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Mapping A Street's Future
Marjorie Censer, Staff Writer
May 25, 2006 Princeton Packet
Group sparks sense of vision in Princeton
Editorial
April 7, 2006 Princeton Packet
In Looking at Witherspoon's Future, Group Keeps an Eye on Hospital Site
Matthew Hersh
March 9, 2005 Town Topics
Letter to the Editors of
June 14, 2005 Princeton Packet
June 15, 2005 Town Topics
Borough downtown development gets Smart Growth Award
Jennifer Potash, Staff Writer
March 8, 2005 Princeton Packet
Neighbors of hospital fear unwanted changes
Jennifer Potash, Staff Writer
March 8, 2005 Princeton Packet
Residents, Merchants Eye
Possibilities Of an Ever-
Changing Witherspoon
Matthew Hersh
February 23, 2005 Town Topics
Princeton Future discussions to be broadcast on cable TV
January 11, 2005 Princeton Packet
Housing diversity urged for Witherspoon Street's future
Jennifer Potash, Staff Writer
December 21, 2004 Princeton Packet
Witherspoon Street Under
Scrutiny
Matthew Hersh
December 8, 2004 Town Topics
Princeton Future to study downtown
Stephen Hsia, Princetonian Contributor
November 10, 2004 DailyPrincetonian.com
Princeton Future Changes Gears
Searches for 'The Next Big Thing'
Matthew Hersh
March 10, 2004 Town Topics
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Borough downtown development gets Smart Growth Award
One of eight state projects to be honored by New Jersey Future
Jennifer Potash, Staff Writer, Princeton Packet
March 8, 2005
The Princeton Borough downtown redevelopment now under way that garnered much controversy over the years has now earned a laurel — New Jersey Future will bestow a Smart Growth Award on the development and its planners later in this spring.
The Smart Growth Award honors municipal officials, developers and corporations for outstanding work that promotes the healthy growth of New Jersey communities and strengthens the prosperity and future of New Jersey.
Princeton Borough, developer Nassau HKT Associates, Princeton University, Princeton Future and the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce are the honorees for the award, according to a spokeswoman for New Jersey Future.
The borough and Nassau HKT formed a public-private partnership in 2003 to redevelop two municipal parking lots off Spring Street. The borough's $14.8 million, 500-space parking garage on the former Park & Shop lot next to the new Princeton Public Library opened in May. Nassau HKT, which signed long-term leases and negotiated payments in lieu of taxes with the borough, built Witherspoon House, a five-story mixed use building in front of the garage.
The nearly complete Witherspoon House contains 24 apartments, the Witherspoon Grill restaurant and a larger space for Rouge, the trendy women's clothing and cosmetics boutique. A second five-story building on the Tulane Street lot will house a food market and 53 apartments.
Princeton University donated $150,000 for a plaza adjoining Witherspoon House and the new Princeton Public Library, which is expected to open in the spring.
Princeton Future, the nonprofit citizens' group that promotes holistic planning, took a leading role in the conceptual planning process for the redevelopment site. The Chamber of Commerce provided the initial funding for Princeton Future in 2000.
New Jersey Future will honor the Princeton redevelopment project and seven other developments at a May 14 dinner at the Newark Club in Newark.
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