Help Princeton Future Organize Its Next ‘Walk to Coffee.’
Would you help us organize a “walk to coffee” from your neighborhood to a venue that might appear to be accessible only by car? Princeton Future has organized several “walks to coffee” — informal events in which we explore the town and often meet new friends. The accompanying video documents one recent walk, initiated by two Park Place residents who came to realize that they could walk easily to the Princeton Shopping Center. Please use the comment form if you are interested in joining or organizing a walk.
Please click here for background on how the “Walks to Coffee” began.
The New Master Plan: A Community Conversation — 11-18-23 Video
As the Princeton Planning Board was wrapping up its rewrite of the Community Master Plan, Princeton Future and the Public Library invited the public to share its questions and concerns about the new plan. The meeting included a short video by Tony Nelessen [at the 2:00 hour mark] on how a transit loop could serve most areas identified by the new Master Plan as centers for future growth.
Community Conversation: The Proposed New Master Plan
A Listening Session on the New Master Plan — November 18, 2023
Princeton Future and the Public Library co-hosted a meeting a week after the Princeton Planning Board began its public hearing to review the new master plan. The meeting was focused on several areas of concern that were raised by residents at the public hearing: The Housing Crisis and whether solving it will come at the expense of our existing neighborhoods; the Affordability Crisis – the COAH definition and the missing middle definition; Parking and congestion; and the public schools – how will they cope with this growth.
Click here to access the book summarizing the meeting and speaker comments.
To review all of Princeton Future’s meetings related to the Master Plan rewrite, please click here.
Considering the Potential Outcomes of the Proposed Master Plan
Open Community Conversation About the New Master Plan
November 18, 2023
9 a.m. to noon.
Based on our discussions with residents over the past year and a half, Princeton Future feels that the proposed new Community Master Plan fairly reflects the direction that many people would like the town to take. We realize that for some people questions remain about the effects of that vision on the town and its infrastructure, including housing and schools. On Saturday, November 18, from 9 a.m. until noon at the Public Library’s community room, we will give residents a chance to air their concerns, and discuss them in greater detail with builders, real estate professionals, planners, architects, and others with first hand knowledge.
All are welcome to this free, in-person event.
Video of 9-23-2023 community meeting
At Princeton Future’s September 23, 2023, community meeting, urban planner and Princeton Future board member Tony Nelessen showed some infill housing opportunities at sites identified at previous meetings as “susceptible to change.” Nelessen’s hand drawn “doodles” show how surface parking lots, one-story buildings, and under-utilized public buildings could be transformed into multi-family residential sites. The potential sites all lie within a reasonable walking distance of a potential mass transit loop.
Link to the book of the proceedings of the September 23 meeting.
More Housing Is Needed. Where Will It Go? 9-23-2023
Community Input Open Meeting #9
September 23, 2023
9 a.m. to noon.
Urban planner & Princeton resident Tony Nelessen led a workshop visualizing what the town might look like in 2035 as the community responds to affordable housing requirements. The in-person meeting was presented jointly with the Princeton Public Library.
Click to view the book summarizing the September 23 meeting
Please click here to read some useful background information from the September 17, 2022 Community Input Meeting #4, What Areas of Princeton Are Most Susceptible to Change?