SPOTLIGHT ON ESSEX COUNTY

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1 WELCOME TO ESSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY Essex County is ocated in Northeastern New Jersey. Situated just 8 mies west of New York City, Essex County residents enjoy reasonabe housing and taxes, ceebrated schoo systems, beautifu parks, and many other amenities and services one woud associate with a sma town environment. Essex County is home to a variety towns. This spotight wi focus on the 8 argest incuding Newark, the county seat. 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 01

2 CLIMATE Essex County ies in the transition between a humid subtropica and humid continenta cimate with cod, damp winters and hot, humid summers. Spring and autumn in the area are generay unstabe yet mid. Whie snow is expected in winter, sub-zero degrees are unusua and rare. Essex County, NJ Cimate Graph Average High/Low Temperatures Low / High January 24 o F / 39 o F Juy 69 o F / 86 o F Average Yeary Precipitation Rain 46 in. Snow 28 in. GEOGRAPHY Essex County had an area of square mies and rises from generay fat in the east to the twin ridges of the Watchung Mountains in the western haf, beyond which the and owers again into the Passaic River vaey. The highest eevation is found at four areas scattered between Verona, North Cadwe and Cedar Grove, reaching 660 feet above sea eve. The owest point is sea eve, at Newark Bay. GLOBAL MOBILITY SOLUTIONS 02

3 COST OF LIVING Essex County has a tota cost of iving index sighty ess than the average for the state of New Jersey. The median home price is $238,250, which is about 25% ess than the median for the state. Average monthy rent is $1,500, which is sighty above state average. However, Essex County has a wide array of neighborhoods, some with homes under $100,000 and others that start we over $1,000,000. Residents in Essex County pay ess on average for groceries, goods and services, heathcare, transportation, and utiities than the New Jersey averages. With its county seat ess than 8 mies from New York City, Essex County provides a much more affordabe option than iving in Manhattan. AVERAGE HOUSING COSTS Beevie House = $239,000 Rent = $1,249 Boomfied House = $265,000 Rent = $1,375 East Orange House = $217,800 Rent = $993 Irvington House = $95,000 Rent = $1,555 Livingston House = $699,000 Rent = $1,875 Montcair House = $470,000 Rent = $1,628 Newark House = $299,600 Rent = $978 West Orange House = $365,000 Rent = $2,175 TRANSPORTATION Highways Interstate Highways 78, 80, 95, 280 US Highways 9, 22, 46 State Highways 7, 10, 21, 24, 27, 124 Major Airports Newark Liberty Internationa Airport (EWR) Department of Motor Vehices 288 Freinghuysen Avenue Newark, NJ (609) GLOBAL MOBILITY SOLUTIONS 03

4 LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT Essex County is just 8 short mies from Manhattan. One can easiy get to New York City by train, car, bus, or water taxi and enjoy an endess variety of arts, entertainment, events, and food. Essex County is home of one of the country s argest and most gamorous performing arts venues, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. Cheer on the NHL New Jersey Devis as they batte for gory at Prudentia Center or watch the NFL s New York Giants and New York Jets pay at MetLife Stadium, both ess than 11 mies away from the county seat. Essex County, with its parks, akes, and historica cites, has penty to excite outdoor enthusiasts of a ages. SPORTS Teams MLS - New York Red Bus NFL - New York Giants NFL - New York Jets NHL - New Jersey Devis Major Venues MetLife Stadium Prudentia Center Red Bu Arena OUTDOORS & ADVENTURE Parks & Trais Fun on the Water Attractions Discover More Branch Brook Park Canoe Brook Reservoirs Bane Haunted House essexcounty.org Eage Rock Reservation Hemock Fas cwow Gaery newark.com Great Piece Meadows Newark Bay Kip s Caste newark-chamber.org Grover Ceveand Park Orange Reservoir Krueger Mansion visitnj.org South Mountain Reservation Passaic River Turte Back Zoo westorange.com GLOBAL MOBILITY SOLUTIONS 04

5 SHOPPING & DINING A Taste for Everyone A Shoppers Paradise Essex County, with its vicinity to the Atantic coast, is home Shoppers in Essex County enjoy the preeminent shopping to a dizzying array of cutures and tastes. Its restaurants offer destination of The Ma at Short His in New Jersey. Rivaing everything from Mediterranean to Asian fusion to American Rodeo Drive in Los Angees and the Americana (The Mirace pub fare. Fine dining in Essex County tends to be either Itaian Mie ) in Long Isand, this upscae shopping center features or French. There seems to be a new, fantastic restaurant 160 speciaty stores and restaurants that make this shopping popping up a of the time, whie some estabishments ma one of the most uxurious in the entire nation. The remain unchanged for decades as area favorites. Diese and renowned ma features high-end retaiers such as Cartier, Duke in Montcair, Arturo s Osteria & Pizzeria in Mapewood, Gucci, Henri Bende, Hermes, and Bvgari. For a more casua Laboratorio Kitchen in Montcair, and Adega Gri in Newark shopping experience, Essex residents go to Livingston Ma, are among some of the favorites in Essex County. convenienty off Eisenhower Parkway. Additionay, a of the great stores in New York City are just across the Hudson. ART & CULTURE Essex County is home to an array of museums, gaeries, and attractions. The region is fied with gaeries, theaters, museums, and historic homes and forts. Here is just a sampe of paces to enjoy arts and cuture in Essex County: Theaters: Museums: Luna Stage Company Ajira Center for Contemporary Art Mapewood Theater Grover Ceveand Historica Site New Jersey Performing Arts Center Jersey Exporer Chidren s Museum New Jersey Theatre Aiance Jewish Museum of New Jersey Newark Symphony Ha Montcair Art Museum Nutey Litte Theatre Museum of the Od First Ward South Orange Performing Arts Center Newark Museum Westminster Arts Center Thomas Edison Home and Museum GLOBAL MOBILITY SOLUTIONS 05

6 EDUCATION IN ESSEX COUNTY, NJ Nearby Coeges & Universities Eementary & High Schoo Essex County Coege Newark, NJ Essex County Pubic Schoos New Jersey Institute of Technoogy South Orange, NJ Montcair State University Montcair, NJ Rutgers University - Newark Newark, NJ Seton Ha University South Orange, NJ Beevie Pubic Schoos (973) beevieschoos.org Boomfied Schoo District (973) boomfied.k12.nj.us East Orange Schoo District (862) eastorange.k12.nj.us Irvington Pubic Schoos (973) irvington.k12.nj.us Livingston Pubic Schoos (973) ivingston.org Montcair Pubic Schoos (973) montcair.k12.nj.us Newark Pubic Schoos (973) nps.k12.nj.us West Orange Pubic Schoos (973) woboe.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 06