The New Jersey Mayors' Institute on Community Design is held at Princeton University to promote better planning and development in communities throughout New Jersey. The Institute pairs ambitious mayors with a resource team of planners, designers, architects and academics to tackle specific growth and development issues. The ninth Mayors' Institute was held in June 2006.
Regional Plan Association convenes the Institute in cooperation with the NJ Department of Community Affairs - Office of Smart Growth and Princeton University. Depending on each institute's overarching theme, partners have included the NJ League of Municipalities, NJ Chapter of the American Planning Association, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Mayors' Institute Partnership: The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the US Conference of Mayors and the American Architectural Foundation. Modeled on the national program run by NEA, the NJ Mayors' Institute provides a retreat as well as indoctrination for local officials to inspire them to bring new ideas back to their communities.
 2005 Mayors’ Institute annual report (2.5 Mb PDF), released in Oct 2005.
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2004 Mayors’ Institute annual report (2.6 Mb PDF), released in Jan 2005
2003 Mayors’ Institute annual report (4.9 Mb PDF), released in June 2004.
2003 RPA report (1.8 Mb PDF) on the healthy communities aspect of the Mayors’ Institute.
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