The NJ Association of Planners and Zoning Administrators (NJAPZA) has graciously given us its permission to reprint the article entitled A Perspective on Redevelopment, by David Glynn Roberts, AICP/PP, LLA, RLA, LEED-AP NP, LEED-BD&C which appeared in the Association’s Fall 2016 Edition Newsletter.

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The author of the article, David Glynn Roberts, is the Land Use Planning Department Manager with Maser Consulting, PA, where he specializes in redevelopment, sustainable design and growth management.  In 1997 he created the Principles of Redevelopment course that is required of redevelopment agency commissioners and executive directors as part of the mandatory training program of the NJDCA and served as the principal instructor of the course until 2015. He co-authored “The Redevelopment Handbook, A Guide for Rebuilding New Jersey’s Communities”, published and released by NJDCA in the spring of 2003, the second edition of which was released 2011.