genuine partners in creative, equitable relationships.

JOBS. We need to keep Princeton thriving. We need economic development to
create new job opportunities and to broaden the tax base.

PROPERTY TAXES. Already high and rising fast, property taxes are forcing our long-term residents to leave town. This limits the diversity of those who
wish to live here.

PLANS. We do not have plans to preserve the character of each of our neighborhoods. We need district plans for each neighborhood, including the new Arts & Transit Neighborhood & the Downtown.

TRAFFIC. Increasingly, we are at a standstill. There are not enough places to park. There is a need to invest in: a dispersed & connected network of ʻsmartʼ parking garages; mass rapid transit; integrated shuttles & safe bike paths. When the community & the institutions build, can garages, transit & bike paths be built & managed cooperatively?

DIVERSITY. We want a town that values all forms of diversity, from ethnic to intellectual, from treasuring its historic African American community to welcoming and assisting its new Latino immigrants.

SUSTAINABILITY. We need to recognize the priority of environmental protection in every aspect of our individual and collective activities.

Princeton Future
PO BOX 1172
Prince609-921-6100
www.princetonfuture.org