Ewing Township hoping to see cannabis tax windfall

Ever since the state of New Jersey legalized the sale of adult cannabis in 2021, Ewing Township has been among the first municipalities to approve such facilities in town.

One major factor making such facilities attractive to local officials is the fact that municipalities are allowed to tax cannabis businesses located in town.

The income can be pretty significant. Lawrence Township, which had one of the first retail adult use dispensaries in the area in 2022, estimated that it would have realized almost $1 million in additional tax revenues if the business had been open for the full year.

Ewing Observer editor Bill Sanservino recently sat down with Mayor Bert Steinmann to talk about issues impacting the township.

The first article resulting from the interview ran in the May issue of the paper and dealt with the reconstruction of the Ewing Senior and Community Center, which suffered a serious fire last year. The mayor also discussed the economy and municipal budget in the article.

Development and redevelopment in town was covered in the June issue/ Both stories

See CANNABIS, Page 3