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1 SPOTLIGHT ON MIAMI WELCOME TO MIAMI, FLORIDA Miami is an internationa city at Forida s southeastern tip. Its Cuban infuence is refected in the cafes and cigar shops that ine Cae Ocho in Litte Havana. On barrier isands across the turquoise waters of Biscayne Bay is Miami Beach, home to South Beach. This gamorous neighborhood is famed for its coorfu art deco buidings, white sand, surfside hotes and trend-setting nightcubs. Contents Cimate and Geography 02 Cost of Living and Transportation 03 Lifestye, Sports, and Attractions 04 Shopping, Dining, and Cuture 05 Schoos and Education 06 GLOBAL MOBILITY SOLUTIONS SPOTLIGHT ON MIAMI 01

2 SPOTLIGHT ON MIAMI CLIMATE Miami has a tropica monsoon cimate with a marked drier season in the winter. Its seaeve eevation, coasta ocation, position just above the Tropic of Cancer, and proximity to the Guf Stream shape its cimate. Coo air usuay settes after the passage of a cod front, which produces much of the itte amount of rainfa during the season. The Guf Stream, a warm ocean current, runs northward just 15 mies off the coast, aowing the city s cimate to stay warm and mid a year. Cimate Graph Average High/Low Temperatures Low / High January 60 o F / 76 o F Juy 77 o F / 91 o F Average Precipitation Rain 62 in. GEOGRAPHY Miami and its suburbs are ocated on a broad pain between the Forida Evergades to the west and Biscayne Bay to the east, which aso extends from Forida Bay north to Lake Okeechobee. The eevation of the area never rises above 40 ft and averages at around 6 ft above mean sea eve in most neighborhoods, especiay near the coast. The highest unduations are found aong the coasta Miami Rock Ridge, whose substrate underies most of the eastern Miami metropoitan region. The main portion of the city ies on the shores of Biscayne Bay which contains severa hundred natura and artificiay created barrier isands, the argest of which contains Miami Beach and South Beach. GLOBAL MOBILITY SOLUTIONS SPOTLIGHT ON MIAMI 02

3 SPOTLIGHT ON MIAMI COST OF LIVING The overa cost of iving index in Miami is 9% higher than the Forida average and 9% higher than the nationa average. The average home vaue is $35,700 more than the nationa average and residents anticipate a year over year appreciate rate of over 5%. Whie some amenities, goods and services are sighty more expensive than the nationa average, residents in Miami pay 3% ess for utiities than the nationa average. Key Housing Figures* Median Home Purchase Price $450,000 Median Monthy Rent (1BDRM) $1,861 *Sources: - accessed 09/22/2017, - accessed 09/22/2017 TRANSPORTATION Highways Interstate Highways 75, 95, 195, 395 US Highways 1, 27, 41, 441 State Highways 112, 826, 836, 874, 878, 924 Airport Miami Internationa Airport (MIA) Department of Motor Vehices 7795 W. Fager Street GLOBAL MOBILITY SOLUTIONS SPOTLIGHT ON MIAMI 03

4 SPOTLIGHT ON MIAMI LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT Peope have many reasons for moving to Miami incuding the sunny skies, diverse cuture and interesting empoyment opportunities. For those arriving from other paces within the United States, you quicky earn that the Latin American infuences on this fair city make it unike any other. Miami is known for having the best beaches, the most artistic hotes on South Beach, a ot of restaurants, beautifu spas, nice cubs and many sight-seeing choices. The airport and taxi system makes it easy to get around without even having to rent a car whie you re on vacation. SPORTS Pro Teams MLB - Miami Marins MLS - Miami FC NBA - Miami Heat NFL - Miami Dophins NHL - Forida Panthers Major Venues American Airines Arena BB&T Center Hard Rock Stadium Marins Park OUTDOORS & ADVENTURE Parks & Trais Fun on the Water Attractions Discover More Bayfront Park Biscayne Bay Junge Isand miamiandbeaches.com Bicentennia Park Miami Beach Miami Seaquarium miamigov.com Tropica Park South Beach Zoo Miami visitforida.com GLOBAL MOBILITY SOLUTIONS SPOTLIGHT ON MIAMI 04

5 SPOTLIGHT ON MIAMI SHOPPING & DINING Fabuous Foribbean High Fashion and Stye The cuisine of Miami is a refection of its diverse popuation, Dophin Ma is the argest, most exciting shopping and with a heavy infuence especiay from Caribbean cuisine entertainment destination in Miami. Dophin Ma, a and from Latin American cuisine. By combining the two with beautifu, stat of the art vaue center, brings you the finest American cuisine, it has spawned a unique South Forida fashion incuding stores not found anywhere ese in the stye of cooking known as Foribbean cuisine. Foribbean county such as Boomingdae s The Outet Store, Last Ca by cuisine is widey avaiabe throughout Miami and South Neiman Marcus and Sakes Fifth Avenue OFF 5th, to name a Forida. Cuban immigrants in the 1960s brought the Cuban few. Dophin Ma aso offers dining and famiy entertainment sandwich, medianoche, Cuban espresso, and croquetas, a options in a beautifu and eectrifying setting. of which have grown in popuarity to a Miamians, and have become symbos of the city s varied cuisine. ART & CULTURE Not ony has Miami s oca art scene emerged as one of the best in the country, but it s aso probaby the east stuffy and most fun art scene in the word. Theaters: Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts Arts Baet Theatre of Forida Juius Littman Performing Arts Theater Oympia Theater Museums: Frost Art Museum Miami Art Museum Miami Chidren s Museum Miami Science Museum Vizcaya Museum & Gardens GLOBAL MOBILITY SOLUTIONS SPOTLIGHT ON MIAMI 05

6 SPOTLIGHT ON MIAMI EDUCATION IN MIAMI, FL Notabe Coeges & Universities Eementary & High Schoo Forida Internationa University Miami-Dade County Pubic Schoos Miami Dade Coege Miami Internationa University of Art Robert Morgan Educationa Center University of Miami Cora Gabes, FL Schoos There are 239 pubic schoos in Miami. Incuding charter and private schoos, there are a tota of 396. Miami Educationa Attainment High Schoo Graduates or higher 69% Bacheor s Degree or higher 23% Contact 1450 NE 2nd Avenue # (305) CONNECT WITH GMS Founded in 1987, Goba Mobiity Soutions is a goba corporate reocation services company that speciaizes in workforce mobiity. The company s corporate reocation services incude goba assignment management, domestic reocation management, and a range of pre-decision soutions. Goba Mobiity Soutions is a perennia winner of the HRO Today Baker s Dozen customer satisfaction survey, being recognized as a top reocation company for the ast four years in a row. Onine Resources Phone & Emai LinkedIn: Goba Mobiity Soutions info@gmsmobiity.com Baker s Dozen Customer Satisfaction Ratings RELOCATION 2017 Winner GLOBAL MOBILITY SOLUTIONS SPOTLIGHT ON MIAMI 06