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A w
ell-educated labor force is one of Morris
County’s m
ost outstanding features. The portion
of the county’s population age 25 and older w
ith
a college degree is 45
% – nearly three tim
es the
state and national average – while 17%
hold grad-
uate degrees. More than 9
0%
of the population
over age 25 has a high school diplom
a. >>>W
ork-
parkland and 37 county parks, all offering ample
outdoor fun. Twenty public and private golf courses
and ample recreation program
s for youth round
out a long list of offerings for active residents.
>>> Morris C
ounty is also a stronghold for arts,
culture and history. It is home to such institutions
as the Morris M
useum, recently nam
ed a Top Ten
USA
cultural destination, the critically acclaimed
upgrading worker skills. >>>
Mo
rris Co
un
ty’s
skilled labor po
ol is a large o
ne. T
he co
un
ty’s
200
2 civilian
labor fo
rce was 26
7,100
wh
ile the
aggregate civilian labo
r force of M
orris an
d the
seven su
rrou
ndin
g cou
nties to
taled mo
re than
1.5 m
illion
. Th
is civilian labo
r force is expected
to grow
at a healthy rate of 9
.3% by 20
12.
and
its 120 m
iles of beach
es and
oceanfro
nt.
In th
e op
po
site directio
n, P
enn
sylvania’s
Po
con
o M
ou
ntain
s becko
n skiers an
d all seek-
ing
a qu
iet, bu
t close retreat. >>> S
ho
pp
ers will
find
a wealth
of majo
r malls, p
remiu
m o
utlets
and
dow
ntow
n sh
ops. D
inin
g o
ptio
ns are
equ
ally plen
tiful an
d ran
ge fro
m eleg
ant
fou
r-star bistro
s to casu
al eateries catering
For m
ore info
rmatio
n, co
ntact:
Morris C
ou
nty
Eco
nom
ic D
evelo
pm
ent C
orp
ora
tion
P.O. B
ox 90
0
30 S
chu
yler Place, 4
th Flo
or
Mo
rristown
, NJ
079
63
-09
00
Tel. 973
-539
-8270
& 9
73-8
29-8
212
Fax 9
73-326
-90
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ivision
of M
orris C
ou
nty C
ham
ber of C
om
merce
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tyed
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DE
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PM
EN
T S
ER
VIC
ES
T
he M
orris C
ou
nty
Eco
nom
ic Dev
elopm
ent
Corp
ora
tion
serves a
s a p
owerfu
l ally
for
bu
sinesses seekin
g a
new
loca
tion
as w
ell as
for th
ose curren
tly o
pera
ting in
the co
un
ty.T
he o
rgan
izatio
n's d
ata
base of ch
oice rea
lesta
te loca
tion
s - an
objectiv
e, confid
entia
l,free reso
urce -- m
ake site selectio
n m
ore
efficient a
nd ta
ilored
to th
e requ
iremen
ts ofsp
ecific bu
sinesses. M
CE
DC
can
prov
ide y
ou
with
studies o
n th
e office an
d in
du
strial rea
lesta
te markets, la
bor ava
ilability
an
d cost,
taxes, cost of liv
ing, tra
nsp
orta
tion
pro
jects,an
d h
istorica
l an
d p
rojected
econ
om
ic data
.
Morris C
ou
nty
is N
ew J
ersey’s to
pbu
siness d
estinatio
n,
wh
ere cuttin
g ed
ge
bu
siness lea
ders fin
dacross-th
e-board
qu
ality
in ev
ery
critical lo
catio
nattrib
ute.
force development is enhanced by the county’s 3,
four-year colleges and universities and the County
College of M
orris, all of which offer both liberal
arts and professional development program
s.
The State of New
Jersey’s Custom
ized Training
Program
provides annual grants of more than
$35 m
illion to the business comm
unity for
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F L
IFE
When it com
es to quality of life, Morris C
ounty
has few peers. G
racious suburban towns, rolling
mountains and sophisticated dow
ntowns all offer
a diverse array of housing and recreation oppor-
tunities. >>> The county is in New
Jersey’s lush
Skylands R
egion, home to 6
0,0
00
+ acres of state
Shakespeare Theater of N
ew Jersey, the stunning
gardens at the Frelinghuysen Arboretum
, The
New
Philharm
onic of New
Jersey, and Morristow
n
National H
istorical Park, the first such park in the
nation. The county is also just 30 m
inutes away
from
New
York C
ity and
its end
less men
u
of thin
gs to
do. >>> M
orris C
ou
nty is also
a
conven
ient d
rive from
the J
ersey Sh
ore
to th
e entire fam
ily. >>> Mo
rris Co
un
ty’s
residen
ts are served by fo
ur m
ajor h
osp
itals
and
top
health
care facilities. Mo
re than
180
chu
rches an
d syn
ago
gu
es, plu
s a stron
g
collectio
n of civic o
rgan
ization
s anch
or
a vibran
t com
mu
nity. ■
of North
Am
erica. >>>T
he county’s telecomm
uni-
cations infrastructure features a high-end voice/
data transfer network, including fiber optics, sur-
vivable SO
NE
T rings, and digital central offices.
