CLIENT: TOWNSHIP OF BLOOMFIELD

Overview

The Township of Bloomfield is a fully developed, transit-accessible municipality located just west of New York City. Phillips Preiss has provided a full range of planning and redevelopment services to the Township for over two decades. Most recently, Phillips Preiss led the preparation of the 2025 Bloomfield Master Plan, a forward-thinking, community-driven document that was officially adopted in April 2025. The Plan was honored with the 2025 New Jersey Planning Officials Achievement in Planning Award.

Phillips Preiss continues to provide strategic guidance and technical expertise to the Township on its compliance with New Jersey’s affordable housing obligations and various planning efforts. Phillips Preiss has also played a central role in advancing the Township’s redevelopment goals. Over the years, the firm has conducted numerous Area in Need of Redevelopment Studies, prepared Redevelopment Plans, guided implementation strategies, and has advised on open space and development projects.

Client: New Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA)

Downtown Raritan Vision Plan

Raritan Vision Plan

Phillips Preiss was part of a project team led by FHI Studio that was selected by the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA) to prepare a sustainable economic development plan for the Borough of Raritan, New Jersey as part of NJTPA’s Planning for Emerging Centers Program. Conveniently located in Somerset County’s core in central New Jersey, the Borough sought to create a plan that would allow them to maintain and expand existing downtown employment and economic activity, while retaining their historic, small-town character and capitalizing on their highly connected street network and potential waterfront connections to the Raritan River. Phillips Preiss’s primary role was to evaluate economic and market conditions within and around the Borough in order to provide insights and recommendations that would advance the goals of the plan, which presented a community-driven 10-year economic, land use and multi-modal vision for the Borough with a focus on supporting both existing and new residents and businesses. The Raritan Sustainable Economic Development Plan was honored with a 2021 Excellence in Planning Award by the Somerset County Planning Board.