Community Planning Assistance Program
Maurice River Township
June 26 & 27, 2012

Discussion Topics
Introduction
Project Team
Regional Activities that affect local initiatives
Issues – What We’ve Heard
Township Assets
What We Missed/Input-Questions
What Comes Next

Design Team
Aaron Kardon
Creigh Rahenkamp
Ebony Washington
Michael Yaffe
Jennifer Feltis
Louis Joyce
Kwan Hui
Tom Schulze
David Kutner

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Trending Ideas
• “I'd like to see State agencies pay share of taxes!”
• “It is extremely hard to open and operate a small business in MRT due to extreme
levels of regulation.”
• “Having an attractive restaurant with decent food, especially if it had a waterfront
view, would draw tourists and help to provide economic benefits to other
businesses in the township.”

Regional Issues That Affect Local Initiatives

Issues - Ecotourism
• Limited business to capture traffic/limited time commitment of tourists
• Assets not promoted effectively to non-township residents
• Lack of trails and pedestrian bike networks
• Lack of way-finding

Issues – Ecotourism (Cont.)
• Villages lack identity
• Lack of ecotourism amenities
• No major services

Issues – Local Economy/Quality of Life
• Fiscal health of municipal
government
• Villages lack identity
• Sign regulations
• Seasonal traffic congestion
• No major services
• Taxes are too high
• Motorized recreation
opportunities needed.

Issues – Local Economy/Quality of Life (Cont.)
• Town discourages
businesses
• Locations where commercial
activity can occur is often
state-owned
• Pinelands/CAFRA
regulations are limiting
• Access to infrastructure

Township Assets
• Safe community, don’t have to lock doors at night
• Close enough to resort shore towns and far enough away from
resort shore towns
•Everyone knows
everyone else
•Rural character
•Natural Amenities

What We Missed/Input-Questions
Your Turn
?

What Comes Next
• Team Work session
• Presentation of strategies and recommendations

Community Planning Assistance Program
Maurice River Township
June 26 & 27, 2012