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alit
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EA
L E
ST
AT
E
Morris C
oun
ty leads the state in
office
space inventory – n
early 27 million
square
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alit
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OC
AT
ION
Lo
cated ju
st 35 m
iles ou
tside of N
ew Yo
rk
City, M
orris C
ou
nty lies in
the h
eart of the
Boston
-Wash
ington
corridor, the n
ation’s
wealth
iest regio
n an
d h
om
e to a m
arket of
som
e 60
millio
n co
nsu
mers w
ith a co
llective
pu
rchasin
g p
ower of $
1 trillion
with
in
overnig
ht d
elivery.
natio
nal real o
utp
ut th
rou
gh
2025
. An
d w
ith
small b
usin
ess grow
th trackin
g p
op
ulatio
n
grow
th n
ationw
ide, th
e cou
nty’s expan
din
g
po
pu
lation
bo
des w
ell for en
trepren
eurs. >>>
Bu
sinesses o
peratin
g in
Mo
rris Co
un
ty enjoy
a nu
mb
er of com
petitive ad
vantag
es, inclu
din
g
som
e of the low
est corp
orate, sm
all bu
siness,
and
perso
nal in
com
e tax rates in th
e New
York
Fortu
ne 5
00
list are head
qu
artered o
r
have m
ajor facilities in
the co
un
ty. Th
e Mo
rris
Co
un
ty Qu
ality Ad
vantag
e con
tinu
es to attract
top
firms, in
clud
ing
such
recently relo
cated
com
panies as B
arclays Cap
ital, Cad
bu
ry
Schw
epp
es, Altan
a Ph
arma, W
hatm
an, In
c.,
and
Su
n C
hem
ical.
in ro
ad and bridge im
provemen
ts. >>>C
om
mu
ter
rail optio
ns in
clude N
J Tran
sit service to
Man
hattan
and to
Am
trak’s No
rtheast C
orrido
r
line via connecting service. Countyw
ide passenger
bus service is offered by M
orris C
ou
nty M
etro
wh
ile NJ
Transit an
d several private carriers run
service into
New
York C
ity. >>>N
ewark L
iberty
Intern
ation
al Airpo
rt, the bu
siest air facility in
MO
RR
ISC
OU
NT
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ND
RE
GIO
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alit
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CO
NO
MIC
CL
IMA
TE
Morris C
ounty enjoys a highly diversified econo-
my
driven
by powerful industry sectors - phar-
maceuticals, healthcare services,an
d fin
ancial
services. Pro
jection
s show
on
go
ing
grow
th,
with
Mo
rris Co
un
ty add
ing
47,0
00
+ jo
bs by
2012
and
the su
rrou
nd
ing
state closely pacin
g
Metro
Reg
ion
. Tax rebates for jo
b creatio
n,
utility in
centives an
d a w
ide ran
ge of fin
ancin
g
and
assistance p
rog
rams fu
rther en
han
ce the
cou
nty’s ap
peal as a b
usin
ess destin
ation
.
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alit
yB
US
INE
SS
CO
MM
UN
ITY
Mo
rris Co
un
ty com
panies fin
d th
emselves
in g
oo
d co
mpany as 5
0+
mem
bers of th
e
Qu
alit
yIN
FR
AS
TR
UC
TU
RE
Morris C
ounty has a highly developed transporta-
tion system that spans all significant m
odes of
transit and offers firms access to a superior net-
work of highw
ays, railroads, airports and seaport
facilities. >>>Interstate highw
ays 80
, 280
and 287
connect Morris C
ounty to the nation and a com-
prehensive intracounty roadway system
is being
augmented w
ith an annualstate investmen
t
the N
ew York M
etropolitan A
rea, is less than
30m
inu
tes away. W
ithin
the co
un
ty, Mo
rristown
Mu
nicipal A
irport provides 24-h
our service for
domestic an
d intern
ational corporate travel.
Also less than 30
minutes aw
ay, the Port
New
ark/Elizabeth
Marin
e Termin
al forms th
e
largest, most co
mpreh
ensive collection
of mar-
itime cargo h
andlin
g facilities on th
e East C
oast
feet – and th
e coun
ty’s Class A
office parks
are operated by some of th
e nation’s top real
estate developers, inclu
ding H
artz Mou
ntain
,
Reckson
Associates R
ealty Corporation, S
JP
Properties,M
ack-Cali R
ealty Corporation, and
Th
e Rockefeller G
roup D
evelopmen
t Corporation
.
>>> More than 4
0 m
illion square feet of industrial
space are also located in the county.
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