Comprehensive Economic Development
Strategy for Trenton

Client:
The City of Trenton

Contact:
Mr. Andrew Carten
Director, Division of Planning, City of Trenton
319 East State Street, Trenton, New Jersey 08608
(609)989-3502

Brownfield Redevelopment Solutions, Inc. (BRS) developed an extensive stakeholder process to create the City of Trenton’s 2004 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS), required by the U.S. Economic Development Administration (USEDA) prior to receipt.

Trenton’s 2004 CEDS was developed in conjunction with its Consolidated Plan, a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding requirement from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. We reduced effort duplication and instituted a more inclusive document development process. The CEDS document includes a table which, for the first time, lists all economic development projects in one location and shows each in relation to its overall goals, funding requirements estimation and partners. This valuable tool balances priorities and helps with strategic planning to ensure the city meets all economic development goals.

The CEDS document incorporates work from several other planning documents including the Master Land Use Plan, Redevelopment Area Plans, the Open Space Master Plan, the Renaissance Plan, the Trenton Urban Enterprise Zone budget proposal and the Brownfields Program Action Plan. BRS further developed subsequent updates of the City of Trenton CEDS document.