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Downtown Trenton should be great.
We demand better State office building development, fostering a more dense, walkable, livable, beautiful city. |
SAVE ICONIC TRENTON BUILDINGS!
TELL NJEDA'S TIM SULLIVAN THAT
YOUR CAPITAL CITY NEEDS REDEVELOPMENT, NOT A WRECKING BALL!
TELL NJEDA'S TIM SULLIVAN THAT
YOUR CAPITAL CITY NEEDS REDEVELOPMENT, NOT A WRECKING BALL!
WHAT’S GOING ON HERE?
Two state-owned buildings in downtown Trenton previously used by the Health and Agriculture Departments are facing demolition. These historically significant buildings designed by renowned architects Jane West Clauss and her spouse, Alfred Clauss, are prime opportunities for redevelopment in our Capital City, that is badly in need of a growing tax base. The New Jersey Economic Development Authority's CEO Tim Sullivan, executing plans ordered by former Governor Chris Christie, intends to tear down the buildings and replace them with even more surface parking spaces.
WE HAVE A FEW SIMPLE, YET All-TOO-OBVIOUS-QUESTIONS:
— Why has the state failed to offer these two structures to the real-estate community for reinvention and reuse?
— Why, in a capital city so desperately in need of development and tax ratables, would important, large-scale buildings be demolished?
WE HAVE A FEW SIMPLE, YET All-TOO-OBVIOUS-QUESTIONS:
— Why has the state failed to offer these two structures to the real-estate community for reinvention and reuse?
— Why, in a capital city so desperately in need of development and tax ratables, would important, large-scale buildings be demolished?
IF THAT WASN'T BAD ENOUGH...
Trenton has an effective tax rate that is 93% HIGHER than the average rate of the 20 largest municipalities. And that’s not all.
By population, Trenton ranks Number 11 among all municipalities in the state. But when it comes to taxes, its Number 1.
By population, Trenton ranks Number 11 among all municipalities in the state. But when it comes to taxes, its Number 1.
- While the average effective tax rates in the top 20 municipalities has steadily decreased from 2018 to 2020, Trenton’s has risen each year.
- 2018: Trenton 84% higher than the average rate.
- 2019: Trenton 88% higher.
- 2020: Trenton 93% higher.