Does Central Jersey exist? The age-old debate may finally be put to rest under proposed legislation that would officially mark Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and Somerset counties as the “Central Jersey” region on a redrawn tourism map. The bill would also update how New Jersey allocates its tourism funding.
“The central part of our state, which is full of Revolutionary War sites and parks and restaurants and farms, is lagging behind the rest of the state,” said Sen. Andrew Zwicker (D-Middlesex), the primary sponsor of the bill. “We’re going to start with central New Jersey, we’re going to put it on the map. But then we’re just going to make sure that the whole state is coming back so that we’re competing with our neighboring states and we’re drawing people into our beautiful, beautiful area.”
