Middlesex County, NJ is in the process of developing their Destination 2040 Strategic Plan, which will help to guide growth and development in the county moving forward. As an early Strategic Plan implementation activity, the Middlesex County Office of Planning, in partnership with the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center (VTC) at Rutgers and the Center for Urban Environmental Sustainability (CUES) has completed a technical update to the County's existing Open Space and Recreation Plan (Open Spaces.) This plan was adopted by the Middlesex County Planning Board on February 8, 2022.
The CUES team developed a comprehensive Cultural Landscape and Ecosystems Service Plan (Nature and Place.)
This. plan is be the first of its kind in New Jersey. It represents an innovative approach to regional planning that acknowledges and embraces the interrelationships between human-wellbeing and landscape.
Although the administrative planning process is still ongoing, we publish the underlying research to disseminate relevant information to the public and interested members of the environmental community. Further we believe that the developed methodology is a contribution to the ongoing discussion on the opportunities for environmental planning in a home rule state.
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