WELCOME TO DETROIT, MICHIGAN Detroit is the argest city in the midwestern state of Michigan. Because of its beautifu architecture and many streets with French names, the city was dubbed Paris of the West. Near Downtown, the neocassica Detroit Institute of Arts is famed for Diego Rivera muras inspired by the city s ong-standing ties to the auto industry, which earned it the nickname Motor City. Detroit is aso the birthpace of Motown Records, whose chart-topping history is on dispay at Hitsvie U.S.A. 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
CLIMATE Detroit and the rest of southeastern Michigan have a humid continenta cimate which is infuenced by the Great Lakes. Winters are cod, with moderate snowfa and temperatures not rising above freezing on an average 44 days annuay. Summers are warm to hot with temperatures and the warm season runs from May to September. A decade or two may pass between readings of 100 F or higher, which ast occurred Juy 17, 2012. The average window for freezing temperatures is October 20 through Apri 22, aowing a growing season of 180 days. Cimate Graph Average High/Low Temperatures Low / High January 19 o F / 31 o F Juy 63 o F / 82 o F Average Precipitation Rain Snow 30 in. 44 in. GEOGRAPHY Detroit is the center of a three-county urban area and is the principa city in Metro Detroit and Southeast Michigan situated in the Midwestern United States and the region. The Detroit River Internationa Widife Refuge is the ony internationa widife preserve in North America, uniquey ocated in the heart of a major metropoitan area. The Refuge incudes isands, coasta wetands, marshes, shoas, and waterfront ands aong 48 mies of the Detroit River and Western Lake Erie shoreine. The city sopes genty from the northwest to southeast on a ti pain composed argey of gacia and ake cay. The most notabe topographica feature in the city is the Detroit Moraine, a broad cay ridge on which the oder portions of Detroit and Windsor sit atop above the river at its highest point. GLOBAL MOBILITY SOLUTIONS 02
COST OF LIVING The overa cost of iving in is10% ower than the Michigan average and 20% ower than the nationa average. The average home price in Detroit is $130,600 ess than the nationa home price average and are experiencing a year over year appreciation rate over 2%. The genera prices for good and services, groceries, and transportation are ess in Detroit than the nationa averages. Key Metrics Avg. Cost of Living -20% Cost of Housing -57% Heath Costs -1% % above or beow nationa average TRANSPORTATION Highways Interstate Highways 75, 94, 96, 275, 375, 696 US Highways 12, 24 State Highways 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 53, 97, 102 Airports Detroit Metropoitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) Department of Motor Vehices 2835 Bagey Avenue 48216 http://www.dmv.org/mi-michigan GLOBAL MOBILITY SOLUTIONS 03
LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT The Greater Detroit metro area (think Roya Oak, Berkey, Grosse Point, and Rochester) is incrediby aive, vibrant, and fied with weathy communities and good schoos. As for Detroit itsef, there s no better pace to be than the three to five mie radius of Downtown Detroit where new peope are moving in and new businesses are opening their doors every day. Neighborhoods ike Midtown, Corktown, Indian Viage, Woodbridge, and Brush Park are exceent exampes of great Detroit neighborhoods, a with high ivabiity scores and cose proximity to amenities, restaurants, and entertainment. Detroit is a city that oves its sports. Dubbed Hockeytown USA for the dominance of the Detroit Red Wings, it has aso has an avid fan base for its other professiona teams. SPORTS Teams MLB - Detroit Tigers NBA - Detroit Pistons NFL - Detroit Lions NHL - Detroit Red Wings Major Venues Comerica Park Ford Fied Joe Louis Arena Litte Caesars Arena The Paace at Auburn His OUTDOORS & ADVENTURE Parks & Trais Fun on the Water Attractions Discover More Campus Martius Park Bee Ise Bee Ise Aquarium detroit.gov Pamer Park Detroit River Detroit Zoo michigan.org Windsor Scupture Park Riverwak Hitsvie USA visitdetroit.com GLOBAL MOBILITY SOLUTIONS 04
SHOPPING & DINING A Taste for Everyone A Shopper s Paradise More so than perhaps any other major metropoitan, The best shopping in Detroit s downtown area wi be Detroit s restaurants are judged not just by subjective found at the Renaissance Center. Home aso to Genera standards of quaity, but aso by their overa significance Motors headquarters, The Ren-Cen and its 6 cyindrica to the city. Detroit isn t about the best restaurants or the towers previousy offered mainy office space and few odest restaurants or the quirkiest or the trendiest or the pubic attractions. Now, the buiding s interior treats most beoved; this is about the restaurants that make visitors to a briiant new Wintergarden that provides an impact beyond their food, and have become a part of views of the Detroit River, a suspended gass circuation the fabric of what it means to eat and ive in Detroit. One ring that heps improve pedestrian fow inside the exampe, Bucharest Gri, is the shawarma that aunched buiding s maze-ike interior, a GM-sponsored showroom a thousand kissess first dates, and is the stuff of oca of historic vehices, a first-run movie theater, a 1,298-room egend. hote ocated in the 73-story center tower, and severa prominent restaurants and retaiers. ART & CULTURE The Detroit area pays home to an astounding coection of museums, gaeries and attractions. The city is fied with historic buidings, commemorative and artistic statues, as we as fantastic venues in which to catch top performances of music, dance, and acting. Theaters: Museums & Gaeries: City Theater Chares H. Wright Museum Detroit Music Ha Detroit Historica Museum Detroit Opera House Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit Repertory Theatre Henry Ford Museum Fisher Theatre Michigan Science Center The Fimore Detroit Museum of Contemporary Art Fox Theatre Majestic Theatre GLOBAL MOBILITY SOLUTIONS 05
EDUCATION IN DETROIT, MI Notabe Coeges & Universities Eementary & High Schoo Coege for Creative Studies Marygrove Coege University of Detroit Mercy Detroit Pubic Schoo Schoos There are 336 pubic schoos in Detroit. Detroit Educationa Attainment High Schoo Graduates or higher 71% Bacheor s Degree or higher 13% Wayne County Community Coege Wayne State University Contact Fisher Buiding 3011 W. Grand Bouevard 48202 (313) 240-4377 www.detroit.k12.mi.us 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 www.gmsmobiity.com 1-800-617-1904 LinkedIn: Goba Mobiity Soutions info@gmsmobiity.com Baker s Dozen Customer Satisfaction Ratings RELOCATION 2016 Winner GLOBAL MOBILITY SOLUTIONS 06