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.
Open Spaces – Building Equitable Access, Health & Resilience – May 13, 2023 Video
Princeton Open Space manager Cindy Taylor leads a discussion that includes representatives of most open space organizations and advocates in the municipality.
October 17, 2009 — Considering a Poets’ Alley
On October 17, 2009, Princeton Future convened a llistening session to ask residents what kinds of changes they could imagine in several areas in the heart of the downtown area. One area was the alley off Nassau Street, just east of Witherspoon Street, leading to a cluster of small parking areas, loading areas, and parking stalls. Could the alley be turned into a functioning place — a Poets’ Alley? Could the area at the end of the alley be redeveloped into a more productive space — possibly for outside dining or a mini-plaza?
Community Input — Land use & Circulation 3-11-2023
Community Input Open Meeting #7, March 11, 2023
How We Get Around: Land Use and Circulation In Princeton
How can we get around town with fewer cars, or no car at all? How can we make housing that is affordable and also more accessible to the entire town? How do we coordinate with existing transit providers to create a more convenient, cheaper, and appealing mobility environment?
What Areas Are Most Susceptible to Change? 9-17-2022
COMMUNITY INPUT OPEN MEETING #4
SEPTEMBER 17, 2022
In a follow up to Princeton Future’s meeting on April 30, 2022, Planner Tony Nelessen outlined areas that people felt were susceptible to change in the North Harrison area, then Westminster Choir College and nearby sites, sections of Harrison, Broadmead, and the Butler tract, the Witherspoon Corridor, two downtown areas, and Lower Alexander. Participants suggested what kinds of changes they would like to see.
Click here to open the meeting notes
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.