Business View Magazine | October 2019

228 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2019 type projects. The first one was approved at our planning board a couple months ago. It sits just to the south of the intersection of Rte. 206 and Amwell Road, with a large housing component, including affordable housing, and a significant retail piece.” A big portion of the municipal tax base is residential, but Hillsborough does have a couple of large commercial complexes, mostly around Rte. 206. Part of the issue the Township faces is that the in and out access is only 206. So, it makes it difficult for bigger corporations with significant employee bases to be right in the heart of town - they tend to locate on the outskirts near the highway. With no downtown, per se, most of the residents gather on weekends or evenings in the area of 206 and Amwell Road, which is really the center of town. A large number of retail shops are situated there and it is slated to greatly expand with the next phase of redevelopment. Doug Tomson, Deputy Mayor, acknowledges, “My background is in real estate. And I find that those municipalities that have historically rezoned