Equitable Growth in the City: Problems, Approaches and Public Scholarship

Sponsored by the Rutgers Center on Law, Inequality and Metropolitan Equity with a tribute to Chancellor Nancy Cantor.  

A challenge for 21^st century cities is how to foster economic growth that benefits all stakeholders—present and future residents, businesses and non-profit institutions—without gentrification or worsening entrenched inequality. Few cities have taken on this project like Newark, NJ. Equitable Growth in the City will bring together elected officials, community-based actors, scholars and members of the private sector in conversation about how to equitably address the problems and approaches to growing cities like Newark. We will examine topics such as the creation of equitable growth advisory commissions, interdisciplinary perspectives on affordable housing development, and the unseen connections between housing and health outcomes. Along the way, we will present recent public scholarship on the many points of law and policy involved in equitable growth. No person has been a greater champion for these collaborations between universities and their cities than outgoing Newark Chancellor Nancy Cantor. We will celebrate her during the luncheon at which the Honorable Mayor Ras Baraka will deliver the keynote. Please join us!

Location: Center for Law and Justice
Address: 123 Washington St. , Newark, NJ 7102