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?
Community Input — Housing Justice 1-21-2023
Community Input Open Meeting #6, January 21, 2023
Housing Justice: Increasing the Stock of Affordable and Missing Middle Housing
Presenters Richard K. Rein, Marina Rubina, and Matt Mlezcko discuss the benefits of “livable, lovable density” in the center of town, easing the development pressures on the surrounding open space. Inclusionary affordable housing, affordable housing overlays, and accessory dwelling units are described as ways to develop more housing in less space.
Affordable Homes of Distinction
Inclusive Housing on Franklin Avenue — February 29, 2020
Residents filled the Community Room at the Princeton Public Library to consider how the municipality could meet its obligation to create 80 units of affordable housing on a site that includes a surface parking lot for the former Medical Center. A consensus emerged: Build an equal number of market rate units along with the affordable units.
Community Visioning — May 20, 2017 Video
After presentations by Alain Kornhauser on mobility options, David Cohen on smart growth, Alvin McGowen on affordable housing, and Jim Constantine on proactive planning, participants broke into groups to consider redevelopment possibilities for a half dozen neighborhoods around town.
The meeting was moderated by Princeton Future board chair Kevin Wilkes.