diff --git a/isometric-park-fna/Components/AreaComponent.cs b/isometric-park-fna/Components/AreaComponent.cs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/isometric-park-fna/Components/AreaComponent.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+
+using Microsoft.Xna.Framework;
+
+using Encompass;
+
+namespace isometricparkfna.Components {
+
+	public struct AreaComponent : IComponent {
+		public Vector2[] squares;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/isometric-park-fna/Engines/GameBridgeEngine.cs b/isometric-park-fna/Engines/GameBridgeEngine.cs
--- a/isometric-park-fna/Engines/GameBridgeEngine.cs
+++ b/isometric-park-fna/Engines/GameBridgeEngine.cs
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@
 using Encompass;
 
 using isometricparkfna.Messages;
+using isometricparkfna.Components;
 
 namespace isometricparkfna.Engines {
 
 	[Receives(typeof(ToggleWindowMessage), typeof(ToggleVisibilityMessage))]
+	[Reads(typeof(AreaComponent))]
 	class GameBridgeEngine : Engine
 	{
 
@@ -51,6 +53,20 @@
 				}
 			}
 
+            foreach (ref readonly var entity in ReadEntities<AreaComponent>())
+            {
+				game.in_zone = false;
+                var areaComponent = GetComponent<AreaComponent>(entity);
+				foreach  (var square in areaComponent.squares)
+				{
+					if (game.mouseGrid == square)
+					{
+						game.in_zone = true;
+					}
+				}
+				
+			}
+
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/isometric-park-fna/FNAGame.cs b/isometric-park-fna/FNAGame.cs
--- a/isometric-park-fna/FNAGame.cs
+++ b/isometric-park-fna/FNAGame.cs
@@ -58,9 +58,12 @@
     
     Simulation simulation;
 
-    Vector2 mouseGrid;
+    public Vector2 mouseGrid;
     Vector2 original_point;
 
+    //for now
+    public bool in_zone;
+
     private ImGuiRenderer _imGuiRenderer;
     private DebugWindow debugWindow;
 
@@ -723,7 +726,10 @@
         String status_left = "";
         if (MathUtils.Between(this.mouseGrid.X, -1, this.simulation.map.MapWidth) && MathUtils.Between(this.mouseGrid.Y, -1, this.simulation.map.MapHeight))
         {
-			status_left = String.Format("{0:},{1:} {2}", this.mouseGrid.X, this.mouseGrid.Y, this.simulation.map.cells[(int)this.mouseGrid.X][(int)this.mouseGrid.Y].status);
+			status_left = String.Format("{0:},{1:} {2} ({3})", this.mouseGrid.X, this.mouseGrid.Y,
+             this.simulation.map.cells[(int)this.mouseGrid.X][(int)this.mouseGrid.Y].status,
+             this.in_zone ? "Contracted" : "Unzoned"
+             );
         }
 
         String header_left = String.Format("${0:}|{1:} \ue124", this.simulation.money, this.simulation.map.tree_count);
diff --git a/isometric-park-fna/Renderers/AreaRenderer.cs b/isometric-park-fna/Renderers/AreaRenderer.cs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/isometric-park-fna/Renderers/AreaRenderer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+
+using Microsoft.Xna.Framework;
+using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics;
+
+using isometricparkfna.UI;
+using isometricparkfna.Components;
+
+using Encompass;
+using SpriteFontPlus;
+
+namespace isometricparkfna.Renderers 
+{
+	public class AreaRenderer : GeneralRenderer
+	{
+		private SpriteBatch batch;
+		private SpriteFont font;
+
+
+		public AreaRenderer(SpriteBatch batch, SpriteFont font)
+		{
+			this.batch = batch;
+			this.font = font;
+		}
+
+		
+		public override void Render()
+		{
+
+			var budgetWindow = new BudgetWindow(new Budget { }, this.font, 0, 0);
+
+			foreach (ref readonly  var entity in ReadEntities<AreaComponent>()) 
+			{
+				var areaComponent = GetComponent<AreaComponent>(entity);
+				Tile.DrawOutlinedSquares(batch, areaComponent.squares, Color.Teal);
+				
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}