The data sources, the rationale for the assumptions, and the legislative language is detailed in Impact Zone Report. The data supporting the naming of the Impact Zones is compiled from various sources as specified in the law. The Impact Zone with the highest median family income is Morris Plains ($127,226). Twenty-one municipalities with median family incomes above New Jersey’s average median family income qualified as Impact Zones. These Impact Zones have an average unemployment rate 32% higher than the rest of New Jersey’s municipalities, 77% more marijuana arrests, and a Crime Index 34% higher. Though there is overlap, Impact Zones, as designated by the New Jersey legislature, are different from communities ( Economically Disadvantaged Areas) that may qualify a license applicant for Social Equity consideration by the Cannabis Regulatory Commission.įollowing the statutory guidelines, 87 of New Jersey’s 565 municipalities (15%), in 18 counties qualify as Impact Zones. (b) with a population of not less than 60,000 or more than 80,000 has a crime index total of 650 or higher and for calendar year 2019 has a local average annual unemployment rate of 3% or higher using the same estimated annual unemployment rates." (a) with a population of less than 60,000, that ranks in the top 40% of municipalities in the State for marijuana- or hashish-related arrests has a crime index total of 1,000 or higher but for calendar year 2019 does not have a local average annual unemployment rate that ranks in the top 15% of all municipalities or (4) Is located in a county of the second class, based upon the county's population: (3) Is located in a county of the third class, based upon the county's population, that meets all of the criteria in (2) other than having a crime index total of 825 or higher or (2) Ranks in the top 40% of New Jersey municipalities for marijuana- or hashish-related arrests has a crime index total of 825 or higher and has a local average annual unemployment rate in the top 15% of all municipalities *According to the legislation an Impact Zone means any municipality, based on past criminal marijuana enterprises contributing to higher concentrations of law enforcement activity, unemployment, and poverty, or any combination thereof, within parts of or throughout the municipality that:
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