About Us
Our Mission
Princeton GROWS strives to promote a welcoming, diverse, and cohesive Princeton community made of neighbors that prioritize abundant, dignified, sustainable, and affordable housing for all.
Our Vision
We envision a vibrant, cohesive, and sustainable Princeton community where people from all walks of life can afford to live and thrive.
What Princeton GROWS stands for:
Gather – We strive to promote community with our neighbors and to foster a diverse and integrated Princeton community where residents build solidarity and look out for one another.
Respect – We respect all of our neighbors and commit to policies that ensure the environmental sustainability of our community and the welfare of our residents, including our current and future neighbors.
Organize – We organize and advocate to ensure that Princeton is a truly equitable, inclusive, and sustainable community for all.
Welcome – We embrace a thriving and growing community, welcome all who desire to call Princeton home, and affirm how our future neighbors will enrich our community.
Share – We are committed to sharing our collective resources and doing our part to foster regional equity and environmental sustainability.
Steering Committee Members
Jade Jang
Princeton University Undergraduate Student
Matt Mleczko
Princeton University Affiliated Researcher
Ana Paola Pazmiño
Executive Director, Resistencia en Accion NJ
Tom Pinneo
Owner, Pinneo Construction and Board Chair of Housing Initiatives of Princeton
Fern Spruill
Princeton Resident, Advocate
Larry Spruill
Princeton University Employee and Princeton Resident, Advocate
Our Community Partners
Not In Our Town Princeton
Resistencia en Acción NJ
Princeton Future
Housing Initiatives of Princeton
Civil Rights Princeton