George S. Hawkins, Director of New Jersey Future, will present "Transit Villages in New Jersey" at the West Windsor Township Senior Citizen Center in the municipal center on Clarksville Road, Monday October 17 at 7:00 p.m. Mr. Hawkins will provide an overview of transit villages already developed throughout the state, and address the principles of a public planning process, including conducting an impact analysis, and determining the components of what a transit village requires in order to be viable considering the specific capacity of a site in term of its location, scale and size.

The presentation, followed by a moderated discussion, will serve to provide residents with more information and opportunity for conversation on the issues surrounding the development of a transit village, something the mayor of West Windsor is proposing for the Princeton Junction train station. The program is sponsored by the Princeton Junction Neighborhoods' Coalition, and it is free and open to the public.

New Jersey Future is a non-partisan organization that promotes environmental conservation, within a balanced context of economic prosperity and social justice, and focuses on five major issues: strengthening the influence of New Jersey's State Plan to govern the future landscape; reforming property taxes to reduce incentives for sprawl; implementing laws and practices to strengthen existing neighborhoods; conserving open lands and natural places to protect the environment; and, encouraging more transportation choices to make it easier to get around within the state. New Jersey Future fulfills its mission through original research, policy analysis, public education and advocacy and is funded by donations from private foundations, individuals and corporate donors. More information about New Jersey Future is available at www.njfuture.org.

Through 2004, George S. Hawkins was Director of the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, where he spearheaded a comprehensive local land use program. He is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School, and practiced environmental law for the law firm Ropes & Gray, and in the public sector for the US EPA and for the National Performance Review directed by Vice President Gore. Mr. Hawkins teaches environmental law and policy at Princeton University, and manages a sheep and chicken farm with his wife and two children.

The Princeton Junction Neighborhoods' Coalition was organized in January 2005 and its mission is to act as an advocate for concerns and issues identified and shared by the Princeton Junction neighborhoods' residents to promote and participate in positive and responsible change and sustainability. More information about the organization, including its meeting schedule, can be found at http://www.princetonol.com/groups/pjnc/