As the promise of VR spreads, critics assert that prisons are looking for a relatively inexpensive tech solution to a social problem. How well VR works to rehabilitate inmates is unknown since these programs are the first of their kind. Nancy Wolfe, a professor at...
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New Jersey could give you $1000 to pay off your mortgage
NJ 101.5 writes that State Sen. Troy Singleton, D-Burlington, is sponsoring a measure that would give homeowners a tax credit of up to $1,000 in order to help cover an extra mortgage payment, quoting James Hughes. NJ1015.com, August 2, 2018
NJ suburbs bounce back as older millennials go for house and garden
A new report suggests suburban living in the metropolitan region may not be passé after all, although New Jersey’s urban counties are continuing to grow even faster than the suburbs. The new Rutgers Regional Report released yesterday indicates a possible resurgence of...
Rutgers Study: A New Shift to Suburbanization?
A new Rutgers Regional Report, “The ‘Burbs’ Bounce Back: ‘Trendlet’ or ‘Dead Cat Bounce’?” finds that the predicted transformative demographic shifts of the early part of the decade (2010-2016)—an urban resurgence and a suburban malaise—may, in fact, be reversing. The...
People are moving out of New Jersey – But is that a good thing?
Several studies have shown that many New Jersey residents are moving out of the state at a high rate. New Jerseyans say that the high cost of living in the state is forcing them to move to Pennsylvania and elsewhere. But as a state with an already high population, and...
Why are some New Jersey malls struggling to stay open?
Twenty-eight so-called enclosed malls dot New Jersey, and except for high-end enclaves like The Mall at Short Hills, many struggle to stay profitable. “That’s the other dimension of retooling malldom in New Jersey, shifting activities to experience, health, wellness...
EDA to pay $1.9 million to study incentives
“The governor’s talking a lot about the need to take a fresh look at incentives and make sure we’re getting the right value for investment, make sure we’re getting the right return on our investments and make sure we’re encouraging the parts of the economy that we...
Waterfront Developer Writes Down Project Value by Almost a Third
“Given the tax credits available to users at the site are scheduled to sunset mid next year, as well as other factors,” said Hankowsky, the company needed to write down the $80 million project by almost a third of its investment. Last week, a study on those tax...
Getting involved on campus matters
The end of July brings the horizon of August and soon college students from East Carolina University will return to the world of academia and all that it brings. Life as a college student consists of a multitude of things, but one facet which often gets taken for...
Bike share equity in Boston, a work in progress
“The absolute first step in having an equitable bike-share system is that there has to be access to the system. So there has to be bike-share stations in underserved communities,” McNeil added. Rutgers professor and transportation researcher Charles T. Brown agrees,...