Description: This polygon dataset represents the 32 Urban Enterprise Zones (UEZ) that are found within 37 municipalities located within the State of New Jersey. A listing of UEZ offices and their respective Coordinators can be found at http://www.nj.gov/dca/affiliates/uez/coordinators. New Jersey's Urban Enterprise (UEZ) Program, enacted in 1983, operates as an entity in but not of the Department of Community Affairs. The Urban Enterprise Zone Program (UEZ) Program exists to aid in fostering an economic climate that revitalizes designated urban communities and stimulates their growth by encouraging businesses to develop and create private sector jobs through public and private investment. Additional program information can be found at http://www.nj.gov/dca/affiliates/uez.
Service Item Id: e5722e995aaf47528762fbd6d7d46235
Copyright Text: NJ Department of Community Affairs, Local Planning Services
NJ Department of Community Affairs, UEZ Program
NJ Office of Information Technology, Office of GIS (NJOGIS)
Stephen Eckhardt GISP. Project Manager at Civil Solutions, a division of Adams, Rehmann, and Heggan Associates, Inc.
Name: Neighborhood Preservation Program (NPP) Eligible Tracts (2021)
Display Field: Tract_Name
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Eligible Neighborhood Preservation Program Census Tracts consist of Census Tracts that were eligible in the prior funding cycle (Legacy Tracts) as well as newly identified Census Tracts (New Tracts) in the 2021 funding cycle.New Tracts are located in municipalities where the following criteria are met:1. Neighborhood decline requirement (threatened)The Census Tract is on a negative trajectory since 2010 through 2019 on an index of housing vacancies, home values, jobs, and poverty (75th Percentile on Index)OR Municipal COVID Economic Impact Score of 53.6 or higher - median for block groups (Score is an index of the post-COVID change in the unemployment rate and the business vacancy rate)AND The Census Tract has at least one block group with a Median Household Income less than State Median2. Viability requirement (viable)The Census Tract has at least one block group with a Median Home Value at least 50% of County Median3. Mixed-use requirementThe Census Tract has a Job to population ratio above the state medianANDThe Census Tract Has at least one block group with a mixed block share that is over twice the state median. A mixed block is a block with at least one commercial parcel and one residential or apartment parcel4. Walkability requirementThe Census Tract has at least one block group with a Walkability Score above the state average (Score consists of median block size, % walking to work, and population density)Legacy Tracts that established eligibility in the prior funding cycle were defined using the following criteria:1. Municipalities must rank between the 64th and 98th percentiles on the Municipal Revitalization Index.2 Municipalities must have at least one neighborhood (census tract) meeting the following criteria:a. On a negative trajectory since 2010 through 2016 on an index of housing vacancies, home values, jobs, and povertyb. Below the state median income levelc. Home values at least 60% of the county mediand. Job to population ratio above the state median3. Municipalities must have sufficient mixed-use blocks (defined as any block with at least one residential lot and one commercial block) as measured by: State of New Jersey: Neighborhood Preservation Program Guidelinesa. Municipality has more mixed use blocks than the State median number (33) or;b. Municipality has at least two times the State median for mixed use blocks as a percentage of all blocks (35.4%)4. Municipalities must have at least one “walkable” neighborhood as measured by:a. Median block size of no more than 25% greater than the State median;b. The percentage of employed people walking to work is more than two times the State median;c. The jobs to population ratio is more than two times the State median or the ratio of jobs to square mile is more than 150% of the State median;d. The population density is no less than 25% of the State median
Service Item Id: e5722e995aaf47528762fbd6d7d46235
Copyright Text: NJDCA, Local Planning Services. NJDCA, Division of Housing and Community Resources - Neighborhood Preservation Program.
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