Professional Development

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Expanding First-Mile, Last-Mile Access to Transit

First-mile, last-mile travel (FMLM), the beginning and final stretches of any transit journey, is overwhelmingly made by “active transportation modes (walking/biking/wheelchair/etc.)” When thinking about walking first and last miles, we need to prioritize better walks rather than shorter walks.

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Cultivating the Arts in Your Downtown

Cultivating the Arts in Your Downtown

June 24, 2022 – Downtown enthusiasts joined us for the return of our in-person “lunch & learn” Downtown Management Forum, where we discussed ways to cultivate the arts in your downtown with representatives from ArtPride NJ and the NJ State Council on the Arts.

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Rethinking the Right of Way

Rethinking the Right of Way

May 18, 2022 – From Downtown New Jersey, NJTOD.org, and NJ Transit’s Transit Friendly Planning program’s TOD in Your Downtown forum series, a panel of experts from public and private entities to discuss their experience rethinking the right-of-way (ROW).

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Tiktok Demystified

TikTok Demystified

April 21, 2022 – In this session, marketing maven Susan Adelizzi-Schmidt of Suasion Communications Group was joined by her Gen Z progeny to explain how TikTok can complement your existing social media strategy, and provide a 101 for those looking to take the leap.

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