There’s a common saying: a compromise is good when both parties are unhappy. But no one wants to live life with constant unhappiness. So, often when decisions are made within a community, they are done so with the best intensions in mind – hoping to solve a problem and create a better situation for most. Sometimes the actions lead to fallout that was not expected.
This month, in the April issue of Princeton Perspectives, we delve into a variety of Sensitive Decisions/Actions and Their Impacts on the Community. From affordable housing to roadway safety, cannabis stores and becoming more sustainable, how are initiatives rolling out and what effects are they having on those that live here.
From having a more sustainable home to working as an environmentally conscious municipality, our community has long worked towards better goals. What are YOU doing to help yourself, your family or the community at large? That’s what we asked in this month’s Pulse of Princeton. Take a look and see what those around you are doing.
Kicking off our articles this month, we delve even deeper into the realities of affordable housing. We try to further explain what is being done and why, and take it one step beyond as we ask, Does Increased Affordable Housing Mean that Housing is Affordable for All? Read on to learn more.
When Princeton redeveloped Witherspoon Street, the concept of Vision Zero informed many aspects to create safer passageway for cars, bicyclists and pedestrians. As we sadly learned of a recent crash leading to the death of a 74-year-old man, how is this concept further being used throughout the region to prevent roadway tragedies? The article Vision Zero: Working Together Toward Safer Streets Across the Region, is a collaboration between Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, Mercer County, Greater Mercer Transportation Management Association, and Princeton.
For the past four years, New Jersey has been offering and expanding the landscape of cannabis sales. This decision at the start was one of great debate in many municipalities. Today, we take a look at the statewide and local actions, in the article The Cannabis Store Expansion: Has it Proven Prosperous or Problematic? Two community members who have been involved share their perspectives for you.
And, our final article, It Takes a Community to Be More Green, goes beyond our Pulse of Princeton detailing ways in which those in the area are working towards a common goal. What has been done and how can you participate? It’s all in there.
In this month’s Perspectives Revisited, we share the latest decision as it relates to voting so that you can be most prepared for the June primaries. We also share details about who is voting most and could have major influence on the upcoming gubernatorial election.
Here’s to hoping that the compromises, efforts and actions being taken around the community are proving to lead to better things ahead.
Lisa Jacknow spent years working in national and local news in and around New York City before moving to Princeton. Working as both a TV producer and news reporter, Lisa came to this area to focus on the local news of Mercer County at WZBN-TV. In recent years, she got immersed in the Princeton community by serving leadership roles at local schools in addition to volunteering for other local non-profits. In her free time, Lisa loves to spend time with her family, play tennis, sing and play the piano. A graduate of the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, Lisa was raised just north of Boston, Massachusetts but has lived in the tri-state area since college. She is excited to be Editor and head writer for Princeton Perspectives!