SPOTLIGHT ON FOLSOM WELCOME TO FOLSOM, CALIFORNIA. Contents

Transcription

1 WELCOME TO FOLSOM, CALIFORNIA This charming city, is on many ists of the best paces to ive in the United States. More than just the home to Johnny Cash s famous prison, Fosom offers great restaurants, shopping, arts, adventure, and famiy fun. The current popuation is 75,000, but due to the draw of Fosom, with its natura beauty, ow crime, and easy accessibiity to Sacramento, the city s growth rate is 12% higher than the nationa average. Peope want to ive in Fosom, CA, and it s easy to see why. Contents Cimate and Geography 02 Cost of Living and Transportation 03 Sports and Outdoor Activities 04 Shopping and Dining 05 Schoos and Education 06 GLOBAL MOBILITY SOLUTIONS SPOTLIGHT ON FOLSOM 01

2 CLIMATE Like much of Caifornia, Fosom is known for its peasant weather. Fosom experiences a the seasons, incuding ong, hot, dry summers, crisp fas with vibrant foiage, coo, rainy winters, and fragrant springs. Sometimes there is even a dusting of snow in winter. Fosom Cimate Graph - Caifornia Cimate Chart Average High/Low Temperatures January Juy Low / High 39 o F / 55 o F 61 o F / 95 o F Average Precipitation Rain Snow 24 in. 0.5 in. GEOGRAPHY Located in the Sacramento Vaey, Fosom is just a itte over 20 mies west of Caifornia s capita city of Sacramento. Just up the American River, it is bordered on the west by Lake Natoma and on the north by Fosom Lake. South of the city is vast amounts of desert brush and empty grassand. The Sierra Nevada Mountains and Cascade Mountains begin to rise east of Fosom. GLOBAL MOBILITY SOLUTIONS SPOTLIGHT ON FOLSOM 02

3 COST OF LIVING Based on its abundance of amenities, sunny weather, stabe housing market, and ow crime, Fosom has the exceptiona ivabiity rating of 83. The nationa average is 70 and the Caifornia average is ony 65. The tota cost of iving is ony 5% higher than the Caifornia average. With a median house price of $393,600, home costs in Fosom are just 6% higher than Caifornia on a whoe. However, crime in Fosom is 46% ower than the rest of Caifornia and 43% ower than the nationa average. Fosom ranked number one in 2016 s Best Paces to Raise a Famiy in Caifornia. (WaetHub.com) Key Metrics Avg. Cost of Living +40% Cost of Housing +103% Heath Costs +2% % above or beow nationa average TRANSPORTATION Highways US Highways: US-50 Airport Sacramento Internationa Airport (SMF) Department of Motor Vehices 323 E. Bidwe Street Fosom, CA GLOBAL MOBILITY SOLUTIONS SPOTLIGHT ON FOLSOM 03

4 SPOTLIGHT ON FOLSOM LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT Fosom is an outdoor enthusiast s paradise. The city pays specia attention to creating, preserving, and promoting its many hiking and biking trais. Situated between Fosom Lake and Lake Natoma - the start of the American River - Fosom offers everything from great boating, rafting, swimming, and fishing. Some of the word s best skiing is ess than two hours away in Tahoe. For those who want nature to come to them, rather than hiking out to meet it, the Fosom City Zoo Sanctuary is a great pace to see many exotic and regiona animas. With Sacramento ony 30 minutes away, sports fans in Fosom can easiy watch ive performances of the Sacramento Kings (NBA), Sacramento Repubic FC (USL), and the Sacramento River Cats (PCL). OUTDOORS & ADVENTURE Parks & Trais Fun on the Water Discover More Caste Park American River fosom.ca.us Fosom Lions Park Fosom Lake historicfosom.org John Kemp Community Park Lake Natoma hobnobfosom.com GLOBAL MOBILITY SOLUTIONS SPOTLIGHT ON FOLSOM 04

5 SPOTLIGHT ON FOLSOM SHOPPING & DINING Fantastic Favors From Outets to Opuence If America is the meting pot of the word, then Fosom has everything from huge shopping it makes sense that a city by the American River mas to downtown boutique stores. The offers a vast array of goba tastes. Fosom s top farmer s markets hed in Fosom Station 10 restaurants serve wonderfu interpretations Paza bring in the freshest fruits, vegetabes, of Chinese, Itaian, Irish, Mexican, and Thai and homemade deights. There are many foods, as we as American barbecue and outet stores in Fosom for dea hunters, traditiona pub fare. whie The Paadio offers a higher-end shopping experience. ART & CULTURE From cassica music to cassic rock, from baet to Broadway, Fosom offers a the cuture of a major city. Theaters: Facon s Eye Theatre Harris Center for the Arts Sutter Street Theatre Gaeries and Museums: American Visions Art Gaery Fosom Art Gaery Sutter Street Artists The Gaery at 48 Natoma Fosom Historica Museum Fosom State Prison Museum The Museum of Wonder & Deight GLOBAL MOBILITY SOLUTIONS SPOTLIGHT ON FOLSOM 05

6 EDUCATION IN FOLSOM, CA Notabe Coeges & Universities Eementary & High Schoo American River Coege Sacramento, CA Cosumnes River Coege Sacramento, CA Fosom-Cordovsa Unified Schoo District Schoos Eementary Schoos 20 Midde Schoos 4 High Schoos 3 Fosom Lake Coege Fosom, CA Sacramento City Coege Sacramento, CA Sierra Coege Rockin, CA Fosom Educationa Attainment High Schoo Graduates or higher 93% Bacheor s Degree or higher 46% Contact 1965 Birkmont Drive Rancho Cordova, CA (917) fcusd.org CONNECT WITH GMS Founded in 1987, Goba Mobiity Soution 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 back-to-back-to-back winner of the HRO Today 2014, 2015, and 2016 Baker s Dozen customer satisfaction surveys. Onine Resources Phone & Emai LinkedIn: Goba Mobiity Soutions info@gmsmobiity.com Baker s Dozen Customer Satisfaction Ratings RELOCATION 2016 Winner GLOBAL MOBILITY SOLUTIONS SPOTLIGHT ON FOLSOM 06